There’s an excellent piece in today’s Washington Post regarding the tracking for key appointments filled thus far by the Trump administration. I can’t help but compare and contrast Trump with his Republican majorities in both houses with Obama’s 2008 Democrat majorities in
Warren, Carper and Cummings Question White House Counsel About Jared Kushner’s Compliance with Conflict-of-Interest Laws — Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today
On Thursday, March 9, 2017, the Office of Government Ethics [@OfficeGovEthics] informed the White House that it’s not happy that the President has taken no action to discipline Kellyanne Conway [@KellyannePolls] regarding her televised action promoting Ivanka Trump’s business activities from the podium
President Trump signed many executive actions this week in a wide range of policy areas. In general, these orders and memos explain to executive branch employees what to prioritize and how. In some areas, Congress has given the executive branch explicit authority to
Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, discusses the importance of vetting President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments and knowing the fullness of conflicts of interests, as well as talks about his plan to stop the repeal of Obamacare. The full interview aired on the
Press Release from Public Citizen Note: Due to enormous public backlash, U.S. House Republican leaders today walked back an overreaching amendment passed behind closed doors that would have stripped the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) of its independence and much of its power. The
President-elect could present a waiver, to the tune of $150 million, if Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson balks at selling stock by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at Common Dreams One hundred million dollar waivers? Presidential pardons? With yet another billionaire appointed to a
Critics may be crying foul, creating petitions and blaming the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for suspending access to the Democratic “Voter Access Network” database, but it was the Bernie Sanders campaign that exploited some apparent coding hole that allowed them to access confidential voter information gathered
The unethical dishonesty by the GOP leadership never ceases to amaze me. Here’s a post from ThinkProgress today exposing yet another piece of flagrant dishonesty being committed by Texas’ senior senator, and the GOP’s Senate Minority Whip. Personally, I find Sen. Cornyn’s
How can a greedy banker in London hurt thousands of public employees in Baltimore? Like this. Source: UPworthy
