Later today the House of Representatives will consider the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for 2012, which if enacted would provide... View Article
Continue readingStrengthen the House Ethics Process
The House Ethics Committee has retained outside counsel to assist it with its inquiry into Representative Maxine Waters, according to... View Article
Continue readingOCE Renewed: Republican Leadership Adopts Ethics Watchdog
The Office of Congressional Ethics has a new lease on life now that the House Republican leadership has reportedly included... View Article
Continue readingIndependent ethics office likely to survive
The Washington Post reports that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), the only independent ethics body in Congress, is likely... View Article
Continue readingOCE Staffer Leaves
We’re reading that the Staff Director for the Office of Congressional Ethics has announced his departure. (Campaign Legal Center, The... View Article
Continue readingPoliticians play politics, even in the ethics process
“Now is not the time to play politics simply because an election is looming in a few weeks,” Sen. Susan... View Article
Continue readingInstead of Dismantling the OCE, Congress Should Double Its Funding
Amidst some serious waffling by Members of Congress on whether the Office of Congressional Ethics would survive to actively pursue... View Article
Continue readingLobbyist to plead guilty, may provide information on lawmakers, despite ethics committee exoneration
In case you needed a dose of the absurd for your Monday take a look at the case of ex-lobbyist... View Article
Continue readingThe Most Open Congress Ever?
Today, Sunlight is announcing a package of House Rules reforms for the upcoming 112th Congress that can help create the... View Article
Continue readingDon’t Kill the Office of Congressional Ethics
How would you feel about an investigation into steroid use among baseball players led by the Major League Baseball Player’s... View Article
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