'Rainmaker' leaves PAC after calls for resignation

The Washington Times reports:

The custodian of the Democratic Freshmen political action committee has stepped down after calls for his resignation from a House Democrat concerned about his history as a registered lobbyist.

Rep. Jerry McNerney of California, one of 41 freshman Democrats elected in November's Congress-turning victory for their party, wrote a June 12 letter calling for the removal of William C. Oldaker, a longtime Washington lobbyist with ties to several Democratic lawmakers.

"While Mr. Oldaker's involvement with the Democratic Freshmen PAC may technically be legal, it surely does not meet the standard of rising above any hint of impropriety," Mr. McNerney wrote.

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