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Butterfield: contributions won't matter

U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield says that campaign contributions from New York Rep. Charlie Rangel won't affect an ethics probe.

Butterfield, a Wilson Democrat, is one of three members of the House ethics committee who has received campaign contributions from Rangel. The committee is investigating Rangel, a Democrat, over what appears to be under-reported income from a rental property as well as other issues.

The contributions are not new, but the story has been appearing in news reports and blogs a lot lately.

Nothing has changed, Butterfield spokesman Ken Willis told Dome, who previously said that Butterfield's "integrity is not for sale, and certainly not [for] $5,000."

Willis told Dome last week that "The donations were made well before the investigation began and will have no bearing on his decision."

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