Category: House

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 21, 2008
Categories In House

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones sadly passed away yesterday. She served as Chairwoman of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

VIP Loans and Congressional Ethics Rules

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 15, 2008
Categories In House, Senate

This Fox Business report details the status of the controversy surrounding “VIP loans” allegedly provided to Members of Congress. After being stonewalled for nearly a month, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) have sent an official request for an Ethics Committee investigation into “disturbing allegations,” first reported in Conde Nast Portfolio, that […]

“Feted”, “Big money”, “Loophole”

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 12, 2008
Categories In House, Senate

National Journal reports on convention activity. It’s not news that each year, the national party conventions become less about substance and more about eating, drinking, schmoozing and partying.