Posts Tagged ‘ethics’

by Charlie Sykes, WTMJ Radio, Story Published: Jun 4, 2010

My guess is that this would be a big story if Republicans were trying to de-fang congressional ethics watchdogs.

WASHINGTON — Stung by a series of inquiries, nearly half the members of the Congressional Black Caucus want to rein in an independent ethics office that Democrats trumpeted after gaining control of Congress.

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, and 19 fellow black lawmakers in the all-Democratic caucus quietly introduced a resolution last week that would restrict the powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics to open new investigations and make its findings public. The office, formed by Congress in 2008, is run by a panel of private citizens.

Among the 19… our own Gwen Moore.

Read more at http://www.620wtmj.com/shows/charliesykes/95615394.html?blog=y

Dan Sebring is running against Gwen Moore. Go to http://www.dansebringforcongress.com/

by Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane, Washington Post Staff Writer, Friday, October 30, 2009

House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.

The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations. The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer.

The ethics committee is one of the most secretive panels in Congress, and its members and staff members sign oaths not to disclose any activities related to its past or present investigations. Watchdog groups have accused the committee of not actively pursuing inquiries; the newly disclosed document indicates the panel is conducting far more investigations than it had revealed.

Read more at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904597_pf.html

One Republican, against whom charges were dropped. The rest? All Democrats.