Lame duck lawmaker Solomon Ortiz cleared by Ethics Committee

Meredith McDermott/Hearst Newspapers Rep. Solomon Ortiz Solomon Ortiz is the lamest of lame ducks. Defeated for re-election last November by a political newcomer, the 28-year congressional veteran will leave office tomorrow. But the Texas Democrat got a modicum of good news yesterday: The House Ethics Committee cleared him of allegations that he had improperly used […]