Ethics Reform

Open Letter to the Presidential Candidates

Paul C. Light | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Paul C. Light

Dear Senators McCain and Obama, I am writing to seek your support for a bipartisan effort to restore the federal government's ability to faithfully execute the laws.

Vote for Barack: Here's Your Real Change Right Here

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


Craig Newmark

The new rules for fair play go under "ethics reform", and Congress has made a good start on this last year. Barack supports this wholeheartedly; Hillary, not so much.

John McCain's Ethical Double Standards

Time | MICHAEL SCHERER | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics


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 ...

House Votes For Independent Ethics Office

CNN | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics


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

Hillary Position on Ethics Reform and on Cleaning up Washington?

Craig Newmark | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics


Craig Newmark

Recently I heard a guy who's regarded as a Hillary surrogate talk about ethics reform in terms which weren't exactly flattering.

Former Legislators Turn To Lobbying In Droves

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics


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

More Lawmakers Give Up Earmarks

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics


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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