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Confidential Report Details Investigations
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"House ethics investigators have scrutinized the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July," the Washington Post reports. ...
House Ethics Inquiry Docs Leaked
The Page by Mark Halperin —
capitol360 An accidental disclosure via file-sharing network reveals dozens of lawmakers are being investigated . DETAILS: Half the House defense subcommittee ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, October 30, 2009
The Note —
... Adamy: “House Leaders Unveil Health Bill” LINK
Bloomberg’s Ryan J. Donmoyer: “‘Tribal Chiefs’ Pressure Reid to Spend More on Health-Care Plan” LINK
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
USA Today's Mimi Hall: "Obama shows pragmatic side as president" LINK
Politico’s Ben Smith: “Nervous W.H. intervened in N.J. race; top Obama adviser now in charge” LINK
The Washington Post’s Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane: “Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry” LINK
The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig: “7 on defense panel scrutinized” LINK
The ...
Leaked Report Reveals Dozens of House Members Under Ethics Investigation
Politics Daily —
... A staffer inadvertently placed a confidential report on a public computer network, revealing that more than 30 members of the House of Representatives are under ethics investigation, the Washington Post reported Friday. The probe, by the secretive House Ethics Committee, also includes congressional aides and focuses on issues like defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling. Such investigations are routine and usually result in a private letter of either reprimand or exoneration. ...
Moving Days: Can delicate coalition survive thousand cuts?
The Note —
... Add to that new ethics revelations -- showing far broader inquiries than previously known, though not a lot of actual action out of them -- and maybe this isn't the best of days in the halls of Congress. ...
ThinkFast: October 30, 2009
Think Progress —
... According to a report that “appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network,” House ethics investigators “have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling.” Committee chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) said “no inference should be made as to any member.” ...
The Early Word: Health in the House
The Caucus —
... . The two announced full investigations will focus on a pair of California Democrats, Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson. In all, according to The Washington Post, mining documents it obtained, “House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling.” The Post also reported that ...
Oops
Shakesville —
The Washington Post is reporting that "more than 30 lawmakers and several aides" are being investigated by the House Ethics Committee after a confidential committee report was left on "a publicly accessible computer network." Someone found it and sent it to the WaPo. ...
Congressional Ethics
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... The Washington Post has a blockbuster story today based on a House ethics committee report the Post obtained after the document was accidentally made available on a file-sharing network. Dozens of House members are under investigation for ethics violations, according to the document. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a nonprofit which filed many of the initial ethics complaints against the members in question, rejoiced at the news that so many investigations were actually going on behind the scenes. But Melanie ...
Iran’s Reversal: Why Isn’t This Story Getting More Play?
The Moderate Voice —
Front page of the NYT:
Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in Europe and American officials briefed on Iran’s response.
And yet, over at Memeorandum, as of 11:00 am ET, the top three memes were about Congressional ethics inquiries, the race in NY-23, and the deal to ...
Bad Ethics Bombshell Coincides With Poll Of Lawmakers: Our Ethics Enforcement Is Good Enough
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... A confidential ethics committee report leaked to the Washington Post reveals that more than 30 members of the House are currently facing ethics investigations, including ...
Sexism and The Speaker
Taylor Marsh —
... All you have to do is read today’s Washington Post ethics story to understand what Pelosi’s up against. That the information was accidentally put on a file sharing network is stunning given its contents. ...
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
JammieWearingFool —
... The most ethical congress evah! Time to crack that whip Nancy. The Washington Post article only names a few of the more then 30 members of congress under investigation for various ethics questions, but off course there are the usual suspects, actually more like those with an ongoing record of ethical problems. It seems congress critters have the recidivism rate of pedophiles. There's John Murtha and Charlie Rangel along with Maxine Waters and Jane Harman. All Democrats. I will be curious to see if we ever get a peek at the complete list. The committee did not detail the two ...
House Ethics leak shows dozens of lawmakers under scrutiny
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... A badly-secured file from the House Ethics Committee shows dozens of lawmakers under scrutiny for potential corruption charges — and one in particular who may face a less-friendly inquiry from the Justice Department. Federal investigators asked the committee to suspend a years-long probe into the activities of Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV), indicating that criminal charges may result. The Washington Post reports the memo in ...
We Need Sarbanes-Oxley for Congress!
The Glittering Eye —
The big news story of the day is the revelation that dozens of Congressmen are under investigation by the Ethics Committee:
House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.
The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not ...
All Three Morning Shows Skip Report of Ethics Investigation Into Powerful Dems
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... A second Post article by Ellen Nakashima and Paul Kane revealed that a broader investigation is also looking into activities by Democrat Charles Rangel: ...
Ethics Document Accidentally Released
Delaware Liberal —
A document from the US House Ethics Committee that details ongoing ethics investigations currently in play was inadvertently released reports The Washington Post . The 22-page “Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report” gives brief summaries of ethics panel investigations of the conduct of 19 lawmakers and a few staff members. It also outlines the work of the new Office of Congressional Ethics, a quasi-independent body that initiates investigations and provides recommendations to the ethics committee. The document indicated that the office was reviewing the activities of 14 ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... Obama has strengthened the authority and independence of an espionage oversight board made up of private citizens with top-level security clearances and a mandate to uncover illegal spying. In an executive order released Thursday by the White House, Mr. Obama rolled back several changes made by the Bush administration that had weakened the Intelligence Oversight Board, a panel that helps presidents make sure spy agencies are obeying federal laws and presidential directives." * Hmm : "House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and ...
In Wake Of Washington Post Report, Charlie Rangel Should Resign
MyDD —
... The biggest story on Capitol Hill today was the Washington Post's bombshell, "Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry". You've no doubt heard the story by now: an internal House Ethics Committee report from July was accidentally placed on a publicly-accessible computer by a low-level staffer and made its way into the Post's hands. The report documents over thirty ongoing committee investigations. The Post has yet to post the full document or name all the lawmakers on its webpage, so ...
Halloween Links Guaranteed to Frighten You
Maggie's Farm —
... time to read these 27 pages. Anyone who reads these pages and still says this bill isn’t about the government takeover of health care is either a fool or a liar. It’s just that simple.
The high cost of Aromatherapy: Premiums to Skyrocket Under Obamacare
‘Jobs Created or Saved’ Is White House Fantasy
Washington culture of corruption proceeds on course. Actually, dozens.
Re Henninger's piece which we linked: ...
