RANGEL HIT WITH 13 ETHICS CHARGES
30 Jul 2010 // By Paul Kane and Ben Pershing // Washington Post - The House ethics committee charged Rep. Charles B. Rangel with 13 separate violations of House rules Thursday, saying his various financial dealings broke the "public trust." The long-awaited release of the charges against Rangel at an afternoon hearing was the first formal step toward a possible ethics trial in mid-September. More»
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JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REFUSES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON JACK ABRAMOFF’S PRISON INTERVIEW REQUESTS
30 Jul 2010 // Washington, D.C. - Turning the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on its head, the DOJ's Bureau of Prisons has refused to provide CREW with any records of requests by Jigsaw Productions or other professional media to interview Jack Abramoff while in prison, citing their so-called privacy concerns. More»
CREW ADDS JEFF GREENE TO LIST OF “CROOKED CANDIDATES”
30 Jul 2010 // Washington, D.C. - Last week, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released CREW’s Crooked Candidates 2010 – a list of 11 candidates for federal office with scandal-littered pasts and histories of questionable ethics. As part of our effort, CREW asked the public to send in their nominees for candidates we may have missed. Today, CREW announces that Jeff Greene, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Florida, has been added to the list. More»
SHELBY'S PORK PARADE
29 Jul 2010 // Alabama’s senior Senator Richard Shelby (R) takes great care of his former staffers… and their high paying clients too. CREW researchers found eight former Shelby staffers who have left his office to join or create lobbying firms and nearly $267 million in federal earmarks going to clients of former staffers since Fiscal Year 2008. More»
CREW APPLAUDS HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE’S NEW EARMARK DATABASE
29 Jul 2010 // Washington, D.C. - Today Rep. James L. Oberstar (D-MN), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, unveiled the first comprehensive and searchable online database for all committee-related earmarks. You can find the database in Microsoft Excel format here. More»
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- A "contentious" two-year battle to get to the Rangel ethics trial // 30 July 2010 - 11:14am
- No deal. NY Times reports Rangel will stand trial // 29 July 2010 - 3:20pm
- Rangel's ethics hearing delayed. CNN reports possible settlement // 29 July 2010 - 2:21pm
- Shelby's Pork Parade // 29 July 2010 - 9:06am
- Bill to end "secret holds" on Senate calendar, which means a floor vote is coming // 28 July 2010 - 1:47pm
- Rangel confirms negotiations underway for settlement of ethics case // 28 July 2010 - 9:49am
- In PA, a push for Public Integrity Commission to deal with "plague" of public corruption // 27 July 2010 - 4:05pm
- Another Democratic House member, Walt Minnick (ID), wants Rangel to resign // 27 July 2010 - 10:08am
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