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• In financial disclosure candor, Rep. Santos stands alone

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 20, 2023
  Hundreds of members of Congress requested an extension for their personal financial disclosure due date this year. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is the only one whose report is still outstanding. read more

• Rep. Deutch deputy chief heads to DEA

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 7, 2022
  One of Rep. Ted Deutch's (D-Fla.) first congressional hires has left for the Drug Enforcement Administration. read more

• Rep. Hagedorn on pace to overspend annual budget

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 28, 2020
  Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.), who faces major scrutiny for office overspending on ethically questionable expenses, is still on pace to overspend his official budget by year's end, according to disbursement records released today.  read more

• Ex-Rep. Whitfield lobbies after lobby-ethics resignation

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 25, 2017
  Ed Whitfield, the Kentucky Republican who resigned from Congress over lobbying-related ethics violations, has disclosed that he's now doing lobbying work of his own. read more

• Once under ethics probe, ex-chief of staff returns to tribe

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 17, 2017
  Once at the center of a House ethics probe, a longtime chief of staff to former Rep. Mike Honda's (D-Calif.) has put her Hill career behind her and rejoined the staff of the Hoopa Valley Native American Tribe. read more

• House VA Committee loses veteran members

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 13, 2017
  By some accounts, including those of President Trump and many members of Congress who campaigned hard on the issue, the Veterans Administration is in need of deep reform. But that reform will mostly be overseen by quite a few members of Congress who have never sat in a hearing on veterans issues before and haven't learned how the levers of power work. read more

• Dismissed Hill staffer starts her congressional comeback

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Feb. 3, 2015
  A terminated congressional aide who raised ethics concerns has returned to the halls of the Capitol after a six-year absence. read more

• Recently resigned Rep. Andrews lobbies after all

  Posted by John Sugden on May 5, 2014
  Former Rep. Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) has officially become a registered lobbyist, something he said he didn't know whether he would do after he left Congress for a law firm. read more

• Rep. O'Rourke violated the STOCK Act by buying into IPOs

  Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 25, 2013
  Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) has received special access to initial public offerings since he hired his Morgan Stanley stockbroker in 2003. But as the freshman Democrat is now learning, elite access to IPOs doesn't fly as a member of Congress.  read more

• Congressional ethics attorney brings integrity to Wall Street

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Nov. 20, 2013
  The staff director and chief counsel for the House Ethics Committee is giving a key financial regulator a moral boost. read more

• Posted by Daimon Eklund on Jan. 31, 2012
  A former staffer to Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) recently filed the required termination financial disclosure - nearly three years late. read more

• Posted by Daimon Eklund on Jan. 24, 2012
  The glitzy annual Consumer Electronics Association trade show in Las Vegas has traditionally been a big draw for congressional travelers, but this year the House Ethics committee reminded each staffer before they left not to have too much fun while they're there. read more

• Posted by Jock Friedly on Jan. 9, 2012
  Ethics scrutiny of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) trips may have prompted Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) to file details about a 2011 CBC trip in an almost timely manner, but she didn't report any of her other privately financed trips anywhere close to the legally required deadline. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Nov. 18, 2011
  Michael Collins, the embattled chief of staff for Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), has finally amended his personal financial disclosures to acknowledge campaign income that he failed to report previously. read more

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