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NY Times: Vote possible this week on ethics proposal

By crew
Created 10 Mar 2008 - 9:31am

Carl Hulse, [1] writing at The Caucus blog at the NY Times, thinks the House leadership may push for a vote on the new ethics proposal this week: 

House Democrats may also try for a third time to force a vote on the creation of an independent ethics panel that could review suspected wrongdoing by lawmakers.

Rank-and-file members of both parties have balked, but Democratic leaders say they are determined to move ahead after tweaking the initial proposal to alleviate some criticism. Their view is that once the proposal hits the floor, most lawmakers will be reluctant to vote against it considering that two current members – Republican Renzi of Arizona and Democrat Bill Jefferson of Louisiana – are under indictment and others are under investigation.

You'd think that would matter.   You'd also think that given all the House ethics scandals, members would be pushing for very strong ethics rules.   You'd think. 


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