WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee recommended Monday that Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., be censured after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct toward two young female aides in his congressional office. The Ethics panel found no evidence Edwards explicitly propositioned any person under his employ or engaged in any sexual activity with them. The Ethics panel said they left due to conduct described in its report, although they provided other explanations to Edwards. The Ethics panel said Edwards cooperated with the investigation and acknowledged to them that at least some of the behavior at issue could be viewed as inappropriate. Lawmakers are back in their home districts for almost the rest of the month, so a vote on whether to censure Edwards won’t occur for a few weeks at the earliest.