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Senate, 94-6, Backs Ethics Panel Subpoena for Packwood's Diaries
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly last night to give its ethics
committee unprecedented authority to go to court to enforce a broad
subpoena for the personal diaries of Sen. Bob Packwood (R-Ore.) as
part of its inquiry into possible sexual misconduct and violations of
criminal law by Packwood.
The Senate approved the committee's subpoena request by a vote of
94 to 6.
At the end of two days of debate, Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), the
Senate's president pro tempore, stunned his colleagues by accusing
Packwood of doing damage to the Senate and saying he should have
resigned.
"None of us is pure or ...
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Responding to third-party subpoenas.(Column)
Magazine article from: Association Management
; ...that associations often are served with subpoenas to provide documents or testimony in...when responding to these third-party subpoenas. In this column, Rob Portman explains...for associations in responding to these subpoenas. - Jerald A. Jacobs, ASAE General Counsel...
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Is the net closing in?(ethics investigation of Newt Gingrich)(part 2)
Magazine article from: National Review
; ...count may never be known because the Ethics Committee does not make charges public unless...begin to fire back. On December 6, the Ethics Committee broke a year-long political log-jam...cable channel. 5. Even though the Ethics Committee gave Gingrich advance written permission...
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 "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)")
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Republicans get it.(Editorials)(Hastert finally makes right move on ethics rules)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...majority-piercing bullet when they changed House ethics committee rules and membership to protect House...week that he was reversing the new Ethics Committee rules that had been designed for the...stand by Democratic members of the ethics committee. Their boycott of meetings ...
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Complaint Resolution vs. Ethics Complaints.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Camping Magazine
; ...ethics complaints. (Only the National Ethics Committee can determine if a grievance constitutes...file an affidavit with ACA's National Ethics Committee. The affidavit is a factual account...request for action by the National Ethics Committee, the parent will state which areas...
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The doctor is in--or out? The case of Sen. Tom Coburn, (would-be) citizen-legislator.(CAPITOL HILL)
Magazine article from: National Review
; ...preparing to mount a challenge to an Ethics Committee that, rejecting the idea of the citizen-legislat...conflict of interest by the Senate Ethics Committee. Here too he threatens the established...House of Representatives, the House Ethics Committee granted him a waiver that ...
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Mr. Wright's wrongs. (House Speaker Jim Wright)
Magazine article from: National Review
; ...seems to be fading as fast. The House ethics committee has decided that there is enough evidence...worry about. That was before the House ethics committee, made up of six Republicans and six...NR, April 21.] Although the House ethics committee found nothing wrong with such dealings...
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A proper scolding.(Editorials)(Ethics panel chastises Sen. Robert Torricelli)(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
; ...The Register-Guard The U.S. Senate Ethics Committee severely admonished New Jersey Sen...materials from the investigation to the Ethics Committee. Torricelli's chastisement was considerably...Torricelli marked the first time the Ethics Committee has voted to take action against a...
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South Dakota.(INSIDE POLITICS: ACROSS STATE LINES)(bill to create a legislative ethics committee)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Campaigns & Elections
; ...session, a bill calling for the formation of a legislative ethics committee that would be charged with creating ethics rules for the...through a written document, a group of people who form an ethics committee or a combination, he said. Legislators expect the code...
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National Ethics Committee Meets. (The American Camping Association[R]).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Camping Magazine
; The National Ethics Committee met in October to review the complaints filed against ACA...Section Complaint Resolution Chair, has joined the National Ethics Committee effective this fall. She joins David Silverstein, Chair, Barry...
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Groves nominated for USOC ethics position. (Harry Groves named ethics committee chairman for United States Olympic Committee) (Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet
; ...former secretary of state and U.S. attorney general, was nominated to replace outgoing USOC Ethics Committee Chair William Rogers. The Ethics Committee supervises USOC officials, board members and staff administrators on disclosing details...
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