Ethics Reform

Lieberman Parties With Lobbyists Hours Before Passing Watered-Down Ethics Reform

Lee Fang | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Corruption, Ethics Reform, Insider Trading, STOCK Act, Corruption in Congress, President Obama, Senator Lieberman, Government Corruption, Joe Lieberman, Politics News

Strong improvements to the bill, from both Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), were blocked. The weakened STOCK Act, which President Obama says he will sign, does little to address any real corruption in Congress.

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D.C. Politics Is Broken

Adam Clampitt | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Ethics Legislation, Jack Evans, Dc Ethics, One-Party Rule, DC Politics, Ethics Reform, DC News

In local District of Columbia politics, an essentially one-party system with few checks and balances and no ethics guidelines have yielded a city government that is rotten at its core.

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Kwame Brown Defends His Transparency As D.C. Council Tangles On Reform

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Che Brown, D.C. Politics, D.C. Council, Video, Ethics Reform, Vincent Orange, Kwame Brown, District of Columbia, Ethics, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Just as District of Columbia Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At-Large) prepares to unveil emergency ethics-reform legislation at a Monda...

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Greed Rules

Henry J. Stern | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center for Justice, Utica Observer-Dispatch, Albany, New York Uprising, Andrew Cuomo, Ed Koch, New York Daily News, Ethics Reform, New York State Legislature, Sheldon Silver, Albany Times-Union, Gay Marriage, Bill Hammond, New York News

We turn today to one of New York State's oldest oxymorons: Albany ethics. Governor Cuomo has sent an ethics package to the Senate and the Assembly, and is speaking up for it on a statewide tour.

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Quigley, Kirk Team Up To Sponsor Ethics Legislation

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Mark Kirk, Ethics Reform, Honest Services Law, Chicago, Honest Services, Illinois, Mike Quigley, Honest Services Fraud, Chicago News

Two Illinois legislators from opposite sides of the aisle are teaming up to introduce a pair of bills in Congress, aimed at shoring up what they see a...

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City Council Approves Inspector General; Reformers Say Measure Doesn't Go Nearly Far Enough

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inspector General, Ethics Reform, City Council, City Council Ethics Reforms, Illinois, Board of Ethics, Chicago City Council, Chicago, Chicago News

Chicago aldermen agreed today to hire an independent inspector general to investigate the City Council, although the job is saddled with restrictions ...

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Breaking News: Congress Passes $8 Trillion Ethics Reform Bill

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bart Stupak, Ethics Reform, Tea Party, Mitch McConnell, Rep. John Boehner, Cbo, Kansas Jayhawks, Joe Biden Vice President, Barney Frank, President Obama, Senator John McCain, Congress, Senator Scott Brown, Representative James Clyburn, Comedy News

Wednesday, the House passed the Senate version of the most sweeping ethics reform package ever put forth by a governmental body with an incredible unanimous vote.

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Time to Toughen Ethics Rules for the Pinnacol Board

Luis Toro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado, Ethics Reform, Pinnacol Assurance, Denver News, Ethics, Colorado General Assembly, Pebble Beach, Amendment 41, Denver News

Aren't Pinnacol's actions exactly the kind of gift voters banned when they passed Amendment 41 in 2006? The answer is no.

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We Can't Blow This

Steve Hildebrand | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Reform, Ethics Reform, Campaign Finance Reform, Senator Dick Durbin, John Larson, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Let's keep our commitments by cleaning up the mess, passing sweeping ethics and political reforms and getting things done. We still have time to develop the better narrative before the November elections. But will we?

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New York State Ethics Bill Revealed

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Ethics Bill, Ethics Reform, David Paterson, New York State Senate, New York, Ethics, New York News

New York's Assembly and Senate agree on reforming state ethics laws, but their package lacks the independent oversight of lawmakers' behavior that Gov...

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Lobbyists Will Likely De-Register To Overcome New White House Restriction

HuffingtonPost | Jenna Staul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethics Reform, Lobbyblog, Lobbying, Business News

After the White House's announcement that federal agencies should avoid appointing lobbyists to federal advisory boards, more lobbyists are expected t...

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Ethics in Politics

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethics Reform, Cartoon, Scrooge, Politics News

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Campaign Contribution Caps May See Legal Challenges

Chicago Public Radio | Sam Hudzik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Ethics Legislation, Ethics Reform, Campaign Contributions, Illinois Campaign Contribution Limits, Illinois Campaign Finance Reform, Don Harmon, Chicago News

This spring, lawmakers took a stab at the issue of ethics in government, and passed a campaign finance bill. But some advocates and experts call the p...

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Vote Looms On Capping Campaign Contributions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Ethics Legislation, Ethics Reform, Illinois Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Contributions, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois lawmakers may be set to vote on limiting campaign contributions. Sen. Don Harmon -- an Oak Park Democrat -- says h...

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John McCain's Ethical Double Standards

Time | MICHAEL SCHERER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain Ethics, Ethics Reform, John McCain, McCain Lobbyists, McCain Lobbyist, McCain Ethics Reform, Ethics, John McCain Lobbyist, McCain Ethics, Politics News

The U.S. senate is a lousy launching pad for sainthood, a place of compromise and backslaps, of hidden doors that lead to gilded rooms where the real ...

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House Votes For Independent Ethics Office

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Pelosi Ethics, House Ethics Office, Ethics Reform, House Ethics, Nancy Pelosi, Independent Ethics Office, Politics News

The House voted Tuesday to create an outside ethics office with the authority to investigate perceived ethical misconduct by its members. The 229-182...

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Former Legislators Turn To Lobbying In Droves

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethics Reform, Trent Lott and Lobbying, Trent Lott, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Edwards Lobbyists, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News

Lawmakers returning to the Capitol are being welcomed back by some familiar faces: former members whose one-year ban on lobbying their old colleagues ...

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More Lawmakers Give Up Earmarks

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Democratic Congress, Ethics Reform, Earmarks, John McCain Earmarks, Earmark Reform, Bridge to Nowhere, Citizens Against Government Waste, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A growing number of lawmakers in Congress are voluntarily giving up one of the biggest perks of office _ at the risk of alienating ...

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