CREW TO HOLD CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS WORKSHOP TOMORROW, JANUARY 9 at 11:00 AM, IN CAPITOL -- ROOM HC-6
8 Jan 2009 // Tomorrow, January 9th, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in room HC-6 in the Capitol Building, CREW's executive director Melanie Sloan will give an off-the-record discussion guiding Congressional staffers through the maze of congressional rules to help avoid the greatest ethical and legal pitfalls. Ms. More»
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RANGEL PROBE HASTENS NEED TO APPOINT ETHICS CHAIRMAN
7 Jan 2009 // Susan Crabtree // The Hill - Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is under pressure to name a new ethics committee chairman or risk delaying a high-profile investigation into Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y).
RENZI ENDS CAREER IN CONGRESS QUIETLY, UNDER CLOUD
6 Jan 2009 // (AP) TUCSON - Members of the U.S. House will be sworn in Tuesday as the 111th Congress convenes, but Rep. Rick Renzi won't be among them.
The Arizona Republican has ended a three-term career beneath the same cloud of suspicion that surrounded him during much of his last year in office, under federal indictment and facing a criminal trial in March.
Exit, Stonewalling
4 Jan 2009 // Editorial // New York Times - True to its mania for secrecy, the Bush administration is leaving behind vast gaps in the most sensitive White House e-mail records, and with lawyers and public interest groups in hot pursuit of information that deserves to be part of the permanent historical record.
RICHARDSON WITHDRAWS NAME AS COMMERCE SECRETARY-DESIGNEE
4 Jan 2009 // Michael D. Shear // The Washington Post - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from consideration as commerce secretary for President-elect Barack Obama, citing an ongoing investigation about business dealings in his state.
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