April 13, 1967:

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First up for the new House ethics committee: What to do about Adam Clayton Powell.

The House, by a 400-0 vote, establishes the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Known simply as the House ethics committee, the panel was created primarily to officially investigate the affairs and behavior of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-NY), who has been barred from taking his seat in Congress because members found he had misappropriated public funds for his personal use.

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