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  Link   Hoyer: "Drain the swamp" not my line
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday noted that it was Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), not him, who promised to “drain the swamp” of corruption in Washington. The Hill; July 27, 2010 		0
  Link   Charlie's fading friends
Just one day after learning that he will face a House Ethics Committee trial on multiple ethics allegations, it looks like Charlie Rangel is starting to turn toxic for fellow Democrats. Nancy Pelosi ... NYP; July 24, 2010 		4
  Link   Charles Rangel: Man Who Escaped Nancy Pelosi’s “House Cleaning” Fury
San Francisco’s very own Nancy Pelosi was at the forefront of the liberal overthrow of the U.S. House of Representatives four years ago with her silly rhetoric to “Drain the Swamp,” shut down ... Canada Free Press; July 24, 2010 		0
  Link   Pelosi Statement Following House Passage of the Government Efficiency, Effectiveness and Performance Act
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today following House passage of the bipartisan Government Efficiency, Effectiveness and Performance Act, which gives Congress new tools ... Official Site; June 16, 2010 		23
  Link   Pelosi Punts On Gutting Ethics Office
Will House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stand up and defend her signature "drain the swamp" ethics initiative from members of her own party? Doesn't look like it. TPMDC; June 18, 2010 		24
  Link   Pelosi: Ethics Are Overrated
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is sending private signals that she is willing to support watering down the powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics. WSJ; June 15, 2010 		21
  Link   Pelosi willing to listen to members' concerns about House ethics office
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she is listening to concerns from members about the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) but would not say if she supported changes to its authority. The Hill; June 11, 2010 		24
  Link   Don't weaken the House ethics process
When Democrats regained control of the House in 2006, incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- San Francisco) promised "the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history." LA Times; June 11, 2010 		19
  Link   Advocates push back against black lawmakers on ethics office
Watchdog groups are trying to insulate a new House ethics panel from an attempt to peel away its powers. Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center are calling on Nancy Pelosi to defend the OCE. The Hill; June 7, 2010 		24
  Link   Some of the Obama administration's biggest congressional allies from the Bay Area are in a fierce showdown with the White House over the CIA.
The fight has pitted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Reps. Anna Eshoo and other Bay Area Democrats against President Obama and former Carmel congressman and current CIA Director Leon Panetta. SF Gate; June 3, 2010 		21
  Link   They Must Be Doing Their Job
... Speaker Nancy Pelosi created the new ethics office to repair taxpayer confidence badly frayed by a series of corruption scandals and the failure of the House’s separate ethics committee ... NYT; June 2, 2010 		26
  Link   Boehner's On Board: Momentum Builds to Televise the Conference
... John Boehner is now on board. He said this in a letter written to Nancy Pelosi yesterday: "(C)onsistent with the new House initiative of live streaming video of House floor proceedings ..." Huff Post; May 22, 2010 		16
  Link   Ethics Panel Interviews Pelosi Aides in Massa Investigation
The House ethics committee has interviewed aides to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in its ongoing investigation tied to ex-Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.), a spokesman said Wednesday. Roll Call; April 21, 2010 		68
  Link   Pelosi Says She’ll Talk to Ethics Panel About Massa
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she was willing to meet with House ethics investigators looking into the conduct of former Representative Eric Massa. NYT; April 22, 2010 		4
  Link   Fact Check: Pelosi's $100,000 of expenses was not all food, booze
Times-Union readers want to know: I've been forwarded this e-mail that says it's scandalous that Nancy Pelosi has spent $100,000 of taxpayer money on food and booze during trips with her ... Florida Times-Union; 4/4/2010 		52
  Link   GOP pushes probe of disgraced upstate pol Eric Massa, charges Nancy Pelosi ignored tip
The scandal around disgraced ex-Rep. Eric Massa rocked Capitol Hill again Thursday as Republicans forced ethics officials to take another look at sordid charges of sexual harassment - and how they were handled. NYDN; 3/12/2010 		18
  Link   Pelosi faces ethics probe over potential Massa coverup
House Republicans are pushing hard for an investigation into Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handling of accusations that ex-Rep. Eric Massa sexually harassed a male staffer ... SF Examiner; March 12, 2010 		22
  Link   Nancy Pelosi's office was told of concerns about Eric Massa
Nancy Pelosi's office was notified in October by then-Rep. Eric Massa's top aide of concerns about the New York Democrat's behavior, two congressional sources familiar with the matter said ... Wash Post; March 11, 2010 		12
  Link   Delay Praises Democrats For Consistency On Ethics Probes
Republican Tom Delay, the embattled former representative from Texas, said he is glad Democrats are being consistent in having one of their own, Rep. Charles Rangel, step down from a key position amid ... WSJ; March 7, 2010 		44
  Link   GOP group's luncheon to feature Pelosi rivals
The sign-up deadline is Tuesday for a meeting of the Novato Republican Women Federated that will feature two candidates seeking the seat held by Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco. Marin Independent Journal; March 7, 2010 		43
  Link   Sunday Take: For fed-up voters, a buffet of gaffes
... The slide depicted President Obama as the Joker (with a caption that read, "socialism"), Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as Cruella De Vil and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) as Scooby-Doo. Wash Post; March 7, 2010 		35
  Link   No one punished under congressional ethics rules
Nearly three years after Congress approved sweeping ethics rules to "drain the swamp," as incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put it, no member of Congress has been punished for wrongdoing. USA Today; January 10, 2010 		78
  Link   THE DAILY OUTRAGE: Perks continue even after they retire
WHO: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert WHAT: Politico reports that taxpayers are being billed more than $40,000 per month for rented office space in Illinois, $100,000-plus salaries ... Washington Ex; December 28, 2009 		56
  Link   2009: The Things I Want to Forget
... That Nancy Pelosi, who had promised to "drain the swamp" and create "the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history," instead resisted calls to remove scandal-plagued ... Huff Post; December 28, 2009 		46
  Link   Pelosi spends thousands on flowers, bottled water
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers between June and October. House Majority Whip James Clyburn has a thing for Chantilly Donuts ... Connecticut Tristates; December 2, 2009 		47
  Link   SPOTLIGHT: Quarterly House expense reports go online
... Nancy Pelosi ordered the online disclosure after news stories raised questions about how some members were using their office allowances. Now, their expenses will be an open book--online, of course. ... Fierce Gov't; 12/1/09 		97
  Link   Pelosi's outrageous attempt to hide congressional spending
Remember when Nancy Pelosi said "This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history”? Well, if a little noticed rule change by Pelosi is anything to go by, she lied. Ex; 12/2/09 		81
  Link   Mollohan's conflict: Pelosi punts
Only a speaker as lacking in integrity as Nancy Pelosi could allow Rep. Alan Mollohan to perpetuate an egregious conflict of interest that he easily could end by resigning from ... Pittsburgh Tribune; November 29, 2009 		91
  Link   Under Scrutiny, Rangel Is Frayed but Defiant
... At a recent fund-raiser, he complained that the House speaker had made an end run around him and his committee. Confronted by a persistent conservative activist in a hallway, he let loose an expletive ... NYT; 11/22/09 		43
  Link   N.Y. Dems agitate for Rangel action
... Politically vulnerable junior Democrats have been agitating with more senior counterparts to intervene — either with Rangel or with Nancy Pelosi — in an attempt to ease Rangel out as Ways and Means chair ... Politico; 10/19/09 		48
  Link   Examiner Editorial: Remove Rangel from tax panel
Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., understands something that continues to escape House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., is radioactive ... SF Examiner; October 17, 2009 		70
  Link   Roundtable: Huffington Says Pelosi should tell rangel to step down
Huffington says Pelosi should tell Rangel to give up Ways and Means chairmanship. ABC News; October 11, 2009 		66
  Link   CONGRESS: Rangel investigation
... Nancy Pelosi may owe her job to Rangel, but she needs to press the ethics committee to do its work without fear or favor. And she needs to contemplate the prospect of explaining to voters ... MSNBC; October 9, 2009 		58
  Link   Boehner Reminds Pelosi Of Her Pledge To Drain The Swamp
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) asks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to tell her fellow representatives to have the most open and ethical Congress. Talk News Radio; October 8, 2009 		42
  Link   Charlie Rangel rides out storm -- so far
... A month later, Rangel still has his gavel, and Democratic insiders say that the lobbyist’s rumors ... will remain wishful thinking until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decides that it’s time ... Politico; October 5, 2009 		73
  Link   What's good enough for Rep. William Jefferson is good enough for Rep. Charles Rangel, some say
Some House Republicans are calling on Nancy Pelosi to follow the same logic dealing with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., that she used with William Jefferson ...Times Picayune; October 4, 2009 		81
  Link   A Bunch of Hypocrites?
Nancy Pelosi likes to brag that she's "drained the swamp" when it comes to corruption in the House, but ethics problems could come back to haunt Democrats in 2010. Democrats are currently the subject ... Newsweek; 10/3/09 		88
  Link   Democrats must realize that Rangel is tainted
In the subzero cold of late November 1950, south of the Yalu River near the village of Kunu-ri in what now is North Korea, Pvt. 1st Class Charlie Rangel, though wounded by shrapnel ... Minneapolis Star Tribune; September 22, 2009 		69
  Link   Rep. Rangel: Popular lawmaker with ethics issues
... The ethics committee could do more and recommend that Democrats strip Rangel of his chairmanship. But a better question might be whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would take that step. AP; September 20 or 21, 2009 		68
  Link   Pelosi loath to drop hammer on Rangel
Why is Nancy Pelosi refusing a growing chorus of calls to drop the hammer on ethics-challenged Charlie Rangel? Because, at the moment, doing nothing creates a lot less trouble for Pelosi ... Politico; Sept. 5, 2009 		48
  Link   Groups want counsel for Rangel probe
... And they are frustrated that the House ethics committee has not issued findings on Rangel ... Nancy Pelosi said in November 2008 that she expected the probe to be completed in January 2009. The Hill; 9/1/09 		96
  Link   Rangel should resign
... This is no longer just a problem for Rangel. It’s a problem for Pelosi and all House Democrats, including Brian Higgins of Buffalo and Louise Slaughter of Fairport. ... The Buffalo News; September 1, 2009 		140
  Link   Pelosi's Door Revolves for Top Lobbyist
... Pelosi announced Monday that she is hiring one of Washington's top lobbyists, Richard Meltzer ... her agenda will not be unduly influenced by his former clients like ExxonMobil and R.J.Reynolds. CQ Politics; 7/20/09 		77
  Link   GOP keeps blasting Pelosi on CIA
Republicans continued an all-fronts assault on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday for accusing the Central Intelligence Agency of lying ... SF Chronicle; May 22, 2009 		183
  Link   Eyes Forward on Intelligence
... While much discussion has focused on what Nancy Pelosi was told 7 years ago, the more important issue is the reform urgently needed in the relationship between the ... Wash Post; May 21, 2009 		100
  Link   Topic A: Is Pelosi in Trouble?
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has called on current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to step down following her charge that the CIA misled her in a 2002 briefing on interrogation techniques. Wash Post; May 21, 2009 		138
  Link   Republican Newt Gingrich Calls for Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Resign
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich today called on current speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to resign, saying her accusation that the CIA lied to her threatens national security. ABC; May 20, 2009 		142
  Link   House rejects probe into Pelosi CIA claims
House Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican push to investigate Nancy Pelosi's assertion that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whether waterboarding had been used against terrorism suspects. SF Gate; 5/21/09 		110
  Link   Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush
... Both Dick Cheney, hoping to prove that torture “worked,” and Nancy Pelosi, fending off accusations of hypocrisy on torture, have now asked for classified C.I.A. documents to be made public. NYT; May 17, 2009 		20
  Link   Did Pelosi See Harman as a Female Joe Lieberman?
The salacious-sounding scoop dates to 2006, although nothing came of it back then. Suddenly, here it is again, recycled with spicy new details obviously calculated to hit Washington ... Politics Daily; May 1, 2009 		87
  Link   Reyes backs Pelosi on intel briefings
House Intelligence Committee chairman Silvestre Reyes said he agrees with Nancy Pelosi that members of Congress have been too limited in how they can respond to briefings ... The Hill; May 1, 2009 		52
  Link   What did Pelosi know and when did she know it?
Nancy Pelosi had been pushing for a "truth commission" to investigate the CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques like waterboarding - until Republicans started shining the spotlight on Pelosi herself. SF Chron; 4/30/09 		113
  Link   Pelosi Says Outreach to DOJ Unrelated to Harman Case
Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that her effort to re-engage with the Justice Department over developing guidelines for investigating lawmakers is unrelated to the recent controversy surrounding Harman. Roll Call; 4/30/09 		49
  Link   Dems push for changes on briefings
Nancy Pelosi has been talking with House Intelligence Committee members about changes in the congressional briefing process that would broaden the number of members who get information ... The Hill; April 29, 2009 		57
  Link   Reid, Pelosi still talking about financial commission
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is not yet on board with the Senate’s proposal to create an independent commission to investigate the causes of the financial meltdown. The Hill; April 23, 2009 		119
  Link   Pelosi Tells of a Briefing by Officials on Harman
Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that she had been briefed by the Bush administration “maybe three years ago” that Representative Jane Harman ... NYT; April 22, 2009 		98
  Link   Arm the COP on the Bank Beat
... Now Pelosi has added her powerful voice to the call for an independent investigation - something like the 1930s Pecora Commission to probe the excesses and crimes ... Huff Post; April 22, 2009 		148
  Link   Pelosi plans commission to probe bailout
Nancy Pelosi says she will initiate a legislative commission with broad oversight to investigate the causes of the financial collapse on Wall Street and determine the costs of the bailout to taxpayers. SJ Merc; 4/15/09 		53
  Link   Pelosi Now Remembers Harman Wiretap
Nancy Pelosi acknowledged today that she had indeed been briefed about a wiretap that recorded conversations involving Representative Jane Harman, contradicting a statement she made on Tuesday. NYT; April 22, 2009 		56
  Link   Pelosi calls for panel to probe Wall Street
Nancy Pelosi, saying the American people are demanding "discipline and accountability" following the multibillion-dollar federal bailouts, vowed to investigate the causes of Wall Street irregularities ... SF Chron; 4/15/09 		104
  Link   PMA scandal dogs Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi is under increasing pressure from conservative Democrats to provide political cover from GOP calls for an investigation into PMA Group, a now-defunct defense lobby ... The Hill; March 31, 2009 		106
  Link   Emanuel Linked to Failed Mortgage Giant
We already knew Democrats like Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, Maxine Waters and Barney Frank had received loads of money from the very banks responsible for our financial turmoil. ... Fox News; March 27, 2009 		140
  Link   Dems push to quell furor over AIG bonuses
House Democrats moved to quell the public storm over $165 million paid to disgraced traders at insurer AIG ... SF Gate; March 20, 2009 		135
  Link   Irate Congress Takes Aim at AIG
Anger over revelations that bailout recipient AIG doled out $165 million in bonuses boiled over Monday, and could result in legislation aimed at the company ... CQ Politics; March 16, 2009 		85
  Link   President Obama supports more sunshine, but advocates await the important details
Shortly after his election in November 2008, Obama received a letter from Public Citizen and 59 other nonprofit groups noting that public access to information about the gov't had been shut down ... SFBG; 3/11/09 		67
  Link   Ethics turnabout is fair play, GOP says
House Republicans are stepping up their attacks on Democrats over ethics issues — and they’re stealing a page from Nancy Pelosi’s playbook to do it. Politico; March 10, 2009 		82
  Link   Before She Was Speaker
The most enduring image from America's last banking crisis 20 years ago depicts five U.S. senators meeting with a stubborn top banking regulator ... SF Weekly; March 3, 2009 		133
  Link   Bonfire of the Profanities
An investigator who exposed dishonest savings and loan regulators in the '80s re-encounters an old rival in the latest banking crisis. SF Weekly; March 3, 2009 		151
  Link   To Catch a Mini-Madoff
... Stanford gave $150,000 to sponsor events thrown by the National Democratic Institute, ... Nancy Pelosi ... gave Stanford a public hug ... Newsweek; February 21, 2009 		154
  Link   Obama Justice Department Misses Opportunity for Transparency
The Justice Department this week missed the opportunity to bring transparency to the controversy over deleted White House e-mail from the Bush administration ... National Security Archive; February 21, 2009 		66
  Link   The Politics of Bank Nationalization
As a response to the financial crisis, the Bush Administration's Troubled Asset Recovery Program (TARP) was woefully inadequate. Huffington Post; February 22, 2009 		65
  Link   Pelosi foresees prosecution of senior Bush administration officials
Last month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said she is open to pursuing investigations of abuses by the Bush Justice Department. Think Progress; February 19, 2009 		146
  Link   'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Thursday, February 19
Karl Rove, to be prosecuted; Harriet Miers, to be prosecuted; Josh Bolten, to be prosecuted—so Speaker of the House Pelosi thinks. MSNBC; February 19, 2009 		134
  Link   The 'Culture Of Corruption,' Redux
Back in 2005, when things were much different from what they are now -- Republicans controlled both the White House and Congress and, even more dramatic, Political Junkie was a weekly column ... NPR; February 17, 2009 		128
  Link   WHY AMERICA NEEDS A TRUTH COMMISSION
Alberto Gonzales, I mean – George W’s devious White House counsel and AG. He sullied both offices by secretly striving to shred our Constitution ... Jim Hightower; February 10, 2009 		48
  Link   Congress Takes First Step to Impose Limits on Obama's Executive Power
Earlier this week, I wrote about the State Secrets Protection Act of 2008, which was co-sponsored by numerous key Senators [including Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton ... Salon.com; February 12, 2009 		108
  Link   Yet Another Wrinkle in the DTV Saga
The day before the House is scheduled to vote on the bill to delay the digital television transition until June 12, a ranking Republican is asking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ... Wash Post; February 3, 2009 		63
  Link   Rep. Zoe Lofgren to head House Ethics Committee
The San Jose Democrat becomes the fifth Californian to chair a House panel. Topping the committee's agenda is an investigation of a powerful fellow Democrat -- Rep. Charles Rangel. LA Times; January 21, 2009 		77
  Link   Pelosi wants Bush officials' actions reviewed
Nancy Pelosi wants an investigation into whether the Bush administration broke the law when it fired a group of federal prosecutors. AP; January 18, 2009 		41
  Link   Pelosi, Obama differ on taxes, probes
Nancy Pelosi appears to differ from Barack Obama on at least two issues - tax increases and investigating the Bush administration. SF Chron; January 19, 2009 		70
  Link   Establishment Washington Unifies Against Prosecutions
The Washington Post's David Ignatius today does what he does best: serve as the spokesman for the Washington establishment's most conventional wisdom ... Salon.com; January 15, 2009 		63
  Link   Pelosi Turns Back the Clock on House Reform
Every two years the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives introduces a new set of rules to govern the body. Normally, this event passes with barely a yawn from the public. WSJ; January 9, 2009 		117
  Link   Judicial Watch announces list of "Ten Most Wanted" corrupt politicians for 2008
... This year, Pelosi ran afoul of federal election law by participating in an illegal advertising campaign funded by Al Gore's non-profit Alliance for Climate protection. uk.sys-con.com; December 31, 2008 		58
  Link   Democrats Are the New Ethics Story
A note to all those visitors who will soon flood Washington for the inauguration: Be careful of the "swamp." WSJ; December 18, 2008 		106
  Link   Mr. Rangel’s Problems Roll On
Nancy Pelosi is heading into the new Congress without the quick resolution she dearly hoped for on Rep. Charles Rangel’s mushrooming and deeply embarrassing ethics problems. NYT; December 10, 2008 		18
  Link   Analysis: GOP handed gift in Rangel ethics case
House Republicans were heading toward a down-in-the-dumps holiday. Then the House ethics committee handed them a gift. AP; December 11, 2008 		52
  Link   Rep. Charles Rangel's ethics inquiry may put Pelosi in a bind
Nancy Pelosi took stewardship of the House two years ago with a pledge to "drain the swamp" and clean up ethical abuses in Congress. ... LAT; December 8, 2008 		72
  Link   Pelosi Says Inquiry Into Ethics Questions Concerning Rangel Will Move Swiftly
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that she expected a quick resolution to a wide-ranging House investigation into ethical questions surrounding Representative Charles B. Rangel ... NYT; November 26, 2008 		159
  Link   Pelosi: Rangel ethics probe will end by Jan. 3
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the far-reaching ethics investigation into Rep. Charles Rangel will conclude by early next year. AP; November 27, 2008 		86
  Link   Pelosi Expects Rangel Ethics Report By Early January
Right before the Thanksgiving holiday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement saying she expected the ethics committee investigation into Rep. Charles Rangel by 1/9/09 ... Gothamist; 11/28/08 		123
  Link   Freedom of Information Act (United States) -- Wikipedia
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is the implementation of freedom of information legislation in the United States. ... [S]igned into law ... on July 4, 1966 (Amended 2002) ... Wikipedia; Posted on August 19, 2008 		155
  Link   Lawsuit Filed Against Gonzales & DOJ Officials
Six attorneys rejected from civil service positions at the Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Friday against former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ... Truthout; August 15, 2008 		108
  Link   US Attorney Scandal Probe Enters White House Circle
The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has been extended to encompass allegations that senior White House officials played a role ... Huffington Post; August 8, 2008 		84
  Link   Goss among former members appointed to ethics office
Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner on Thursday announced joint appointments to a landmark ethics review board ... The Hill; July 24, 2008 		135
  Link   Pelosi says Rove contempt citation is possible
Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that a federal judge’s ruling that ... Harriet Miers has to appear before a congressional committee could pave the way for ... a contempt citation against ... Rove. The Hill; 7/31/08 		128
  Link   House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt
A House panel voted Wednesday to cite Karl Rove ... for contempt of Congress ... a spokesman for Nancy Pelosi said she will not decide until September whether to bring it to a vote by the full House. AP; 7/31/08 		90
  Link   Hearing: From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay
Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part IV. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. Posted July 13, 2008 		66
  Link   Rove Ignores Subpoena, Refuses to Testify on Hill on Allegations of Political Meddling at DOJ
Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department, including whether he tried to influence ... AP; July 10, 2008 		71
  Link   Policing Congress: A new office will toughen House ethics enforcement, finally
THE STRONGEST ethics rules in the world don't mean much without an effective way to enforce them. Wash Post; March 29, 2008 		90
  Link   House Creates New Panel on Ethics
The House last night approved one of the most significant changes to its ethics rules in decades, creating for the first time an independent panel empowered to initiate investigations ... Wash Post; March 12, 2008 		153
  Link   Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Major Ethics Reform
Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor tonight in support of a landmark ethics reform bill establishing an outside, independent Office of Congressional Ethics. PR-Canada; March 22, 2008 		66
  Link   House panel sues to try to make Bolten, Miers talk
The House Judiciary Committee on Monday filed a lawsuit against White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers ... March 10, 2008 		243
  Link   Pelosi Weighs Ban on 'Earmark' Spending
Under pressure from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is considering a ban on home-district projects sought by lawmakers, a move that would rob the GOP of one of its top campaign issues. AP; March 6, 2008 		87
  Link   Pelosi plans to file lawsuit to enforce WH subpoenas
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did not mince words today about her intention to force the Bush White House to cough up top confidantes in the congressional investigation ... The Statesman; March 6, 2008 		154
  Link   Watchdogs press Pelosi to change ethics rules
Six watchdog groups are calling on Nancy Pelosi to withdraw the official House ethics guidelines on lobbyist-sponsored convention parties and make them stricter. The Hill; February 5, 2008 		153
  Link   Ethics Task Force Recommendations Pose Challenges for House Leaders
House Democratic leaders have not figured out how to complete an important bit of unfinished business: recommendations from their own ethics task force. CQ Politics; January 20, 2008. 		151
  Link   Congress must act now to reassert its authority
The White House and Congress are feuding over the information that Congress needs to assess whether the Justice Department manipulated U.S. attorneys to punish Democrats ... SF Chron; December 10, 2007 		117
  Link   "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi snuck a $25 million gift to her husband, Paul Pelosi, in a $15 billion Water Resources Development Act recently passed by Congress. Physics Forums; December 2007 		163
  Link   Getting 'round to the truth about 9/11
I was late to today's Tea Party for 9/11 Truth at Fisherman's Wharf because I do not like to miss listening to Robert W. McChesney's Media Matters. FCJ; December 16, 2007 		119
  Link   House Democrats Press Bush on Subpoenas
House Dems threatened to hold President Bush's key confidants in contempt of Congress unless they comply with subpoenas for information on the purge of federal prosecutors last winter. AP; November 5, 2007 		82
  Link   House Votes to Target Contractor Fraud
The House voted Tuesday to make it easier to convict private contractors of defrauding the U.S. government during wartime ... AP; October 10, 2007 		91
  Link   Report Finds Expanded Federal Government Secrecy in 2006
Government secrecy saw further expansion last year despite growing public concern, according to a report released today by a coalition of open government advocates. YubaNet.com; September 1, 2007 		123
  Link   House panel endorses contempt proceedings against Bolten, Miers
The House Judiciary Committee approved a resolution Wednesday calling for the criminal prosecution of President Bush's chief of staff, Joshua Bolten, and former White House counsel Harriet Miers. SF Chron; July 26, 2007. 		195
  Link   Pelosi promises congressional contempt charge for Harriet Miers
Congress this week will take the next step to force the Bush admin. to hand over info about the dismissal of U.S. attorneys and the politicization of the DOJ, Nancy Pelosi said Saturday. SF Chron; 7-22-07 		297
  Link   House panel to investigate Cheney's Klamath River actions
The House Natural Resources Committee announced Thursday that it will hold hearings into Dick Cheney's involvement in Klamath River management that many think led to the die-off of more than 70,000 salmon recently. McClatchy; 06-30-07. 		326
  Link   Waxman Reveals Numerous New Security Violations, Threatens Subpoenas
Henry Waxman (D-CA) has revealed new evidence “that both the White House and ... Vice President have flaunted multiple requirements for protecting classified information" ... Think Progress; June 26, 2007. 		171
  Link   White House may have committed 'extensive' violations of Records Act
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a report Monday warning of major violations of the Presidential Records Act. The Raw Story; June 18, 2007. 		102
  Link   Now Top This, George Orwell
Yesterday, White House press spokesman Tony Snow assailed the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that President Bush does not have the power to lock away people lawfully in the United States forever without charges. Harpers; June 13, 2007. 		283
  Link   New Justice Department documents show White House involvement in Attorneys firings
The Justice Department on Tuesday released a new set of e-mails turned over in the pursuit of the investigation of the firing of 8 US Attorneys earlier in the year. The Raw Story; June 13, 2007. 		104
  Link   Congress subpoenas two former Bush aides
Democratic lawmakers set up a possible court showdown with George W. Bush on Wednesday by summoning two of his former aides to testify about the controversial firing of federal prosecutors last year. Reuters; June 13, 2007. 		126
  Link   Justice Dept. to probe own hiring practices
Investigation follows Gonzales' ex-aide admitting to political questions. Newsweek; May 30, 2007. 		127
  Link   Gonzales deflects new inquiries from Democrats
House Democrats pressed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at a hearing on Thursday to provide specifics about why federal prosecutors were dismissed, but he stuck to his past assertions. SF Chron; May 11, 2007. 		144
  Link   House Oversight Panel May Look Past Rice, Tenet in Inquiry Into Uranium
Following a subpoena to Condi Rice and a letter to George Tenet last week, Henry Waxman may go deeper in its probe into false claims that Iraq was seeking to acquire uranium from Niger. TO; 05-03-07. 		122
  Link   Feintein proposes the closure of Gitmo
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced legislation Monday that would close the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The Hill; May 3, 2007. 		139
  Link   Rice signals rejection of subpoena
Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she has already answered the questions she has been subpoenaed to answer before a congressional committee and suggested she is not inclined to comply. AP; April 26, 2007. 		244
  Link   White House Faces Sweeping Congressional Oversight
Congress took unprecedented action against the Bush administration Wednesday, using its sweeping powers to vigorously pursue testimony and documents from key White House officials. TO; April 26, 2007. 		112
  Link   Waxman Sets Hearing to Consider Batch of Subpoenas
Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is ginning up the subpoena mill, scheduling a meeting next week to consider subpoenas in four different investigations of the Bush administration. Roll Call; 04-21-07. 		122
  Link   Bush Won’t Turn Over Emails Until White House ‘Reviews’ Them
Bush’s lawyers told the Republican National Committee on Tuesday not to turn over to Congress any e-mails related to the firings last year of eight U.S. attorneys ... Common Dreams; 04-18-07. 		46
  Link   Congressional Report: Gross Mismanagement of Iraq Funds
A damning report issued last month by the nonpartisan research arm of Congress says the Department of Defense continues to overstate its financial needs ... Truthout.org; April 11, 2007. 		217
  Link   State Dept. Blows Off Waxman’s Niger Inquiry, Falsely Claims Rice Has ‘Answered In Full’
Today, ... Henry Waxman (D-CA) wrote another letter to Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice requesting her testimony regarding ... claims that Iraq attempted to procure uranium from Niger. Think Progress; 4-9-07. 		80
  Link   Leahy Doubts Bush Aides on Lost E-Mails
President Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy suggested Thursday. AP; 04-12-07 		142
  Link   Congress girds up for return to oversight
Not since the Depression-era Congress of 1932 has Capitol Hill ramped up so quickly for oversight hearings and related legislation – most targeting the Bush administration. CS Monitor; April 8, 2007. 		370
 

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