USAT examines the enforcement of ethics rules in the House this morning. Nearly three years after Congress approved sweeping ethics rules to “drain the swamp,” as incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put it, no member of Congress has been punished for wrongdoing.
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The ethics of congressional stock ownership
Here The Post profiles the Dingells with a focus on congressional stock ownership and ethics issues. Congressional stock ownership has soared over the past two decades. To prevent economic collapse over the past year, Congress has staged an unprecedented intervention in the private sector, meaning more and more lawmakers are voting on measures that could […]
Jim Traficant 2.0 in 2010?
The Times opines upon the potential return of Jim Traficant here. You had to hope there was no second act for a politician like him. If there isn’t, something is right in Youngstown.