Category: House

Anonymous source of Office of Congressional Ethics investigation to stay that way?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 22, 2010
Categories In House

Roll Call reports on the anonymity of sources of complaints to the Office of Congressional Ethics here.

Earmarks, pay to play, and Rep. Visclosky again in the news

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 22, 2010
Categories In House

The Washington Times summarizes the Office of Congressional Ethics’ information on Rep. Visclosky in this article this morning. Defense contractors who openly discussed a suspected pay-to-play scheme in e-mails released by congressional ethics investigators had ties to a powerful lobbying firm and won millions of dollars in federal earmarks after contributing to the campaign of […]

Members of Congress take to the air

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 21, 2010
Categories In House, Senate

USAT covers the latest trends in privately-funded travel for Members of Congress. The Post’s Reliable Source column also has a recent note about travel by Senators (and their spouses). Financial disclosure forms released Wednesday show that Sen. Dianne Feinstein let Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Barbara Boxer hitch a ride Christmas Eve on […]