Leo Housakos
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Tory senator’s email backing O’Toole leadership bid broke Senate rules: probeA Senate investigation determined the email 'was not in compliance with the rules.'PoliticsJul 22, 2020
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Tory senator hit with complaints over official email urging support for O’Toole leadershipSen. Leo Housakos says he did not intend to sent the email from his Senate account but made a mistake.CanadaMay 12, 2020
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Conservative senator pens letter scolding Liberal point man over spending commentsThe chairman of the Senate committee charged with overseeing expense rules is firing back at the Liberal point man in the upper chamber over the level of accountability and transparency with senators' spending.CanadaJan 13, 2017
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John Wallace only senator keeping pledge to leave Senate after 8 yearsSenator John Wallace is stepping down after eight years in the upper chamber - well short of his mandatory retirement date.PoliticsDec 16, 2016
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The seven Duffy claims the Senate wants backThe Senate says that seven expense claims totalling $16,995 which came up during Sen. Mike Duffy's criminal trial weren't eligible under the upper chamber's spending rules.CanadaJun 23, 2016
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Senate demands Mike Duffy repay $16,995 in ‘ineligible expenses’Months after Senator Mike Duffy was acquitted of all 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, Senate officials want Duffy to pay back $16,955 in what they call ineligible expenses.PoliticsJun 23, 2016
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Following Duffy trial Senate expense rules undergoing quiet overhaulBehind closed doors, the Senate rules at the heart of Sen. Mike Duffy's sensational expense-claim trial are quietly undergoing an overhaul.CanadaApr 22, 2016
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Senate to create spending oversight bodyThe Speaker of the Senate says the upper chamber is moving towards having an arm's-length body that will oversee senators' spending.PoliticsOct 30, 2015
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Senators call on Don Meredith to resign in wake of sex allegationsThe battered Senate absorbed yet another body blow Thursday as published allegations that Sen. Don Meredith was having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl were referred to the Senate ethics officer.CanadaJun 18, 2015
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Housakos, Cowan repay Senate expenses, deny wrongdoingTwo of the Senate's most influential members have repaid thousands of dollars in expenses flagged by the auditor general and are backing down on their pledges to challenge his findings.CanadaJun 8, 2015
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