Tag: Ethics

Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a keynote address at the Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

2008 memo to bar Clinton conflicts of interest now seen as ‘unenforceable’

Mark Tapscott · February 28, 2015 10:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, speaks at a press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. Sen McConnell plans to end the Department of Homeland Security funding impasse by stripping the bill of immigration provisions. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Reid meeting violated Senate ethics rules and federal law, watchdog charges

Ethan Barton · February 26, 2015 5:50 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and husband, former President Bill Clinton address the audience during a Clinton Foundation event. (Michael Loccisano/Getty images)

Clinton Foundation’s corporate donors spent $350m lobbying federal government

Luke Rosiak · February 25, 2015 8:07 pm

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Watchdog accuses Louie Gohmert of ethics violations

Sean Lengell · January 22, 2015 8:28 pm

In a Dec. 18, 2013 photo, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., laughs while discussing his first months back in Congress during an Associated Press interview in his district office in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Mark Sanford accused of violating House ethics rules

Sean Lengell · January 12, 2015 5:15 pm

In a Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 file photo, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker gives a thumbs up as he speaks at his campaign party, in West Allis, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Ethics board denies it acted improperly in Scott Walker probe

Sean Higgins · December 31, 2014 10:53 pm

Rep. Michael Grimm says he will resign

Sean Lengell · December 30, 2014 4:13 pm

Report: Embattled Rep. Michael Grimm to step down

Sean Lengell · December 30, 2014 3:05 am

Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., earlier this year plead not guilty to 20 felony counts, but since then changed course to accept a plea bargain, setting up his guilty plea Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty images)

Rep. Grimm pleads guilty, won’t resign

Rebecca Berg · December 23, 2014 7:34 pm

More ‘tolerance’ from Stalinist universities

David Limbaugh · December 19, 2014 5:51 pm

Legal paperwork shows that in a 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity complaint brought by an employee, in which then-director George Cohen was the named defendant, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was represented by the law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser. (iStock Photo)

Despite ethics pledge, FMCS hired director’s old boss to do legal work

Luke Rosiak · December 18, 2014 9:26 pm

Rep. Michael Grimm has been accused of violating federal campaign finance laws by soliciting, and accepting, prohibited campaign contributions and filing false campaign finance reports. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

House ethics panel delays probe of Rep. Michael Grimm

Sean Lengell · November 26, 2014 5:56 pm