WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- Legislators are checking disclosure forms to make sure they don't include wrong information and refiling some reports to clarify who paid for some events.
Attention paid to disclosure filings by Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, has led congressional staffs to go over their own reports and update them or make changes, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Forms filed by DeLay suggested that some trips were funded by lobbyists, which is against House rules. DeLay denies wrongdoing.
The office where disclosure reports are filed is busy, the Post said, with journalists looking for discrepancies and legislative aides trying to correct anything questionable.
Jason Roe, chief of staff to Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla., told the Post, "Every time we go down there to check on something or refile something, we have noticed someone is going through our file."
The Post also said House Republican aides are suggesting the GOP will need to change some alterations to House ethics committee rules they approved this session. Because of the changes, Democrats have refused to allow the panel to convene for business.
