Pound-Foolish Lesson for Congress
Publication: The New York Times
Editorial
June 13, 2009
So far no moat cleaning has shown up in Congressional fine print, but Speaker Nancy Pelosi is wisely ordering electronic disclosure of House members’ expense spending. The speaker grasped the transparency lesson of the scandal in the British Parliament, where members’ long-hidden expense account abuses forced the ouster of the speaker of the House of Commons.
