The Post has the latest on Rep. Massa’s decision to resign on Monday. Congressional Democrats reclaimed control of Congress in 2006 by pledging to “drain the swamp” after Republican ethics scandals rocked Capitol Hill. Now, a series of controversies involving Democratic members has robbed the party of its claim to hold the higher moral ground […]
Category: House
PMA Group ethics report stories
The Post has a story based on some of the documents in the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into the PMA Group’s activities. Lobbyists and corporate officials talked bluntly in e-mail exchanges about connections between making generous campaign donations and securing federal funds through members of an important House Appropriations subcommittee, according to not-yet-public documents reviewed […]
Ways and Means’ Levin received Maryland tax credit
Roll Call reports that the new Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Sander Levin received a Maryland tax credit he shouldn’t have received. Levin, who owns a home in Chevy Chase, Md., received a $690 credit on his most recent property tax bill, the result of Montgomery County program that provided one-time credits […]