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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Meg Kinnard

Ethics panel opens investigation of Rep. Nancy Mace over housing costs

State of the Union - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into allegations that Rep. Nancy Mace overcharged a congressional program intended to help defray housing costs for lawmakers who have residences in Washington.

Mace, a South Carolina Republican now in her third House term, denies the allegations, decrying a “partisan” process and saying officials had “ignored” her rebuttal evidence.

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