Tag Archives: U.S. House of Representatives

November 17, 2010

Ethics Quote of the Week: Rep. Greg Walden

At least Pelosi had the sense to say that ethics were important. Continue reading →

Filed under Ethics Quotes, Government & Politics, Leadership

Tagged as Congress, ethical government, ethics, House Ethics Committee, integrity, Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Greg Walden, res, Tom DeLay, U.S. House of Representatives

November 4, 2010

Election Ethics Scorecard: Did Virtue and Trustworthiness Prevail? Was Dishonesty and Corruption Punished?

It is clear that voters don’t make their choices based on character and values—except when they do. Maybe, just maybe, 2010 represented progress in elevating ethics as a priority for national office. Continue reading →

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Filed under Government & Politics, Leadership, U.S. Society

Tagged as accountability, Alexi Giannoulias, appearance of impropriety, Carl Paladino, Charlie Crist, Christine O'Donnell, corruption, ethics, fairness, fiscal responsibility, honesty, Joe Miller, Joe Wilson, Kendrick Meek, Kristal Ball, Linda McMahon, loyalty, Marco Rubio, Mark Kirk, Rep. Alan Grayson, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Rep. Jim Moran, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Sanford Bishop, responsibility, Rich Iott, Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Lisa Murchowski, Sharron Angle, trust, trustworthiness, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

October 24, 2010

Ethics Alarms and ProEthics Presents “The Untrustworthy 20″: Making Ethics the Priority in Election 2010

Ethics Alarms presents the “Untrustworthy Twenty”: twenty candidates who need to be defeated if America is going to begin trusting ist government again. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Leadership, Professions, U.S. Society

Tagged as accountability, appearance of impropriety, Carl Paladino, Charlie Crist, Christine O'Donnell, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, corruption, ethics, fairness, fecklessness, fiscal responsibility, honesty, inegrity, Joe Manshin, Joe Miller, Joe Wilson, loyalty, Mark Kirk, Nancy Pelosi, process, Rep. Alan Grayson, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Rep. Sanford Bishop, responsibility, Rich Iott, Richard Blumenthal, Sen. Lisa Murchowski, Sharron Angle, trust, trustworthiness, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate

July 16, 2010

Shrugging Off Corrupt Fundraising Practices in Congress

While they were debating the just-passed financial reform bill on the floor of Congress, eight members of Congress walked out of the Capitol into fundraising meetings and events where they solicited and received contributions from the very financial institutions that the bill would regulate. Some of the contributions came as crucial votes were taken. The reaction of the Congressmen? “So??” Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Government & Politics, Leadership, U.S. Society

Tagged as appearance of impropriety, bribery, Code of Ethics for Government Service, Congress, Financial Reform Bill, fundraising, Goldman Sachs, honesty, House Ethics Committee, lobbying, Rep. Joe Crowley, Rep. Tom Price, U.S. House of Representatives

June 14, 2010

Ethics Dunce: North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge

In my ethical priorities, Etheridge is worse than Joe “You lie!” Wilson, worse than corrupt representatives like Charlie Rangel, worse than hypocrites like Indiana Republican Mark Souter. All of these are unethical, and don’t belong in the House. Etheridge, however, demonstrates in the video a contempt for civic discourse and the authoritarian attitude that characterizes dictatorships. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Education, Ethics Dunces, Etiquette and manners, Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Professions, U.S. Society

Tagged as assault, authoritarianism, battery, bullying, civic responsibility, civility, Congress, Democratic Party, ethics, fairness, Mark Souter, North Carolina, Rep. Bob Etheridge, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Joe Wilson, resoect, role model, U.S. House of Representatives, violence

March 22, 2010

Rep. Bart Stupak: Double-Reverse Ethics Dunce

Rep. Bart Stupak took a silly stand on a warped principle, then didn’t have the integrity to stick to it. Continue reading →

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Filed under Ethics Dunces, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Leadership

Tagged as abortion, accountability, anti-abortion, consistency, cowardice, cynicism, deception, ethics, fairness, honesty, integrity, President Obama, pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-life, Rep. Bart Stupak, Senate health care bill, U.S. House of Representatives

March 19, 2010

The Damage of Health Care Reform “By Any Means Necessary”

It doesn’t matter now whether the health care bill is good or bad, passed or not. The means to pursue it has already harmed America. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. Society

Tagged as "the ends justify the means", accountability, caring, Citizenship, death panels, Declaration of Independence, Democrats, ethics, fairness, health care reform, integrity, Jean Paul Sartre, Josephson Institute, Malcolm X, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Krugman, process, Rep. Jim Clyburn, responsibility, Robert Samuelson, Sarah Palin, self-restraint, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Six Pillars of Character, Slaughter Rule, trustworthiness, U.S. House of Representatives, Utilitarianism

March 17, 2010

Michael Steele’s Census Scam, Uniting Congress at Last

GOP Chairman Michael Steele is back to his old tricks. Actually, he never left. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Government & Politics, Leadership

Tagged as Congress, deception, dishonesty, ethics, fundraising, lies, Michael Steele, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican National Committee, Republican Party, scams, U.S. Census, U.S. House of Representatives

February 28, 2010

“Trust Us, It Only LOOKS like Bribery!”

Any and all assertions by House Democrats or Republicans that they are passing legislation in the best interests of the nation are by definition unbelievable, until Congress stops regarding bribery as standard operating procedure, and stops lying to the public about it. Continue reading →

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Filed under U.S. Society

Tagged as accountability, breach of trust, bribery, Congress, corruption, cynicism, earmarks, ethics, House Ethics Committee, influence peddling, lobbying, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Magliocchetti, PMA Group, quid pro quo, Rep. Bill Young, Rep. Jim Moran, Rep. John Murtha, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Rep. Norm Dicks, Rep. Pete Viscloski, Rep. Todd Tahrt, U.S. House of Representatives

November 21, 2009

Lobbyist Ventriloquism and the Abysmal State of Congressional Ethics

That so many members of Congress allowed their names to be attached to a corporation’s hand-crafted political positions signals that the current U.S. version of democracy is perverted and corrupt to its core. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement

Tagged as bribery, campaign contributions, conflict of interest, Congressional Record, duty to constituents, ethics, Genentech, health care reform, integrity, jury nullification, lobbying, responsibility, Robert Trout, U.S. House of Representatives, William Jefferson

Tag Archives: U.S. House of Representatives

Ethics Quote of the Week: Rep. Greg Walden

Election Ethics Scorecard: Did Virtue and Trustworthiness Prevail? Was Dishonesty and Corruption Punished?

Ethics Alarms and ProEthics Presents “The Untrustworthy 20″: Making Ethics the Priority in Election 2010

Shrugging Off Corrupt Fundraising Practices in Congress

Ethics Dunce: North Carolina Rep. Bob Etheridge

Rep. Bart Stupak: Double-Reverse Ethics Dunce

The Damage of Health Care Reform “By Any Means Necessary”

Michael Steele’s Census Scam, Uniting Congress at Last

“Trust Us, It Only LOOKS like Bribery!”

Lobbyist Ventriloquism and the Abysmal State of Congressional Ethics

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