Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Crooks Vote to Restrict Cops

The congressional Black Caucus has introduced legislation to de-fang the Office of Congressional Ethics. The fact that the Caucus has drawn more than its fair share of attention wouldn't have anything to do with it now would it?

Come on folks! This is the year of the Chicago Way. If the Ethics committee is breathing down your back, see to it that a bag full of campaign contributions lands on the committee members desks. After all the purpose of the money was to get you in and keep you there, so spread some of that wealth around.

Among other things the legislation would:
It would prevent the standards committee from taking a referral from the ethics office within 60 days before an election in which the subject of the case is a candidate.
This alone is a candidate for a new definition for chutzpah if ever I saw one.

1 comment:

Brad K. said...

I think the argument must include the ethics of making frivolous claims against an opponent two days before an election. You could jail someone making politically motivated, deceptive and fraudulent accusations - but nothing will repair the damage at the polls.

I think a better approach would be to give the ethics committee a charge to evaluate complaints with an initial finding in seven (7) days, with suspensions if warranted until a final finding.