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Fault Ethics Committee, Not OCE
Posted November 20, 2009 by Meredith McGehee

The House ethics committee's anticipated dismissal of a complaint against Members who participated in a Caribbean trip underdewritten by corporate sponsors, will likely include another rebuke of the Office of Congressional Ethics. The repeated and unfounded public criticisms of OCE are deeply troubling.

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FEC Guts HLOGA Candidate Travel Restrictions: Statement of Paul S. Ryan, Campaign Legal Center FEC Program Director

The FEC today adopted a final rule gutting restrictions on federal candidate air travel, enacted by Congress as part of a sweeping revision of federal ethics laws known as the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA).

Legal Center Weekly Report: November 3, 2009
 
Statement By Reform Groups Regarding Activities of the House Ethics Committee and Office of Congressional Ethics
 
Ethics Committee Must Launch Investigations or Release OCE Fact Finding Reports by Week's End
 
Detroit Free Press: Fieger's Firm Settles Campaign Allegations
 
The Wall Street Journal: Flight Sale: FEC Eases Limits on Lawmakers' Use of Corporate Jets
 
Washington Post: FEC Relaxes Rule on Luxury-Jet Travel by Candidates
 



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