ETHICS INQUIRY REQUEST FOR THOMAS. Roll Call. “A group of House Democrats alleging that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas violated ethics rules by failing to report his wife’s income called for a federal investigation into the matter today.”
NEA SUPPORTS AJA. The Hill. “The National Education Association (NEA) launched a multistate television ad campaign Wednesday in support of President Obama’s American Jobs Act.”
ROMNEY’S NUMBER. Politico. “This just in, from The Boston Globe— Mitt Romney will report raising between $11 million and $13 million for the third quarter.”
POST ON “GINGRICH INC.” Story here. “Federal election law allows candidates to use small portions of their campaign money to promote their books. But the cross-promotion, and the impression that Gingrich is not campaigning heavily, has prompted speculation that his efforts are motivated by something other than a desire to become president.”
SEC. CHU ON SOLYNDRA. The Post. “Energy Secretary Steven Chu acknowledged Thursday making the final decision to allow a struggling solar company to continue receiving taxpayer money after it had technically defaulted on a $535 million federal loan guaranteed by his agency.”
COMMITTEES LOOKING FOR OPTIONS. Story here. “Democratic candidates will go before California’s political watchdog agency Friday seeking a reprieve from some of the state’s campaign finance laws as they struggle to restore hundreds of thousands of dollars that may have been lost in an embezzlement scheme by their former campaign treasurer.”
THE COST OF 2012. $6 billion? “This go-round is on track to exceed $6 billion, thanks in large part to recent court decisions that relaxed limits on corporate and union spending. All that money sloshing around—much of it hard to trace to the giver—infuriates government accountability groups.”
“ETHICS” NOT ON PRESIDENT’S LIST. Story here.
FISHING TRIP IN THE NEWS IN CANADA. Story here. “Defence Minister Peter MacKay was facing Thursday the possibility of an ethics probe into a personal trip he made to a fishing camp owned by the head of a Crown corporation and his subsequent exit on a government searchand-rescue helicopter.”
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.