The US Senate Rules and Administration Committee has unanimously approved the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 , which incorporates only modest curbs on privately financed trips and earmarks. If the bill is...
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Gonzales rejects Democrat call to recuse himself from Abramoff investigation
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Thursday rejected a call from thirty-one Senate Democrats to recuse himself from the ongoing investigation of Jack Abramoff because he was too close to the...
Boehner to succeed DeLay as House Majority Leader after GOP vote
In a close vote Thursday, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) beat out stand-in GOP chief Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) to win election as GOP House Majority Leader , vowing to move the party away from...
Senate Democrats urge appointment of special counsel for Abramoff probe
US Senate Democrats Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Ken Salazar (D-CO) Thursday urged US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to appoint a special counsel to lead the investigation of Jack Abramoff and...
In a US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on lobbying reform Wednesday, trade group lobbyists questioned the need for the new ethics reform proposal that would place stricter regulations...
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Henning of Wayne State University Law School says that while lawmakers in Washington are floating new ethics regulations in the wake of the Abramoff lobbying scandal, they might do better to apply existing laws and work...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Tuesday introduced a proposal which will restrict the gifts Congressmen may receive from lobbyists. The ethics reform plan is in response to the recent...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) outlined a plan Sunday to implement more stringent restrictions on the "perks" members of Congress may accept from private parties. Reconsideration of the restrictions was sparked by...
A British law firm has been linked to the ongoing investigation into the illegal activities of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff . A former partner at London-based James & Sarch, now defunct, allegedly channeled $1 million from...
Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) announced in a letter to rank-and-file Republican Representatives Saturday that he was formally stepping down as House Majority Leader . DeLay was forced to temporaily step aside...
