Suspicious Letters to Boehner, Coats, and Murray Prompt House-Senate Alert

February 23, 2012 by legitgov

Suspicious Letters to Boehner, Coats, and Murray Prompt House-Senate Alert 22 Feb 2012 House and Senate members were alerted on Wednesday that a House member's district office and at least two senators' state offices have received threatening mail this week containing a suspicious powdery substance, all later determined to be harmless. Memos sent to members' offices from the sergeants-at-arms of both chambers notified the lawmakers and their staffs that two of the letters had been received on Tuesday, and that another similar letter was received by the second Senate state office on Wednesday. While the alert memos did not mention which lawmakers had received the packages, three of the incidents occurred in Ohio, Indiana, and Washington state involving offices of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Sens. Dan Coats, R-Ind., and Patty Murray, D-Wash.