What is the National Council for a New America? A political action committee? Something else? Roll Call provides some answers. According to Rob Collins, Cantor’s deputy chief of staff, and Jan Baran, an ethics attorney with the law firm Wiley Rein who is advising the GOP effort, the National Council for a New America is […]
Category: House
Gifts to Members and Criminal Law
Robert Walker, former Chief Counsel for the Senate Ethics Committee and now at Wiley Rein, criticizes the Public Corruption Prosecutions Improvements Act in this Roll Call piece. First, criminalizing gift rules and regulations would accelerate the politicizing of the ethics process by dramatically escalating the stakes in the perennial Washington game of “gotcha” played by […]
Rep. Murtha’s Family Ties
The Post looks into firms with family ties to Rep. John Murtha receiving earmarked funds. Robert Murtha said he is not at liberty to discuss in detail what his company does, but for four years it has subsisted on defense contracts, according to records and interviews. He said Murtech’s 17 employees “provide necessary logistical support” […]