Category: Senate

Dodd Aide Accused

No, not that Dodd.  This obituary marking the passing of Michael O’Hare notes that he was an aide to Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, who according to The Post was the first senator to be censured for personal financial misconduct.

Jesse Jackson Jr., Rod Blagojevich, and Barack Obama’s Senate Seat

The Times looks into Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s activities relative to Barack Obama’s vacated seat in the Senate. Mr. Jackson asserts he has done nothing wrong and had not known about the fund-raiser’s activities. But with new indications that federal prosecutors and Congressional ethics investigators are stepping up their interest in Mr. Jackson, a nagging […]