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The House Ethics Committee announced today that it has opened an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen of Nevada. A female staffer claimed earlier this month that Kihuen made inappropriate advances toward her during his 2016 House campaign.

Go deeper: The full story on the allegations against Kihuen.

Ethics Committee is investigating a Democratic House member

A 2016 campaign staffer accused the Nevada Democrat of sexual harassment earlier this month.

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The House Ethics Committee <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="announced today" data-vars-click-url="https://ethics.house.gov/press-release/statement-chairwoman-and-ranking-member-committee-ethics-regarding-representative-8" data-vars-content-id="d509942a-2383-4dfc-a4dc-4fbf43e17479" data-vars-headline="Ethics Committee is investigating a Democratic House member" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://ethics.house.gov/press-release/statement-chairwoman-and-ranking-member-committee-ethics-regarding-representative-8" target="_blank">announced today</a> that it has opened an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen of Nevada. A female staffer claimed earlier this month that Kihuen made inappropriate advances toward her during his 2016 House campaign.Go deeper: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The full story on the allegations against Kihuen" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/woman-alleges-sexual-misconduct-by-nevada-congressman-1513307321-c8d29e4c-aad9-425e-957e-d3d06788e643.html" data-vars-content-id="d509942a-2383-4dfc-a4dc-4fbf43e17479" data-vars-headline="Ethics Committee is investigating a Democratic House member" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/woman-alleges-sexual-misconduct-by-nevada-congressman-1513307321-c8d29e4c-aad9-425e-957e-d3d06788e643.html" target="_self">The full story on the allegations against Kihuen</a>.

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