According to an article in today’s Washington Post, the number of lawmakers owning and trading stocks has nearly tripled since... View Article
Continue readingHealth Reform Dissenter Received Inordinately Large Pay-Out From Pharmacy Chain in Purchase of Pharmacy
Rep. Mike Ross has been the most consistent dissenter from his party’s attempt to pass health care reform citing costs,... View Article
Continue readingEthics Link Line-Up
The party may be over, but the investigation is just beginning. The House Ethics Committee confirms that it is investigating... View Article
Continue readingPro Publica posts executive branch financial disclosures
Available here, thanks to our friends at Pro Publica. A very handy tool. The Office of Government Ethics should really post these online, but until they do, Pro Publica is your best source.
Continue readingEvery Obama Administration Personal Financial Disclosure
ProPublica went through the process of requesting all of the personal financial disclosures from the Obama administration and has posted... View Article
Continue readingRangel: No accusations coming from Congress
Roll Call's Lauren W. Whittington reports that Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., once again, is saying that the ethics committee has nothing on him:
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Rangel said that the charge against him has no merit and has no facts, and he repeatedly asserted that no one outside of the press " he specifically called out a New York Times reporter " has made allegations and that there has been no accusations coming from the Congress.Continue readingRangel said several times that no one other than a reporter has accused me. When pressed on why the Committee on Standards ...
Another hole in financial disclosure
The New York Times report that Rep. Maxine Waters helped arrange a meeting between Treasury officials and the CEO of a bank that her husband may or may not have owned $250,000 worth of stock in:
Top banking regulators were taken aback late last year when a California congresswoman helped set up a meeting in which the chief executive of a bank with financial ties to her family asked them for up to $50 million in special bailout funds, Treasury officials said.Representative Maxine Waters, Democrat of California, requested the September meeting on behalf of executives at OneUnited, one ...
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Unraveling Rangel
Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, failed to report purchases, sales or his ownership... View Article
Continue readingSen.-Designee Gillibrand’s Transparency Record
Today, New York Governor David Paterson appointed Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat. Gillibrand has, from day... View Article
Continue readingHome Loan Disclosures
Now that it is official that the Feds are investigating Countrywide’s “VIP” home loan program, it’s time to revisit one... View Article
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