Melanie Sloan
Melanie Sloan
Melanie Sloanis the former Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit government watchdog group...
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No matter what level of corruption the members of Congress engage in, the ethics committees do nothing. It's a national embarrassment.
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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.
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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.
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You have to have power to abuse it. You would be foolish to give money to a Democrat because they wouldn't be able to deliver anything.
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The way that they've presented it makes it look more independent than it in fact is, and that's misleading.
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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.
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Special interests do get more and they do get what they pay for despite the constant denial that lawmakers can't be bought,
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That, to me, would be special treatment that he doesn't really deserve.
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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.
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This is going to be one of the biggest congressional scandals ever.
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It's a reform bill in name only, and they're hoping no one will notice.
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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.
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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.
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It is outrageous that outsiders can't file complaints, since Congress has demonstrated its unwillingness to police its own conduct.