“When I run for president of the United States, you can hold me to that standard,” Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.
“The disclosure that we have is full and complete,” she added, noting that she’s met all of the financial disclosure obligations required of Congress.
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Democratic leaders – and a number of Republicans – have urged Mitt Romney, the wealthy GOP presidential hopeful, to release his tax returns, to no avail. Yet a McClatchy report published Thursday found that only a tiny percentage of congressional lawmakers were willing to apply the same standard to themselves.
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