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A number of Republican Congressmen and others including the daughter of one member and the wife of another visiting Israel as part of a Capitol Hill junket last summer, got drunk after dinner, stripped off their clothes and frolicked naked in the Sea of Galilee at the place where Jesus was said to have walked on water.
GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas admitted the drunken indiscretion after the web site Politico uncovered an FBI probe into the night of ribald behavior and reported it Sunday.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was part of the official Congressional delegation visiting Israel in August 2011 but denies being present for the drunken evening and skinny dipping. Cantor reportedly was livid when he heard about the activities and called each Congressman present with a reprimand.
Questions still remain abut the night of debauchery and sources tell Capitol Hill Blue that severl GOP representatives ventured naked into the waters, along with members of Cantors staff. Other included Florida GOP Rep. Seve Southerland and his daughter, New York Republican Tom Reed and his wife; and Republcian Reps. Ben Quayle (New York), Jeff Denham (California) and Michael Grimm (New York).
Some members claim privately they took the evening dip au natural because of the religious significance of the place where Jesus walked on water.
Others say it was booze, not religion, that drove the adventure.
GOP reps on Congressional junket got drunk and skinny-dipped in the Sea of Galilee | Capitol Hill Blue
GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas admitted the drunken indiscretion after the web site Politico uncovered an FBI probe into the night of ribald behavior and reported it Sunday.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was part of the official Congressional delegation visiting Israel in August 2011 but denies being present for the drunken evening and skinny dipping. Cantor reportedly was livid when he heard about the activities and called each Congressman present with a reprimand.
Questions still remain abut the night of debauchery and sources tell Capitol Hill Blue that severl GOP representatives ventured naked into the waters, along with members of Cantors staff. Other included Florida GOP Rep. Seve Southerland and his daughter, New York Republican Tom Reed and his wife; and Republcian Reps. Ben Quayle (New York), Jeff Denham (California) and Michael Grimm (New York).
Some members claim privately they took the evening dip au natural because of the religious significance of the place where Jesus walked on water.
Others say it was booze, not religion, that drove the adventure.
GOP reps on Congressional junket got drunk and skinny-dipped in the Sea of Galilee | Capitol Hill Blue