Bipartisan group targets taxpayer-funded pensions of lawmakers found guilty of ethics violations

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EXCLUSIVE — A group of bipartisan lawmakers will introduce legislation Friday to strip members of their taxpayer-funded pensions if an ethics committee investigation finds substantial reason to believe they committed a violation.

The bill comes during a tumultuous Congress in which a slew of scandals have plagued Capitol Hill.

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