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Jan 31, 2011
Press Advisories
The Office of Congressional Ethics, established by the House of Representatives, is an independent, non-partisan entity charged with receiving and reviewing allegations of misconduct concerning House Members and staff and, when appropriate, referring matters to the Committee on Ethics.
Jan 27, 2011
Press Advisories
The Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) has named Omar
Ashmawy the Staff Director and Chief Counsel. Mr. Ashmawy previously was the
Dec 30, 2010
News Article
HOUSE REPUBLICANS have made a wise decision in opting to retain the independent, and seemingly endangered,Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE)
Dec 23, 2010
News Article
The incoming House Republican majority took a positive step Wednesday by resisting calls to get rid of the Office of Congressional Ethics.
There has been grumbling in both parties that the OCE should be discontinued. If that were to happen, opponents argued, the logical time would be when Republicans take over control of the House in early January.
Dec 23, 2010
News Article
The House’s incoming Republican majority has wisely concluded the quasi-independent Office of Congressional Ethics better not be dismantled.
Dec 2, 2010
News Article
Each party claims to be the one that's most concerned with ethics in Washington.
Democrats promised to "drain the [Republican] swamp." Republicans point to a host of Democratic ethics scandals since, including -- most recently -- charges against Democrats Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters.
So who's really serious about ethics? A great test case is on the horizon. Here's the background.
Dec 2, 2010
News Article
But the humiliating rebuke occurred only after a battle showing that too many members, including Rangel himself, seem indifferent to people's expectations that their elected representatives will adhere to a standard of conduct higher than "don't get caught in the act of stealing." Before the censure vote,
Dec 2, 2010
News Article
Watchdog groups are tapping into the Tea Party’s grassroots power in an attempt to preserve stronger ethics rules in Congress.
Three influential taxpayer groups have joined forces with watchdogs to pressure incoming House GOP leaders not to weaken or shutter an independent ethics office.
Nov 17, 2010
News Article
WITH BIPARTISANSHIP so rare, it ought to be a good sign when Republicans and Democrats agree on something. But that's not the case when it comes to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE)