WASHINGTON–We recently wrote about a tiff between an ethics watchdog group and Michelle Clay, Rep. Lacy Clay Jr.’s sister and his political director.

At issue was whether the Democratic St. Louis congressman has a leadership PAC. The watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, was surveying lawmakers and asked Michelle Clay. The group didn’t get a straight answer, just an “earful” from Clay’s sister.

When we inquired with Clay’s spokesman, Steven Engelhardt, he said he wasn’t sure whether Rep. Clay had a PAC or not.

Well, he finally provided an answer today, sort of. Yes, Clay has a leadership PAC but it’s inactive, Engelhardt told us. We wanted to check it out, but Engelhardt wasn’t sure of the PAC’s name.

A search of Clay and Lacy on the Federal Election Committee’s website turns up no PACs that appeared to be connected with Clay. (Lawmakers can set up such accounts without clearly disclosing their affiliation with them.)

Click here to see to our previous post and also read CREW’s account of its exchange with Michelle Clay.