Ethics
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on federal charges that accuse him of trying to benefit from his ability to appoint President-elect Barack Obama’s replacement in the U.S. Senate.
A 76-page FBI affidavit says the 51-year-old Democrat was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate [...]
GOP Scandal Of The Day
Monday, October 27th, 2008Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has been convicted of lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received from a wealthy oil contractor.
The Senate’s longest-serving Republican, Stevens was found guilty on all seven counts of making false statements on Senate financial documents.
And you thought Sarah Palin was the most corrupt Republican from Alaska…
Palin’s Ethics Record Is Embarassing
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008_She pummeled opponents for giving oil companies and other businesses too much control of state government. Yet she appointed the founder of an engineering firm that received $6.8 million in state business as head of the transportation department.
_She has accepted dozens of gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars since taking office, including two free [...]
You Get What You Vote For…
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008…or what’s the matter with Alaskan voters?
Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska won the Republican primary in his home state on Tuesday, soundly defeating six Republican challengers less than a month after he was indicted by a federal grand jury for concealing more than $250,000 in gifts from an oil services company.
Another Poster Child For Term Limits
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Republican senator in United States history and a figure of great influence in Washington as well as in his home state, has been indicted in connection with a federal corruption investigation.
Mr. Stevens, 84, was indicted on seven counts of failing to report income. The charges are related to [...]
Then And Now
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008July 11, 2008:
“I don’t see anything unfair about it, and I didn’t even know it was a deal.”
July 15, 2008:
Representative Charles B. Rangel has decided to move his campaign office out of one of four rent-stabilized apartments he leases in Harlem, his spokesman said. Mr. Rangel’s spokesman said the congressman would not discuss details of [...]