Tag: Ethics

Senators call former Exxon Mobil CEO's plan to eliminate conflicts of interest an "egregious payout deal." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dems want Tillerson’s divestment plan to be illegal

Joseph Lawler · January 5, 2017 10:58 pm

Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., traded more than $300,000 in shares of health-related companies during the past four years, the Wall Street Journal reported in late December. Over that same period, Price authored or co-authored dozens of related bills in the House during this time that Democrats argue could affect the same companies' stock prices. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems demand ethics probe into Price’s stock trades

Susan Crabtree · January 5, 2017 2:50 pm

Rex Tillerson will receive a $180 million retirement package from Exxon Mobil in order to completely separate himself from the oil giant before facing confirmation. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

Tillerson to receive $180 million from Exxon Mobil as a part of ethics agreement

Kyle Feldscher · January 4, 2017 2:26 pm

Republican lawmakers didn't campaign on this issue or even publicly make the case for it after the election. Above, Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, who introduced the proposal to change the way the Office of Congressional Ethics will operate. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

GOP blunder on ethics office should start proper reform debate

Washington Examiner · January 4, 2017 5:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. places his hand over his heart as he thanks the members of the House of Representatives following his re-election to his leadership position, during a ceremony in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Watchdogs fret House ethics office may yet be defanged

Nicole Duran · January 4, 2017 5:01 am

Rank-and-file House Republicans created a public relations headache for House Speaker Paul Ryan for the second time in as many months. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

GOP scars its opening-day rollout with ethics bungle

Nicole Duran · January 3, 2017 9:19 pm

Biden: GOP showed ‘wise judgment’ by reversing ethics move

Al Weaver · January 3, 2017 8:53 pm

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., left, said that regulatory moves by the Obama administration "breeds thousands of regulations that further enrich the connected and powerful, sometimes at the great expense of the average American." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

GOP retreats from ethics changes

Susan Ferrechio · January 3, 2017 4:54 pm

Ryan: House will still be held to high ethical standards

Nicole Duran · January 3, 2017 4:52 pm

President-elect Trump urged GOP lawmakers to "drain the swamp" after GOP members moved to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics in a closed-door vote Monday night. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump scolds House GOP for gutting ethics office

Gabby Morrongiello · January 3, 2017 3:30 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy discusses the move by House Republicans to eviscerate the independent Office of Government Ethics, during a network television interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy doesn’t like the way ethics office was changed, but will vote for it anyway

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 2:53 pm

"My hope is what you will see is more transparency, you will see more individuals with the opportunity to know who is accusing them and we will see more matters resolved in a timely manner," Blackburn said. (Photo by Brian Dowling/Invision for ASCAP/AP Images)

GOP lawmaker defends gutting of ethics watchdog

Kyle Feldscher · January 3, 2017 1:58 pm