It is scandalous that our government is still trying to cover up its breathtakingly inadequate response to the greatest natural disaster in our nation's history. |
It is time for our representatives to take their constitutional obligation to police themselves seriously, an obligation that members of both political parties have ignored to the detriment of the American people. |
It's a reform bill in name only, and they're hoping no one will notice. |
It's actually breaking the law. |
It's breaking house rules which prevent a member from using travel funds for anything but their own travel. And it breaks federal Election Commission law, which requires that only campaign funds be used for campaign expenses. |
Lobbying is cost-effective only for those who can pay for lobbyists. Those with an opposing view won't be heard as well as those with lots of money. |
Lobbying reform is going more the enforcement route. What's that going to do? Nothing much. |
No matter what level of corruption the members of Congress engage in, the ethics committees do nothing. It's a national embarrassment. |
not only has Sen. Frist likely engaged in illegal activity, he has also been attempting to cover up his actions by suddenly finding a conflict of interest that he never before recognized. Sen. Frist would be wise to consider Martha Stewart's case as he continues down this path. |
Particularly in the House, the progress is very slow and may end up with very little reform. |
Rep. Jefferson's conduct shows a blatant disregard for the rule of law and the integrity of the House of Representatives. We urge a member of the House to ignore the long-standing ethics truce and file CREW's complaint with the House Ethics Committee today. |
Rep. Johnson abused the public trust by using the power of his office to harass an organization which had taken a position with which he disagreed. Such actions are specifically prohibited by federal law and ethics rules and the House ethics committee should immediately commence an investigation into Rep. Johnson's disgraceful conduct. |
Republican culture of corruption. There are so many corrupt members of Congress. By no means are all of the problems gone. |
Special interests do get more and they do get what they pay for despite the constant denial that lawmakers can't be bought, |
starting to undermine the prosecutor by implying that he's only going to be able to indict on technicalities. |