Category Archives: Ethics

Mitt Romney says Obama’s policies hurt economy Reuters

By doris | Published: July 23, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took aim at President Barack Obama’s economic leadership on Wednesday, saying the Democrat’s policies were hurting, not helping, the U.S. economy. “The president’s policies almost without question have caused this recession to be deeper and longer than it would have been and [...]

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Dems target six Republicans on corruption

By doris | Published: July 6, 2011

Full Story at CBSNews.com Democrats are launching a series of robocalls today against six vulnerable House Republicans who have been caught in ethics scandals. As part of the Democrats’ campaign to win back the House, the robocalls focus on six relatively new GOP members: Reps. Scott Tipton of Colorado, David Rivera of Florida, Frank Guinta [...]

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Bosses at bailed-out Fannie, Freddie were paid millions

By doris | Published: April 1, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Regulators have approved generous executive compensation at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-backed mortgage finance giants, with little scrutiny or analysis, according to a report published Thursday by the inspector general of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The companies, whose fates are to be decided by Congress this year, paid [...]

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Health care, worst bill passed in history?

By doris | Published: February 19, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) on the House floor said the health-care overhaul law was the “worst bill that has ever been passed in the history of Congress.” It’s quite a statement considering the nation’s history. Some historians may argue that the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 or the Sedition Act [...]

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Ethics watchdog calls for crack down on Congress sleepovers

By doris | Published: February 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — A Washington ethics watchdog says it’s time for Congress to crack down on lawmakers who sleep in their offices rather than pay for a place to live. Reacting to a surge in congressmen bunking down in their work spaces, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants the Office [...]

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Political battle on illegal immigration shifts to states

By doris | Published: January 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Legislative leaders in at least half a dozen states say they will propose bills similar to a controversial law to fight illegal immigration that was adopted by Arizona last spring, even though a federal court has suspended central provisions of that statute. The efforts, led by Republicans, are part of a [...]

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Clinton: Leaks won’t damage US foreign relations

By doris | Published: December 3, 2010

Full Story at News.Yahoo.com MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says WikiLeaks disclosures are illegal but will not damage U.S. foreign relations. In a joint news conference Friday with Bahrain’s foreign minister, Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Clinton said many statements in the secret cables have been taken out of [...]

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Clinton: Leaks ‘tear at the fabric’ of government

By doris | Published: November 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned on Monday the leak of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents, saying the U.S. was taking aggressive steps to hold responsible those who “stole” the information. In her first public comments since the weekend release of the classified State Department cables, Clinton [...]

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Feds oppose Calif. Prop 19 to legalize marijuana

By doris | Published: October 16, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. government will “vigorously enforce” federal laws against marijuana even if voters next month make California the first state to legalize pot, Attorney General Eric Holder says. Holder’s warning, contained in a letter to ex-federal drug enforcement chiefs, was his most direct statement yet against Proposition 19, [...]

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Impeachment trial of federal judge gets under way in U.S. Senate

By doris | Published: September 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Senate on Monday started the impeachment trial of federal judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. — the first such trial since the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton in 1999. The Senate Impeachment Trial Committee will submit its summary to the full Senate, which is expected to [...]

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Palin opens Tea Party protest in Reid’s hometown

By doris | Published: March 29, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com Searchlight, Nevada (CNN) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin kicked off a Tea Party rally Saturday in Sen. Harry Reid’s hometown, encouraging disgruntled Americans to “take back our country” while attacking what she called the “Obama-Pelosi-Reid spending spree.”

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Hawaii considering law to ignore ‘birthers’

By doris | Published: March 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com HONOLULU – Birthers beware: Hawaii may start ignoring your repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born here. As the state continues to receive e-mails seeking Obama’s birth certificate, the state House Judiciary Committee heard a bill Tuesday permitting government officials to ignore people who won’t give up. “Sometimes [...]

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