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  • Senate committee: Ensign resignation 'appropriate'

    Cristina Silva, Associated Press

    LAS VEGAS — The Senate Ethics Committee said scandal-scarred Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign made the right decision to turn in a letter of resignation Friday as he faced an unrelenting, but as yet unfinished, two-year probe of his conduct. The panel's chairman, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and the vice chairman, Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, issued a terse statement saying the committee had spent 22 months investigating "and will complete its work in a timely fashion." "Senator Ensign has made the appropriate decision," the...

  • Nevada Sen. John Ensign announces resignation

    Cristina Silva, Associated Press

    LAS VEGAS — Nevada Sen. John Ensign announced he will resign amid an ethics investigation. AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., gives his final address to the Nevada Legislature as a sitting U.S. senator during a floor session at the State Legislative Building in Carson City, Nev. on March 22, 2011. Ensign said Thursday he will send Vice President Joe Biden a letter Friday making the resignation official. He said he has not violated any laws or rules, but said he could no longer s...

  • Nevada GOP Sen. Ensign won't seek re-election

    CRISTINA SILVA, KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press Writers

    Nevada GOP Sen. Ensign won't seek re-election CRISTINA SILVA KEVIN FREKING Associated Press Writers LAS VEGAS — Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, damaged politically and facing a Senate ethics investigation over an extramarital affair, said Monday he won't seek re-election next year. Ensign, who is under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee, said he decided last week against seeking a third term because he was worried about the effect of a campaign on his family. "I'm putting them first, instead of my career," E...