Watchdog groups tend to cry foul when lobbyists solicit earmarks for their corporate clients from legislators. Lobbyists, in turn, often blame the groups for conjuring up images of corruption when congressmen are merely responding to their constituents’ needs. Yesterday, however, members of both tribes got together and presented a More…
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent agency established in 2008 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to launch investigations into congressional improprieties and make recommendations to the House Ethics Committee, seems to be performing its duties so well that it might just be out of a job. The Hill More…
Loopholes riddle campaign finance laws and ethics rules in Washington, but the widest may be the one governing corporate donations to the charities of lawmakers. Thanks to a provision that allows businesses to make unlimited gifts to foundations run or founded by members of Congress, the New York Times More…
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is sitting down with reporters today at 10 am to defend herself against charges brought against her by the House Ethics Committee. At the meeting, the congresswoman will hand out a detailed memo explaining why the allegations of a conflict of interest — for helping More…
At what point does a campaign contribution cross over from Washington status quo to illegal quid pro quo? That’s what the Office of Congressional Ethics has been attempting to probe in its ongoing investigation into eight House members who solicited and received large campaign contributions from the financial services More…
The non-partisan Office of Congressional Ethics has launched a preliminary investigation into the actions of Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) surrounding the bribery allegations against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), The Chicago Sun-Times reported this afternoon.
Blagojevich has claimed that Jackson’s emissaries had offered cash to the Illinois governor More…
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