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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Political Ethics</title>
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		<title>Ethics official says SC gov wants to record his unreported private flights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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SC Gov. Mark Sanford reporting private plane trips

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford wants to report previously unrecorded flights he took on planes owned by friends and campaign donors, a state ethics official said Thursday, even as the governor&#8217;s lawyer continued to defend his travel practices.
&#8220;He provided us with information about each of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC panel says Gov. Mark Sanford should face hearing on ethics claims tied to travel, finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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SC ethics panel calls for hearing on gov&#8217;s ethics

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An ethics panel says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should face a hearing into potential violations of state law found during a probe into his travel and campaign finances.
Questions about Sanford&#8217;s use of state, private and commercial planes arose after he disappeared from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC commission hearing details on whether Gov. Sanford&#8217;s travel merits prosecution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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SC ethics panel weighing Gov. Sanford charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina&#8217;s State Ethics Commission has begun hearing details on a three-month investigation to decide if there&#8217;s evidence that Gov. Mark Sanford broke state ethics laws.
The closed-door commission meeting under way Wednesday is pivotal to efforts by some state legislators to impeach Sanford.
House Speaker Bobby Harrell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC commission to decide whether investigation into Gov. Sanford&#8217;s travel merits prosecution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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SC panel to decide if Gov. Sanford to face charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina&#8217;s State Ethics Commission is set to decide whether a three-month investigation provides enough evidence that Gov. Mark Sanford broke state laws.
The closed-door commission meeting Wednesday is pivotal to efforts by some state legislators to impeach Sanford. House Speaker Bobby Harrell says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former NY Gov. Spitzer speaks at Harvard ethics forum about government participation in market</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-NY Gov. Spitzer speaks at Harvard ethics forum

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is scheduled to speak at a Harvard University ethics forum.
Spitzer&#8217;s address scheduled for Thursday at Harvard&#8217;s Safra Foundation Center for Ethics is entitled &#8220;What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?&#8221;
Spitzer, a Democrat who also served [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former NASA official sentenced to probation, home monitoring in ethics case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Former NASA official sentenced to probation

WASHINGTON — A former top NASA official was sentenced Friday to three years probation, six months of electronic monitoring and a $2,500 fine for steering contract money to a private client.
Courtney Stadd, of Bethesda, Md., was convicted in August of helping a consulting client — Mississippi State University — get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House ethics committee clears NC Rep. Shuler in probe of TVA water-access application</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Baker</dc:creator>
		
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Ethics panel clears NC Rep. Shuler in TVA probe

RALEIGH, N.C. — Congressional ethics investigators have concluded that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler did not act inappropriately while a residential development that he was involved in sought lake-access rights from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Top lawmakers on the House Ethics Committee said in a letter to Shuler [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Blago scandal, Ill. lawmakers approve deal on capping most political contributions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Ill. lawmakers OK caps on political donations
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers have approved the state&#8217;s first limits on the size of political contributions — one of the highest-profile ethics proposals since former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#8217;s (blah-GOY&#8217;-uh-viches) impeachment.
But the legislation passed by the state Senate on Friday would still let major political leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens of House members under scrutiny, from early review to full probe, ethics report shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Ethics panel scrutinizing dozens of House members

WASHINGTON — Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.
Seven of the lawmakers — four not previously known — serve on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ill. Senate OKs bill that would cap most political contributions, sends measure to governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Illinois Senate OKs caps on political donations

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Senate signed off Friday on a compromise that would establish the state&#8217;s first limits on campaign donations, sending it to the governor despite Republican complaints that the bill concentrates power in the hands of a few political insiders.
The bill would cap the amount of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Names of dozens of lawmakers under ethics scrutiny go public when confidential report leaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known as the Ethics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private memo from congressional ethics probe leaks, naming dozens of lawmakers under scrutiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Congressional ethics report leaked, reveals names

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Calif. lawmakers, has to explain when private memo gets online</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ethics-panel-starts-probes-of-2-calif-lawmakers-has-to-explain-when-private-memo-gets-online-212009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Ethics report leaked, discloses internal probes

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of several House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House ethics committee says it&#8217;s investigating Rep. Maxine Waters for bank contacts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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California Rep. Waters is under investigation

WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee said Thursday it&#8217;s investigating whether California Rep. Maxine Waters used her influence to help a bank in which her husband owned stock — and whether the couple benefited as a result.
Waters is the No. 3 Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and chairwoman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Capuano relying on Washington experience, fiery style in race to succeed Kennedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Miga</dc:creator>
		
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Capuano runs as Washington insider in Senate bid
WASHINGTON — In the race to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, Rep. Michael Capuano is embracing a label most politicians shun: Washington insider.
It&#8217;s a strategic twist that could leave the six-term Democrat vulnerable to charges that he&#8217;s too cozy with powerful special interests that often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa legislators says pharmacy group broke lobbying rules but won&#8217;t sanction organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Iowa panel won&#8217;t sanction pharmacy group
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa pharmacy group violated lobbying reporting rules but will not be sanctioned for it — though legislators said Wednesday they wanted to overhaul the law to bring more transparency to the system.

The House Ethics Committee will send a letter to the Iowa Pharmacy Association about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana House speaker proposes new rules to slow revolving door of lawmakers-turned-lobbyists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deanna Martin</dc:creator>
		
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Ind. House speaker proposes lobbying restrictions

INDIANAPOLIS — It seems like everybody at the Indiana Statehouse wants to talk about lobbying ethics these days.
Indiana House Speaker Patrick Bauer, D-South Bend, introduced a proposal Tuesday that would revamp ethics rules so lawmakers would have to wait a year after leaving office before becoming a Statehouse lobbyist. Senate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New court filing directly ties congressman Don Young to Alaska corruption probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Documents filed in federal court directly link U.S. Rep. Don Young to a wide-ranging investigation of corruption in Alaska for the first time.

The state&#8217;s only representative in the House is identified as &#8220;United States Representative A&#8221; in the documents filed in connection with the sentencing next week of Bill Allen, a key [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC lawmakers to return Oct. 27 to deal with glitch that left 7,000 without unemployment cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers said Monday they will return to the Capitol next week to ensure thousands of state residents receive extended unemployment benefits.

House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell, both Charleston Republicans, agreed to the extraordinary move and criticized the state Employment Security Commission for failing to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIA presidential candidate Vatanen promises code of ethics for F1&#8217;s governing body if elected</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — FIA presidential candidate Ari Vatanen said he will introduce a code of ethics to Formula One&#8217;s governing body if he wins Friday&#8217;s election.

The Finnish candidate, who is vying with former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt to replace Max Mosley, said Monday that the code would cover all senior officials.
&#8220;Such codes of behavior are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief to establish international commission to investigate Guinea killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is establishing an international commission to investigate the attack on unarmed protesters in Guinea last month that left dozens dead and many injured, the U.N. said.

A mission was leaving Friday to look into arrangements for setting up a commission to determine who was responsible, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said.
&#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Guinea ministers resign over bloody rally in which soldiers shot at demonstrators</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONAKRY, Guinea — Two Cabinet ministers in Guinea resigned and France urged its citizens to leave the former French colony as armed attacks are increasing in the aftermath of a bloody rally last month where soldiers fired on pro-democracy demonstrators.

Information Minister Justin Morel Jr., and Labor Minister Alpha Diallo said they cannot serve a government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With 1 ex-gov. in prison, another indicted, Ill. voters may get chance to recall governors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With one former Illinois governor in prison and another facing corruption charges, the state&#8217;s Senate decided Thursday to let voters choose whether they want the power to recall crooked governors in the future.

The Senate&#8217;s vote means a constitutional amendment will be placed on the ballot in November 2010. If it passes, Illinois [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lobbyists targeted in ethics complaint filed after former lawmakers&#8217; sex-tape scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A good-government group filed a complaint Wednesday with California&#8217;s campaign watchdog agency asking it to investigate two lobbyists caught up in an apparent sex scandal involving a former state assemblyman.

Common Cause&#8217;s complaint with the state Fair Political Practices Commission alleges the two women broke state lobbying laws by engaging in an inappropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporters of Maine gay marriage law collect $2.7M; opponents report $1.1M as vote draws near</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — Supporters of Maine&#8217;s gay marriage law said Tuesday they&#8217;ve collected $2.7 million for their campaign against a ballot proposal to repeal it, more than double the amount the measure&#8217;s supporters said they raised.

The group, called NO on 1/Protect Maine Equality, also reported that it has spent $2.2 million on its campaign to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Records show Christie topped federal guidelines on travel while US attorney</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Delli Santi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. — The Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, who has campaigned on a platform of ethical integrity and cutting government waste, regularly spent beyond federal guidelines on business travel while U.S. attorney, records show.

The newly released travel records show that Chris Christie occasionally billed taxpayers more than $400 a night for stays in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House ethics committee expands investigation of House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee on Thursday expanded its investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel to include his belated financial disclosure of hundreds of thousands of dollars in previously unreported assets and income.

The expansion only increases the political burden that the Ways and Means Committee chairman from Harlem places on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Speeding SC Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s car pulled over, but driver not ticketed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meg Kinnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Highway Patrol trooper stopped South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s car for speeding, but let his protective detail driver go without a ticket, an official said Wednesday.

State Department of Public Safety Director Mark Keel said he had reviewed a recording of the stop and that the State Law Enforcement Division agent will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats defeat latest Republican attempt to remove Rangel from Ways and Means chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Republicans failed Wednesday for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, but they kept the political spotlight on his ethical problems.

The House voted 246-153 along mostly partisan lines to refer a GOP resolution to remove Rangel to the House ethics committee. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ensign says lobbying job for former mistress&#8217; husband complied with ethics rules and laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday that he will not resign, even as a watchdog group raised questions about whether he improperly tried to appease his mistress&#8217; husband with a lobbying job and made phone calls on behalf of the man&#8217;s clients.

&#8220;No,&#8221; he told The Associated Press, when asked if he intended to resign. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate&#8217;s No. 2 Republican offers no support of Ensign as ethics committee investigates affair</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The No. 2 Senate Republican is keeping his distance from the scandal surrounding his embattled GOP colleague from Nevada, John Ensign.

Arizona Sen. John Kyl on Sunday didn&#8217;t offer any defense of Ensign when he asked about a probe into Ensign&#8217;s extramarital affair with an aide.
Kyl told CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate GOP leader offers no support for Ensign amid new allegations about cover-up affair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affair with a campaign aide. Now, tawdry new details about the case are raising fresh questions whether Ensign can be re-elected in 2012 — or even face criminal charges over his behavior.

If Ensign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate GOP leader declines chance to support embattled Nevada senator amid ethics questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell passed on several opportunities to defend two embattled GOP senators Friday as a new report raised questions about Sen. John Ensign&#8217;s efforts to cover up his affair with a campaign aide.

McConnell refused to answer several questions about the report, which provided new details of the aftermath of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine ethics commission approves probe of anti-gay marriage fundraising</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine&#8217;s campaign oversight board overruled a staff recommendation Thursday and authorized an investigation into fundraising by groups supporting the campaign to repeal the state&#8217;s gay marriage law in a Nov. 3 referendum.

The Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices voted 3-2 after some members said there was sufficient evidence to warrant a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC Gov. Sanford&#8217;s lawyers ask court to keep ethics probe findings confidential during inquiry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers representing South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in an ethics investigation are asking the state Supreme Court to keep the report out of the hands of a Legislature expected to consider impeaching him.

Sanford has been under pressure to quit since revealing he disappeared for a week from the state in the summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palace: Health of Thai king is improving but he still has a low fever and lung inflammation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Thailand&#8217;s 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej spent his 12th day in a Bangkok hospital Wednesday with what the palace obliquely called a second bout of low fever and inflammation in his lungs.

Bhumibol, the world&#8217;s longest-serving monarch, was hospitalized Sept. 19 for fever, fatigue and lack of appetite. Since then, the palace has released almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With spotlight on SC Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s use of planes, he reviews how universities use theirs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is reviewing how three state-funded universities use their airplanes even as he faces scrutiny for his own travel practices.

Sanford spokesman Ben Fox said Monday there is no criticism of Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina. But he says the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal, political plane use by SC governor creates potential income tax liabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s use of state planes for personal and political trips could open him to federal tax penalties because the flights never were recorded as taxable fringe benefits.

Tax experts reviewed an Associated Press analysis of more than 100 Sanford flights and said numerous trips could have been subject to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissecting the facts in Michael Moore&#8217;s new film &#8216;Capitalism: A Love Story&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dissecting-the-facts-in-michael-moores-new-film-capitalism-a-love-story-177420/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Beck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Despite the title of his new movie, Michael Moore really hates capitalism. He says it&#8217;s a scheme for businesses to profit at the expense of the little guy.

The provocateur filmmaker is campaigning for an end to what he says is the &#8220;evil&#8221; in our economic system and a return to the days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALL BUSINESS: Dissecting the facts in Michael Moore&#8217;s new film &#8216;Capitalism: A Love Story&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/all-business-dissecting-the-facts-in-michael-moores-new-film-capitalism-a-love-story-177146/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Beck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Despite the title of his new movie, Michael Moore really hates capitalism. He says it&#8217;s a scheme for businesses to profit at the expense of the little guy.

The provocateur filmmaker is campaigning for an end to what he says is the &#8220;evil&#8221; in our economic system and a return to the days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New EU economic watchdog to rely on moral pressure, not regulatory power to get nations to act</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-eu-economic-watchdog-to-rely-on-moral-pressure-not-regulatory-power-to-get-nations-to-act-176277/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aoife White</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — The European Union&#8217;s new economic watchdog plans to use &#8220;moral pressure&#8221; instead of regulatory authority to crack down on countries posing major risks to Europe&#8217;s economy, the European Commission said Wednesday.

The EU&#8217;s executive body laid out a new financial oversight structure Wednesday that it wants EU governments to back to prevent a repeat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel: a man with many friends and many ethics issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Rep. Charlie Rangel, the latest congressional titan with ethics problems, is described by a longtime House colleague as the guy who would make sure everyone put on oxygen masks during a flight emergency, but would have to be told to put on his own.

If Rep. Gary Ackerman&#8217;s characterization fits the chairman of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP INVESTIGATION: SC Gov. Sanford&#8217;s charter jet use in Europe cost state more than $63,000</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-investigation-sc-gov-sanfords-charter-jet-use-in-europe-cost-state-more-than-63000-171472/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, already facing scrutiny for expensive taxpayer-funded flights, relied on charter jet services costing more than $63,000 when traveling in Europe on two state business trips, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Sanford, his commerce secretary and two other state officials charged taxpayers more than $43,000 for use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROMISES, PROMISES: Much lobbyist fundraising still off the books despite ethics law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Theimer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Few members of Congress are disclosing that lobbyists are helping them raise campaign cash despite a new law that was supposed to shed light on the ties between lawmakers and the capital&#8217;s influence brokers, an Associated Press review found.

Though lobbyist-hosted fundraisers are workaday events in Washington — typically advertised to political insiders by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House ethics panel defers investigation of Jesse Jackson Jr. at request of law enforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee said Wednesday it will put off for now an expanded investigation into whether Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. or his representatives tried to buy President Barack Obama&#8217;s former Senate seat.

The committee revealed that the deferred investigation now includes allegations that Jackson, a Democrat, improperly used his staff in Washington and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With major issues unresolved, Calif lawmakers will be back soon to tackle oustanding problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session dominated by deep budget cuts early Saturday with few major accomplishments, putting off critical decisions on water policy and other reforms until special sessions this fall.

Legislators already are expected to meet in special sessions Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called to overhaul California&#8217;s tax structure and reform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Months after affair disclosed, SC governor virtually marooned in fight to stay in office</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/months-after-affair-disclosed-sc-governor-virtually-marooned-in-fight-to-stay-in-office-166211/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican Gov. Mark Sanford is no stranger to going it alone — and nearly three months after calling his mistress his &#8220;soul mate,&#8221; he&#8217;s been virtually marooned.

Since his unannounced, five-day visit in June with his Argentine mistress, there has been a growing chorus of state political leaders calling for him to resign.
While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina GOP asks Gov. Mark Sanford to resign following questions on affair, travel</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-carolina-gop-asks-gov-mark-sanford-to-resign-following-questions-on-affair-travel-165382/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Leaders of South Carolina&#8217;s Republican Party voted Thursday to ask Gov. Mark Sanford to resign, joining an increasing number of GOP officials upset with the governor&#8217;s June vanishing act to see his mistress and questions about his travel while in office.

&#8220;While the governor served the state well by focusing on core values [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lawmaker caught talking about affairs tarnishes Legislature&#8217;s damaged reputation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-lawmaker-caught-talking-about-affairs-tarnishes-legislatures-damaged-reputation-165365/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliet Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses created an embarrassing distraction for lawmakers Thursday, further diverting attention from California&#8217;s major policy issues in the crucial final days of their session.

Republican Mike Duvall resigned Wednesday after a videotape surfaced in which he described to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California lawmaker who participated in lurid sex conversation removed from ethics panel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker who listened and asked questions as a fellow assemblyman boasted about extramarital affairs has been removed from the panel investigating the conversation.

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass removed Republican Assemblyman Jeff Miller of Corona from the ethics committee on Thursday.
The move comes a day after Republican Mike Duvall of Yorba Linda [...]]]></description>
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