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Ethics trials for two veteran Democrats will be held after midterm elections for Congress, the House ethics committee has just announced.

The hearing for Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY., accused of 13 violations of House rules, will be held Nov. 15. The trial of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is slated for Nov. 29.

The announcement by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., who chairs the ethics panel, rejects a request by Republicans on the panel, who last week called for the public trials to be held before Nov. 2.

Read more: (Fredreka Schouten, “Democrats Set Ethics Trials for Charlie Rangel, Maxine Waters After Election Day,” USA Today’s “On Politics” blog, 10/07/2010)