The Daily Breeze, based in the district of Rep. Laura Richardson, wrote about CREW's ethics complaint against the congresswoman.  Melanie Sloan's quote is right on target.  This is pretty bad and it doesn't make Congress look good at all.   

The complaint, filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, accuses Richardson of failing to disclose her mortgage debt and suggests she may have received preferential treatment from her lenders.

Richardson, a first-year Democrat who represents Carson, lost her Sacramento house in a foreclosure sale last month - leaving behind $9,000 in unpaid taxes - and has defaulted seven times on her two homes in Long Beach and San Pedro. She has also failed to pay smaller debts to local businesses until reporters inquired about them.

"This is pretty bad," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW. "This just doesn't make Congress look very good. There seems to be building pressure on Richardson, and she's not exactly explaining herself."

Richardson did several interviews after the story first broke last month. But she refused to answer specific questions about her finances and has not been available since.