So says the New York Times. The independent ethics office created in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of... View Article
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Late last week the House Ethics Committee revealed that another senior Democrat would face ethics charges. Rep. Maxine Waters, after... View Article
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I am dreaming of a day when online editors will refrain from headlines like “Democrats wrangle over Rangel.” Hopefully, I’m... View Article
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It looks likes Rep. Charlie Rangel is surveying the battlefield that lies ahead as he faces the beginning of an... View Article
Continue reading“Unseemly Behavior”
Last week, the New York Post reported that “[s]ome Republican congressmen have been warned to keep their distance from the... View Article
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The House Ethics Committee is holding a meeting this Thursday on the ethics charges to be filed against Rep. Charlie... View Article
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And now to totally contradict my previous post stating why no one needs to talk about tickle-monster Eric Massa. The... View Article
Continue readingHeckuva Job, Ethics Committee!
Wondering why the House Ethics Committee exonerated every single lawmaker touched by the PMA Group campaign contributions-for-earmarks scandal? They didn’t... View Article
Continue readingRangel Out: The Particulars
Rep. Charlie Rangel temporarily resigned his chairmanship of the House Ways & Means Committee pending the completion of various ethics... View Article
Continue readingCharlie Rangel Loves the Caribbean
The House Ethics Committee admonished Rep. Charles Rangel for trips he took in 2007 and 2008 to a business-funded event... View Article
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