congressional ethics

Congress is back in town— and the very first thing the crooks in the undrained swamp hope to accomplish is to make the swamp safer— for the predators, in this case, themselves.

The nature of political conservatism is corruptionFriday morning the House rejected a plan to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics-- which concerned me, because I just filed a complaint against corrupt conservative Patrick Murphy with it. Right wing New Mexico multimillionaire oil industry crook, Stevan Pearce (R) was behind an amendment to kill it by taking $191,000 out of its budget.

Yesterday it was Trey Gowdy-- South Carolina's walking advertisement for extreme botox malpractice-- who nominated Paul Ryan to be speaker. For those who have short memories, Michigan Democratic congressional candidate, Paul Clements, reminded his supporters that Ryan, more than anything else, represents "an extremist vision of American domestic policy. The Path to Prosperity outlined by his budget proposal seeks to do many things, like...

Say good night, Aaron. Too many questions about his finances, it appears -- as of yesterday including a new batch to come from the Office of Congressional Ethics. This made for a tough call here at DWT Command -- to preempt our festive St.

The Honorable Steve Stockman (R-TX), domestic terroristSteve Stockman made a name for himself the first time he somehow wound up in Congress.

ProtectedYesterday, when I wrote this post, it was November 27, 2014.

New Jersey corruption: Norcross (D), Christie (R)New Jersey politicians have a reputation.

House Ethics Committee Chair Michael Conaway (R-TX) -- a fine ethicist who grasps the evil of "duplicative paperwork""These kinds of backroom deals and changing of the rules in the middle of the night is exactly why Congress has a lower approval rating than cockroaches and traffic jams."-- Rep.

Republicans got rid of their head of corrupt practices; the Democrats haven'tSomeone-- or a few someones-- must be responsible for the rules change that allows Members of Congress to take bribes in the form of lobbyist-sponsored travel without reporting it on financial disclosure forms. I read about the "rules change" and how "it happened" and how it has "occurred behind closed doors." But nowhere does it say who was behind those closed doors.

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