What a difference the vote of November 7th has made on how some politicians in Washington now view wrongdoing. The U.S. Senate has now decided that lawmakers and other senior public servants should face stronger penalties, including jail time, for knowingly falsifying financial disclosure forms. That type legislation wouldn’t have had a “prayer” [...]
We can all agree – regardless of our political persuasions – that over the past several years an unprecedented wave of corruption, cronyism and special-interest sleaze has gripped our nation’s capital. To bring greater public attention to individuals involved in these ethics scandals – in the hope of preventing such abuses of the public trust [...]
There is even more bad news to report from the departed 109th Congress. Most folks – outside Washington – believe the Mark Foley episode should have resulted in strong punitive action by Congress against all of those found guilty of violations. The House Ethics Committee spent 100 hours interviewing members of Congress and congressional [...]
One of the biggest ethical problems in Washington concerns the revolving door that currently exists in our nation’s capital. The American people need to find out about this door and how it affects taxpayers. When they do – what they find, they won’t like. Persons can go from working for the government [...]
One of the biggest ethical problems in Washington concerns the revolving door that currently exists in our nation’s capital. The American people need to find out about this door and how it affects taxpayers. When they do – what they find, they won’t like. Persons can go from working for the government [...]
