Congressional Black Caucus Wants to Limit Powers of New Ethics Office (independent, solution)

[uggabugga]

now why would they want to do that?

Stung by a series of inquiries, nearly half the members of the Congressional Black Caucus want to rein in an independent ethics office that Democrats trumpeted after gaining control of Congress.

Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, and 19 fellow black lawmakers in the all-Democratic caucus quietly introduced a resolution last week that would restrict the powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics to open new investigations and make its findings public. The office, formed by Congress in 2008, is run by a panel of private citizens.

Black lawmakers push to scale back powers of new independent House ethics office | StarTribune.com (http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/95438789.html?elr=KArks8c7PaP3E77K_3c:3aDhUMEaPc :E7_ec7PaP3iUiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr - broken link)

[Jadex]

Thats a very good question. I would love to hear the answer to that.

[Dockside]

And look. They are all Democrats.

Congressional Black Caucus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Cunucu Beach]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

now why would they want to do that?

From the same article.

Since its inception, the ethics office has investigated at least eight black caucus members, including veteran Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., and five others in that group over privately funded trips to the Caribbean.

[uggabugga]

Originally Posted by Cunucu Beach

From the same article.

Golly! I hadn't noticed that.
Thanks for the heads-up