The Times writes that the Office of Congressional Ethics shouldn’t be scaled back. The Republican minority leader, John Boehner, said he wants to “take a look” at the office if his party regains majority power — a reminder that his members fiercely opposed the quasi-independent office when it was created two years ago by Speaker […]
Month: August 2010
No charges for Young
The Times reports on the status of the Department of Justice’s matter involving Rep. Don Young (Alaska). Don Young, Alaska’s sole representative in the House, said Wednesday that his lawyers had been informed by the Department of Justice that he would not be prosecuted after years of being investigated as part of a wide-ranging corruption […]
A couple of party committees in the news
Politico has the latest in a matter involving the National Republican Congressional Committee and former treasurer Christopher Ward. The Hill reports on a racial discrimination lawsuit targeting the National Republican Senatorial Committee.