You want proof that they can get something done? CYA in action yet again by the do-nothing House. Way to go ‘boner.’
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Valid point. We lament the money they are wasting (as we should) - but the time is a factor as well. If they didn’t take so many subsidized trips, they might even have time to draft and read legislation!
House ethics…now there’s an oxymoron for ya! I really hate these guys.
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rules and regulations are for the peasants. afterall, this is the same criminal body that has declared itself immune from insider trading laws.
as if any more evidence is necessary about the thoroughly corrupted governance of this country.
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Thank God the Congress will have unfettered junketing to fill all their free time…
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Charlie appears to be bullet-proof. I take hope from the fact that this is his last election and he’ll be gone by 2016 term.
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Pissboy - will you support eliminating private money out of politics? Corporate and union. Not just limiting but eliminating? Step up…
But, but, but, BENGHAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!.
wow.
They should just dispense with the formality of elections and hang a sign around their necks: “Will legislate for $$$$$$. Bids accepted.”
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An important next step in legalizing bribery. As if it was ever punished to start with.
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Did you notice that posters here are willing to criticize their side for a policy they find objectionable? (big difference from your response that “Both sides do it so what’s the problem?”)
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Grifters in charge of the vice squad. Nice.
I think you meant to write: The House “Ethics” Committee.
Scare quotes entirely justified.
Which is worse…
Boehner smiling
Boehner crying.?
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And the GOP continues to follow the Reince Priebus blueprint for party reform! Greater outreach to lobbyists is apparently tops on the list before immigration, women, the environment, jobs.
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The House Ethics Committee has quietly done away with the requirement that lawmakers disclose their all-expense-paid trips on annual financial forms, National Journal reported on Monday.
Hey, what’s an Ethics Committee for?!?
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There were exactly 113 working days scheduled on the House calendar for the entire year of 2014. And that is down 13 days from 2013. After the break for the Fourth of July recess, there will be only 28 working days before the election.
The remainder of the year is:
16 days in July
0 (zero) days in August
10 days in September
2 days in October
7 days in November
8 days in December
But of course, they (or the Senate, at least) will be officially “in session” for the entire time.
Talk about a do-nothing Congress! Now doing even less than the nothing they did last year!
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It’s not easy to tell the difference.
No, I really didn’t notice. But feel free to show me where that happened before I posted the committee composition.
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“Unacceptable” was the first comment posted - it didn’t condemn one party or the other but, rather, the entire policy. (You could have done a 20-second check and saved yourself a pointless reply)
Lol, I see how that comment can be construed as a criticism of their side. Oh boy…!!!