Peter Orszag, the former star director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during President Barack Obama's first two years, is said to be in talks to join Citigroup. According to the Financial Times, "People familiar with the situation said Mr Orszag, who left the White House team in July, was likely to be offered a position dealing with clients and top government officials rather than running a business." If Orszag were to take such a position it would likely be complicated by an Executive Order signed by President Obama on his first full day in office.
Continue readingEthics broadens Waters probe to examine communications with key committee
The House Ethics Committee is said to have broadened its inquiry into Rep. Maxine Waters by examining whether the Financial Services Committee fully complied with requests to turn over documents. Waters was scheduled to go on trial last month for inappropriately using her position in Congress to aid a bank that her husband had an ownership stake in in receiving money from the government bank bailout fund. That trial was delayed due to the revelation of a new e-mail that could be used as corroborating evidence. The revelation of that e-mail has led to broader questions of whether there is other evidence being withheld. The Washington Post reports:
Four officials, congressional staff members, and others familiar with the probe confirmed on Thursday that her trial was postponed two weeks ago in part to explore the delay in not turning over that e-mail and to examine whether other evidence was withheld. Continue reading
Latest ethics round-up
1) The investigation into Sen. John Ensign’s cuckolding cover-up was dropped by the Justice Department. 2) Two ethics committee staffers... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Live: Charlie Rangel Censure Vote
The Sunlight Foundation will provide live coverage of the vote to censure Rep. Charlie Rangel through our Sunlight Live platform... View Article
Continue readingFederal Reserve releases financial crisis data sets
The Federal Reserve released a series of key data sets today as required under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. The... View Article
Continue readingEthics committee releases text of Rangel censure resolution
The House Ethics Committee released the text of the resolution to censure Rep. Charlie Rangel. You can view it here:... View Article
Continue readingPost-Congress Careers: Bob Bennett
The Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney had an amusing and mostly accurate run-down on where the retiring and defeated senators of... View Article
Continue readingSenate rejects earmark ban 39-56
In a fairly unsurprising vote, the Senate just rejected a two year ban on earmarks by a 39-56 vote. While... View Article
Continue readingWhat to expect with Rangel
Since the C-Span archives only go back to 1987 the best example that I can provide is the 1990 debate... View Article
Continue readingEthics updates
Rep. Maxine Waters wants her ethics trial to be held without delay: “So my message to the committee is simple:... View Article
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