This Post editorial discusses the ethics matter involving Rep. Waters. Ms. Waters denies wrongdoing. We can’t say yet whether she technically violated House Rule 23, which forbids members from using their influence for personal profit. But this sure has an unethical whiff to it.
Category: House
Ethics on the Hill: “Heightened sensitivity”
The Times looks at ethics cases involving Reps. Rangel and Waters here. “The charges reflect, in part, a heightened sensitivity in Washington to indiscretions by members of Congress,” the Times notes.
The case against Rep. Maxine Waters
The case against Rep. Maxine Waters is available here in the form of the Office of Congressional Ethics’ report. NATURE OF THE ALLEGED VIOLATION: Representative Maxine Waters made a request in September 2008 to then Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that Treasury Department officials meet with representatives from the National Bankers Association. A meeting was in […]