Upper Left

Newt Gingrich is the only Speaker of the House ever to be sanctioned in office.

Labels: Ethics, Fun Facts, Matt Osborne, Newt Gingrich, Sanctions, Speaker of the House

By wide margins, the GOP is seen as the party that is more extreme in its positions, less willing to work with the other side to get things done, and less honest and ethical in the way it governs.

Labels: Ethics, extremism, Honesty, Obstruction, Pew Research, Polls, Republicans

I survived a Chinese attack in North Korea, and as a result, I wrote a book that having survived that, that I haven't had a bad day since. Today, I have to reassess that statement.

Labels: Charles Rangel, Ethics, Quote of the Day, US House

Labels: Bill Clinton, Blogging, Blue Gal, Ethics, Hypocrisy, Impeachment, Newt Gingrich

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Documents obtained by AP show Palin may have violated ethics rules with legal defense fund.

Labels: Alaska, AP, Ethics, investigations, John McCain, Legal Defence Funds, Sarah Palin

"The violation does not represent only a single instance of reckless conduct," a report by an investigative subcommittee concluded. "Rather, over a number of years and in a number of situations, Mr. Gingrich showed a disregard and lack of respect for the standards of conduct that applied to his activities."

Labels: Corruption, Disgrace, Ethics, Newt Gingrich, Scandal

“There isn’t a race in America today where a Republican incumbent can’t be defeated by a decent Democrat.”

“They put him as chair of the ethics committee for a purpose. They knew he wouldn’t allow any investigation of Republicans.”

Labels: Doc Hastings, Ethics, George Fearing, Pete McCloskey, WA-4

Newt Gingrich, who led the GOP takeover of the House in 1994, is now coaching Republicans on how to recapture the Senate.

Eighty-four ethics charges were filed against Speaker Gingrich during his term, including claiming tax-exempt status for a college course run for political purposes. Following an investigation by the House Ethics Committee, Gingrich was sanctioned for US$300,000 after the House Ethics Committee concluded that inaccurate information supplied to investigators represented "intentional or ... reckless" disregard of House rules.

Labels: Corruption, Ethics, Newt Gingrich, Repubicans, US Senate

The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter of admonition Thursday to New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for his role in contacting the U.S. attorney in his state about a pending federal grand jury investigation into public corruption.

Labels: Ethics, Pete Domenici, Scandal, US Attorney, US Senate