Flouting the rule on lobbyist-paid travel

By Robert Brodsky

Review finds at least 90 apparent ethics violations

Excerpts from this story referencing "Senate Select Committee on Ethics":

"… e members or staffers can get waivers to take lobbyist-paid trips from the Senate Select Committee on Ethics or the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, those forms are n …"

"… sures, the bill would require members to receive advance approval from the Senate Select Committee on Ethics before accepting privately funded travel.Lobbyists, meanwhile, for the fir …"

Watchdogs on short leashes

By Kenneth Vogel and Leah Rush

For most legislatures, ethics enforcement is an in-house affair; for the rest, agencies that oversee them are kept on a short leash

Excerpts from this story referencing "Senate Select Committee on Ethics":

"… .S. Congress. The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics — both of which are comprised exclusively of members of Congress — are …"

Illegal defense

By Lauren Bonora, Kate Sheppard and Alex Knott

Center finds violations, missing records regarding legal expense funds

Excerpts from this story referencing "Senate Select Committee on Ethics":

"… ce rests with the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics.There are currently eight sitting members of Congress with legal expense f …"