Watchdog Groups Criticize GOP Plan on Ethics Complaints
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Emerging Republican proposals to change the way House ethics complaints are handled present a serious threat to the House&#39;s ability to police itself, leaders of independent groups that monitor Congressional ethics say.
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Concerns about safety and the care of dying patients dominate complaints to an NHS watchdog.
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A House ethics panel has concluded that Republicans failed to adequately respond to warnings about a lawmaker blamed for the Internet sex scandal that shook the U.S. Congress this year, a source said on Friday.
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A leading Republican senator Sunday condemned as "a bad idea" a reported U.S. plan to keep some suspected terrorists imprisoned for a lifetime even if the government lacks evidence to charge them.
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Media watchdog issues unprecedented, stinging rebuke for serious error of judgment.
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Some Republicans who have gone public with their complaints about the war strategy also weighed in against the Democratic withdrawal plan as ill-advised.
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House leaders on Wednesday announced a task force to examine whether an outside panel should investigate ethics problems involving House members.
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A conservative backlash to the massive street demonstrations over immigration is aggravating Republican leaders&#039; carefully orchestrated plans to renew the landmark Voting Rights Act before the fall elections.
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Republicans could face ethics investigations for contacting U.S. attorneys about pending cases, a jarring political development only four months after ethical lapses helped cost the GOP control of Congress
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A bipartisan Ethics Committee on Wednesday admonished House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas) for the second time in a week for creating an appearance of favoritism after
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A private government watchdog organization said yesterday that nearly 100 chairmen and ranking minority members of House committees used their positions to benefit their families, including employing relatives for campaign or consulting work.
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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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The nation's top securities watchdog yesterday mounted a forceful defense of the government's ongoing crackdown on corporate fraud, amid industry complaints that authorities are overreaching in their drive to police misconduct on Wall Street.
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A committee responsible for  enforcing ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday began investigating a sex scandal that has enveloped  Republicans struggling to keep control of Congress in the  November 7 election.
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The Bush administration yesterday raised serious objections about congressional efforts to approve a corporate tax-cut bill this week, warning that the Republican-backed
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A congressional ethics committee approved about 50 subpoenas on Thursday as it launched a probe into disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage assistants in a sex scandal enveloping Republicans as they struggle to keep control of Congress.
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U.S. House of Representatives  Majority Leader Tom DeLay, admonished by his chamber's ethics  committee last week, was hit by the same panel on Wednesday  night with two more rebukes, a congressional source said.