Ethics in the News
Rangel Statement at Odds with Record
SOURCE: // United Press International
5 Jan 2009 // NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Congressional records show a huge firm asked Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., for a tax cut after he asked for a donation to a school named in his honor.
Rep. Charles Rangel Denies He Made Inappropriate Pitch for Funds
SOURCE: Michael Saul // New York Daily News
5 Jan 2009 // Rep. Charles Rangel vehemently denied any impropriety Saturday following a newspaper report chronicling how he sought a donation for a public service center built in his honor from a firm with business before his committee.
Rangel Pushed for a Donation; Insurer Pushed for a Tax Cut
SOURCE: David Kocieniewski // New York Times
5 Jan 2009 // On April 21, 2008, Representative Charles B. Rangel met with officials of the American International Group, the now-troubled insurance giant, to ask for a donation to a school of public service that City College of New York was building in his honor.
Richardson Withdraws Name as Commerce Secretary-Designee
SOURCE: Michael D. Shear // Washington Post
4 Jan 2009 // New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name from consideration as commerce secretary for President-elect Barack Obama, citing an ongoing investigation about business dealings in his state.
A Donor’s Gift Soon Followed Clinton’s Help
SOURCE: Charlie Savage // New York Times
3 Jan 2009 // WASHINGTON — An upstate New York developer donated $100,000 to former President Bill Clinton’s foundation in November 2004, around the same time that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure millions of dollars in federal assistance for the businessman’s mall project.
Burris Sought Death for Innocent Man
SOURCE: Ben Protess // ProPublica
1 Jan 2009 // Former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris, embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama in the Senate, is no stranger to controversy.
Public fury over the governor's alleged misconduct has masked the once lively debate over Burris' decision to continue to prosecute, despite the objections of one of his top prosecutors, the wrong man for a high-profile murder case.
Ailing Stevens Trial Witness Dies in Anchorage
SOURCE: Richard Mauer // Anchorage Daily News
1 Jan 2009 // Rocky Williams, the witness whose non-testimony at the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens proved as controversial as the statements of some others who did take the stand, died in Anchorage Tuesday. He was 58.
Democrats Could Try Stall Tactics to Block Burris From Senate
SOURCE: Judson Berger // FOX News
1 Jan 2009 // U.S. senators opposed to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defiant appointment to Barack Obama's vacant seat could try to block the move by using a time-honored tradition -- stall tactics.
Roland Burris, the former Illinois attorney general appointed to the seat by the governor despite the corruption charges against him, plans to head to Washington next week when new senators are sworn in.
FEC, Overruling Counsel, Declines to Fine Chamber-Funded Group
SOURCE: Jonathan D. Salant // Bloomberg
30 Dec 2008 // The Federal Election Commission, in a party-line vote, has overruled a recommendation by its counsel to fine a U.S. Chamber of Commerce group accused of illegal spending practices in attacking the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2004.
Bush Data Threatens to Overload Archives
SOURCE: Robert Pear and Scott Shane // New York Times
27 Dec 2008 // The National Archives has put into effect an emergency plan to handle electronic records from the Bush White House amid growing doubts about whether its new $144 million computer system can cope with the vast quantities of digital data it will receive when President Bush leaves office on Jan. 20.
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