Ethics

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June 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tonya Robinson, Hastings' attorney, said Hastings denies Packer's charges "in the strongest terms."...
May 25, 2011
CHICAGO (AP) - The defense said Wednesday that Jackson would testify that he never offered or directed anyone to offer…
May 22, 2011
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) = Former New York Gov. David Paterson won't be charged with perjury on allegations that he lied…
February 22, 2011
Among the ethics violations for which the Harlem Democrat was punished by his colleagues just before Christmas was failing to…
February 4, 2011
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The state Public Integrity Commission had found the Democrat violated ethics laws in obtaining the tickets...
December 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Democrat still owes money to his former lawyers, who represented him in an ethics…
December 7, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Maxine Waters will ask the House to investigate the ethics committee's decision to place two of…
December 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rangel will argue for a lesser reprimand, and some of the congressmen he served with over the…
November 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House ethics committee voted 9-1 on Nov. 18 to recommend a censure of the 80-year-old Democrat…
November 29, 2010
OPINION - Questions also remain regarding the investigatory process and the racial make up of those being investigated...
November 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Charles Rangel is ready to make a last stand to salvage his reputation and tell the…
November 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A recently discovered e-mail, which forced postponement Waters' trial, appears to bring the House ethics committee no…
November 23, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The departing U.S. senator whose December 2008 appointment was clouded by controversy is now considering a run…
November 23, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - "Charlie Rangel is a giant," said former Mayor David Dinkins. "He's a man who has served…
November 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Waters, a senior member of the Financial Services Committee, was set to go on trial Nov. 29…
November 19, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - House members will take up the solemn task of disciplining one of their own when the New…
November 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rangel argued, "City College (of New York) came to me to use my name. I was not…
November 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Harlem Democrat, who rarely sticks to a script, released prepared remarks for a House ethics committee…
November 17, 2010
OPINION - Like Powell, history will also record that Rangel squandered much of that positive legacy by bending and twisting…
November 16, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -The ethics panel is investigating whether Jackson or someone acting on his behalf, offered to raise funds for…