House leader raising money for Richardson
WASHINGTON (AP) – The majority leader of the U.S. House is holding a fundraiser for Southern California Congresswoman Laura Richardson despite reports about Richardson’s history of defaulting on home loans and failing to pay off debts.

A spokeswoman for Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, says the Wednesday evening’s fundraiser was scheduled many weeks ago.

Richardson, a Long Beach Democrat, was won a special election to Congress last summer to replace the late Juanita Millender-McDonald. She is running unopposed for a full term in November but has about $330,000 in campaign debt.

That includes some of the $77,500 she loaned herself last year even while falling behind on payments on a Sacramento house that was eventually sold into foreclosure. (source)