Panel Finds Negligence in Foley Case
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Though they broke no rules, House Republican leaders were negligent in handling the case of former Representative Mark Foley, the House ethics committee said today.
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Simply using computer equipment to view child pornography is not a federal crime, a federal appeals panel ruled Friday in reversing the conviction of a Florida man.
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The aide, Kirk Fordham, said that he had warned Republican leaders about Representative Mark FoleyÂs behavior prior to 2005.
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A Texas congressman who brought a  successful ethics complaint against House Majority Leader Tom  DeLay was himself chided by the ethics panel for violating the  rules in the way he brought the complaint.
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There is probable cause to believe that gubernatorial candidate Tom Gallagher violated ethics laws by owning stock in two insurance companies while he regulated the industry, the state ethics commission determined Friday.
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Republican lawmakers and aides failed for a decade to protect male pages from sexual come-ons by former Rep. Mark Foley &#151; once described as a "ticking time bomb" &#151; but they broke no rules and should not be punished, the House ethics committee concluded Friday.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. said Chairman Patricia Dunn was unaware of tactics used in an investigation into boardroom leaks to reporters. Meanwhile, reports say the California attorney general is likely to bring criminal charges.
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House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Monday defended his office's handling of questions raised about Rep. Mark Foley last year, saying the parents of a former male page were concerned about an e-mail Foley sent their son but didn't want the matter pursued.
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The House voted unanimously to launch an investigation into messages allegedly sent by former Rep. Mark Foley to a male teenage page.
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A medical panel clears a doctor who gave a paralysing drug to two dying babies of acting inappropriately.
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Democrats said on Friday that  warnings about former Rep. Mark Foley's inappropriate contact  with young congressional aides were "swept under the rug" by  Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives intent  on protecting their power.
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Congressional panel hears about the pretexting scandal from former chairman, one of few who didn't plead the Fifth.
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Jurors deliberating in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby asked for the judge's advice about how to interpret one of five counts in the case, which charges that the vice president's former chief of staff lied to the FBI about his conversation with former Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper, according to a note from the jury released by the court this morning....
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The House ethics committee will investigate Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., to determine whether he violated standards of conduct when an illegally recorded telephone conversation was leaked to reporters during a committee investigation.
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Okay, I've read the 260 pages filed by the review panel that investigated the Virginia Tech shootings, and I understand that the university should have stepped in to help Seung Hui Cho but didn't, that Cho's parents should have alerted the college to his condition but didn't and that the state...
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Henry A. Waxman said Wednesdayâs hearing unnecessarily embarrassed Clemens, who he thought did not tell the truth, as well Brian McNamee, who he thought was unfairly attacked by committee Republicans.
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The House Ethics Committee voted today to set up a subcommittee to investigate improper conduct between lawmakers and pages.