2026-03-02 / CNN 政治版
作者：莎拉·费里斯
21分钟前
发布于2026年3月2日，美国东部时间下午6:15
2024年11月19日，美国华盛顿特区，众议院共和党核心小组会议上，众议员南希·梅斯出席。
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共和党众议员南希·梅斯正被众议院道德委员会调查，原因是她涉嫌利用国会一项旨在补贴议员华盛顿特区住所费用的项目谋取私利——对此她予以否认。
根据国会行为办公室新发布的一份报告，这位南卡罗来纳州共和党人获得了约9500美元的报销，远超其华盛顿特区住所的实际费用。
“有充分理由相信梅斯议员存在不当报销行为，”无党派监督组织在向众议院道德委员会提交的正式建议中表示。道德委员会周一宣布对此事展开调查。
梅斯参与了一项国会成员住房报销计划，该计划旨在帮助补贴必须在华盛顿和选区两地维持家庭的议员的住宿、餐饮和差旅费用。该计划受到了密切关注，因为它不要求详细的费用明细，实际上让参与该计划的议员获得了大幅加薪。
报告称，梅斯未回应国会行为办公室的询问。
但梅斯的律师威廉·沙利文在给众议院道德委员会的信中激烈驳斥了这些指控，称该报告“从根本上存在缺陷”。
沙利文暗示，报告的叙述似乎“受到了梅斯前未婚夫的影响”，他曾与梅斯共同拥有该住所。
梅斯此次不寻求众议院连任，而是正在南卡罗来纳州共和党初选中角逐下任州长的职位，竞争激烈。
Nancy Mace under investigation by House ethics panel for allegedly overcharging Congress for housing costs
2026-03-02 / CNN Politics
By Sarah Ferris
21 min ago
PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2026, 6:15 PM ET
Rep. Nancy Mace arrives for a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly attempting to profit off of a congressional program intended to defray housing costs for lawmakers’ Washington, DC, residences — a claim she has denied.
According to a newly published report from the Office of Congressional Conduct, the South Carolina Republican sought and was paid roughly $9,500 beyond the actual costs of her residence in DC.
“There is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mace engaged in improper reimbursement practices,” the nonpartisan watchdog group said in its official referral to the House Ethics Committee. The ethics committee announced Monday it is investigating the matter.
Mace was participating in a housing reimbursement program for members of Congress, which is intended to help subsidize lodging, food and travel expenses for lawmakers who must maintain households both in Washington and in their districts. The program has drawn intense scrutiny, since it does not require detailed expenses and has effectively given lawmakers who take part a major pay bump.
Mace did not respond to inquiries from the Office of Congressional Conduct, according to the report.
But a lawyer for Mace, William Sullivan, fiercely disputed the claims in a letter to the House ethics panel, calling the report “fundamentally flawed.”
The report’s narrative, Sullivan suggested, appeared to be “influenced by Rep. Mace’s former fiancé,” who co-owned the home with her.
Mace is not seeking reelection to the House and is running in a competitive GOP primary to become South Carolina’s next governor.
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