Melanie Sloan
Melanie Sloan
Melanie Sloanis the former Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit government watchdog group...
special treatment
That, to me, would be special treatment that he doesn't really deserve.
adam comments committee ethics explaining given gop house illegal indictment involving knew scandal step
An indictment is just the first step in the ever-evolving scandal involving Abramoff and the GOP Leadership. Now, Rep. Ney has some explaining to do. Given that Rep. Ney knew enough about SunCruz, Adam Kidan and Gus Boulis to insert comments about them in the Congressional Record, the House ethics committee should find out what else Rep. Ney knew about Abramoff's illegal activities.
biggest scandals
This is going to be one of the biggest congressional scandals ever.
fact presented
The way that they've presented it makes it look more independent than it in fact is, and that's misleading.
constant denial despite interests pay special
Special interests do get more and they do get what they pay for despite the constant denial that lawmakers can't be bought,
against bob build case longer tom
They should be nervous. It won't be long before Bob Ney is indicted. It will probably take a little while longer for them to build their case against Tom DeLay.
concerning uncommon
I think it's a little too cozy. It's not an uncommon practice, but it is a concerning one.
both cleared
I think they both have been cleared here.
actions commence committee ethics federal house johnson law office position power prohibited public rules taken trust using
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.
blatant committee complaint conduct disregard ethics file house ignore integrity law member rule shows truce urge
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.
corrupt culture means members problems republican
Republican culture of corruption. There are so many corrupt members of Congress. By no means are all of the problems gone.
progress slow
Particularly in the House, the progress is very slow and may end up with very little reform.
indict prosecutor starting undermine
starting to undermine the prosecutor by implying that he's only going to be able to indict on technicalities.
reform
Lobbying reform is going more the enforcement route. What's that going to do? Nothing much.