Legislative Duel Has House Leaders Sparring for the Ethical High Ground
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House Democrats and Republicans wrestled Tuesday for ethics superiority, adopting competing measures aimed at beefing up enforcement by the House ethics committee and forcing a probe of indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson.
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The Senate and House make a controversial move to control alleged profiteering.
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House and Senate leaders were pushing for some legislative achievements before heading home to campaign.
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As congressional leaders desperately strive for some accomplishment to brandish before voters during campaign season, they would be wise to remember the Hippocratic oath:  First, do no harm.
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State lawmakers who reconfigured congressional maps to benefit one party over another have drawn themselves into a corner in some House districts.
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Lawmakers are gathering at their state capitols this week, with some new faces in the crowd and big decisions looming on taxes, schools, health care and crime &#151; not to mention a minefield of cultural disputes such as gay marriage and the moral beliefs of pharmacists.
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Keeping momentum on ethics reforms is proving tough for House Democratic leaders, who are struggling to sell  lawmakers on a proposal for overhauling House ethics enforcement, which is part of the party's pledge to improve accountability in Congress.
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In the wake of back-to-back ethics slaps at the House majority leader, Tom DeLay, House Republicans are preparing to make it more difficult to initiate
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A bipartisan Ethics Committee on Wednesday admonished House Majority Leader Tom Delay (R-Texas) for the second time in a week for creating an appearance of favoritism after
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The House majority leader faces yet another ethics investigation
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Lawmakers charged with enforcing  ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Thursday to  begin an investigation of a sex scandal that has ensnared top  Republicans and could harm their chances of keeping control of  Congress in the November 7 elections.
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Similarities and differences in House and Senate lobbying bills that have to be merged into one before becoming law.
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House Republican leaders are urging members to alter one of the chamber&#39;s fundamental ethics rules to make it harder for lawmakers to discipline a colleague.
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By Janet Elliott and Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 3--AUSTIN -- Acting on an issue that is stirring controversy in the Legislature, Gov.
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With the indictment of Rep. William J. Jefferson throwing a spotlight on congressional behavior, House Democrats will try next week to change the chamberÃ¢ÂÂs rules to let outsiders file ethics complaints.
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MOVE TO EASE ETHICS RULES: After Tom DeLay is snared in an ethics probe, House Republicans consider ways to make it harder to discipline members of Congress.
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Our position is: Politics trumped ethics in the House GOP vote to drop its no-indictment rule for the majority leader. When he was admonished by the House ethics committee last month for holding a golf fund