Ethics Violations

Gov. Quinn's Chief Of Staff Steps Down Amid Ethics Probe

Posted 05.25.2011

With 23 percent approval ratings, a crippling state deficit and a 9-point lag in the race for governor, Pat Quinn has had a rough few months. And on S...

Rangel: 'Not Very' Optimistic About Ethics Violations Agreement

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — New York Democrat Charles Rangel says he is not very optimistic that he will avoid a House trial on ethics violations. Rangel told r...

Massa, Rangel Ethics Woes Create Openings For Republicans

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democrat...

Pete Stark Runs Into Resistance As Rangel's Interim Ways And Means Replacement

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Pete Stark (Calif.) may have the shortest chairmanship in the young history of the House Democratic majority....

Ethics Panel: Rangel Broke House Rules By Accepting Caribbean Trips

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Rep. Charles Rangel, the most powerful tax-writing lawmaker in Congress and a 40-year veteran of Capitol Hill, acknowledged Thursda...

Ethics Investigations: Senate Panel Has Four Probes Underway

The Washington Post | Ben Pershing | Posted 05.25.2011

The committee is required by law each January to issue a summary of its activities from the previous year. The panel's report for 2009 says it conduct...

John Ensign Affair Details Revealed: Nightline Interviews Doug Hampton About Senator's Affair With Cindy Hampton (VIDEO)

Kevin Freking | Posted 05.25.2011

Scroll down to watch video of Nightline interview. WASHINGTON (AP)- A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered th...

Rangel Investigation Expanded By House Ethics Panel

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee is expanding an investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committ...

Nursultan Nazarbayev

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

James Love

It will be interesting to see if the attention to Nursultan Nazarbayev will become more than an occasional opportunistic exercise in Hillary bashing.