Watchdogs: Ethics process is grindingly slow

Published December 13, 2016 5:01am ET



The House Ethics Committee continues to move at a glacial pace in determining whether lawmakers have broken House rules, according to watchdog groups, despite the creation in 2008 of an ethics office designed to spur movement.

The Office of Congressional Ethics has forced the Ethics committee to at least scrutinize members’ behavior. But that doesn’t mean cases are being wrapped up.

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