Some lawmakers actually think we are stupid enough to believe that Congress can police itself!!!

Last week I had some real hope that the Congress of the United States of America was finally going to have an independent Ethics panel consisting of six members 3 from the Democrats and 3 from the Republicans. They would review and investigate reports of ethics violations of members of the Congress. There would be a time line so that the investigations could not be buried and forgotten. There would also be transparency and findings would be made public in a timely fashion.

Well it seems that Republicans and Democrats whined and cried so much that a vote on this important issue H. Res. 895 was canceled.

Well ladies and gents what do you think? At this time Congress polices itself. Let us see if the current rules are sufficient.

Under current rules, only a member of Congress can file an ethics complaint against another member. In the most recent scandals of lawmakers breaking the law Randy Duke Cunningham R-CA and Bob Ney R-OH were arrested, convicted and sentenced for bribery. What did the House Ethics Committee do? NOTHING!!!!

When federal agents found $90,000 of cash in Rep. William Jefferson’s D- LA freezer and indicted him on corruption charges, no ethics complaints were filed. Maybe a lot of Lawmakers do their banking from their freezers. The most recent case is of Rick Renzi (R-AZ). He was indicted last week on 35 counts of extortion, money laundering and conspiracy relating to his efforts to get the federal government to buy land from his business partner.

Here is a link to (H. Res. 895) for the 110th Congress.
http://www.rules.house.gov/110/text_hres895.pdf

I advise all you activists out there to write, call, stop by your lawmaker’s office but let them know that the citizens demand accountability. Ask them to support this important legislation or face the consequences at the ballot box.

This is an important step to taking back our government from special interests and it is important to take action.

Call your lawmaker today and demand that they support this legislation. You can find your lawmaker here.
http://www.house.gov/

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