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IDemo

(16,926 posts)
Sun Dec 30, 2012, 09:29 PM Dec 2012

Congressional ethics investigators could soon be silenced

Washington (CNN) -- Inside an ordinary office building six blocks from the Capitol, investigators sift through evidence of possible violations against ethics and laws committed by the nation's elected representatives.

This is the Office of Congressional Ethics, also known as the OCE.

It is one of the most important watchdogs in Washington. That's because the OCE is the only quasi-independent government body whose sole mandate is to formally investigate members of Congress.

But it could soon be silenced by the very people it investigates.

http://us.cnn.com/2012/12/29/politics/congressional-watchdog-group-threatened/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

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Congressional ethics investigators could soon be silenced (Original Post) IDemo Dec 2012 OP
"Congressional Ethics" Now there's an oxymoron. dballance Dec 2012 #1
The elites hates being called on their actions ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #2
 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
1. "Congressional Ethics" Now there's an oxymoron.
Sun Dec 30, 2012, 09:43 PM
Dec 2012

Someone needs to explain to me how so many people enter congress with an average net worth and then all of sudden a few years later they're multi-millionaires.

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