Republicans hobble ethics office

Republicans are plain evil.

If the press lets them get away with their antics the way they usually do, it will once again be on them.
 
what is the important work this committee does.....I did not know so I went to their website and looked......they issue annual summaries of their actions.....for example, in 2010 they issued nine recommendations between July and December.......here is for example is the action they took in July.....
On May 7, 2008, Representative Laura Richardson’s Sacramento home was sold into foreclosure. On May 29, 2008, Washington Mutual, Representative Richardson’s lender, rescinded the foreclosure sale. Immediately following the rescission, James York, the individual who had purchased the home and had begun making improvements to it, publicly accused the Congresswoman of receiving preferential treatment from her lender. Further, Representative Richardson did not disclose her mortgage liability on her 2007 financial disclosure form filed in May 2008, or in two subsequent amendments filed to her financial disclosure form in June 2008.

In the course of its review, the OCE learned that neighbors of Representative Richardson provided professional yard-care services to the Representative’s Sacramento property for which they were not reimbursed.

Representative Richardson’s conduct may have violated gift and financial disclosure rules.
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this was referred to committee who ultimately issued a six volume report.......I glanced at volume 6 and perused page one of 1318 pages.....

I believe ultimately it was decided that the neighbors acted out of concern for the aesthetics of the neighborhood and not because they wished to enrich the congresswoman......

this appeared to be the most significant thing they were involved in in the last half of 2010, as the other matters were primarily 'congressman so and so had a $80 per deim expense account for this trip and if he spent less and kept the money there may be an unreported gift"...

https://oce.house.gov/category/111th-congress/

how did we ever survive without this committee before 2008?.....
 
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