Ethics Office Probes Wall Street Giving Before Vote

A congressional ethics office is investigating campaign donations made by the financial industry to some U.S. House members as they were preparing to vote on the Wall Street regulation overhaul in December.

The Office of Congressional Ethics is looking into contributions to eight House members, including six members of the House Financial Services Committee. For seven of the lawmakers, fundraisers were held days before the House passed the financial plan on Dec. 11, according to invitations posted online by the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based watchdog group.