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Witnesses testified about possible changes to House ethics rules governing gifts of travel from private sources. Among the topics they addressed were types and functions of trips taken by me…

Witnesses testified about H.R. 4975, the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. Topics included tightening restrictions on gifts members of Congress may accept, requiring lobb…

Mr. English, a former U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, talked about the concerns of rural consumers, the role of the 930 rural electric cooperatives, and the problems with increasing elect…

Participants spoke to reporters about a proposal to change election laws in several states in order to ensure that the outcome of presidential elections reflected the popular vote. They talk…

A hearing titled, “Restoring the Public Trust: A Review of the Federal Pension Forfeiture Act,” was held on denying federal officials convicted of felony crimes access to retirement plans an…

Representatives of seven government watchdog organizations outlined a proposal for a lobbying reform package that would address the failures that made the recent scandal involving lobbyist J…

Ms. Ferrechio spoke about Republican lobbying and ethics reform proposal presented the previous day by House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-CA) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-…

The Media and Democracy Coalition, representing 116 interest groups, held a news conference about the release of its “Bill of Media Rights.” The report criticized the 1996 Telecommunication…

Witnesses spoke to a panel at the first meeting of the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform on the Help America Vote Act. Among the topics they addressed were minority voting p…

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and others spoke to reporters at a press conference on judicial nominations on the steps of the Supreme Court. They stood behind several boxes of pet…

A coalition of eight government ‘watchdog’ groups announced a campaign to urge members of the House of Representatives not to weaken ethics standards and long-standing procedures. House deba…

Common Cause and The Century Foundation hosted a forum on the 2004 election process. Panelists talked about voter registration, voting machine technology, and the rules governing provisiona…

Common Cause and The Century Foundation held a panel discussion on 2004 polling place operations. Participants talked about allegations of voter suppression and intimidation, monitoring of v…

Witnesses testified before the U.S Election Assistance Commission about the use of electronic voting machines, potential errors or manipulation of the election results, and recent problems i…

The Campaign Legal Center hosted a forum on Congressional Ethics. Participants talked about enforcing congressional ethics rules and the process of ethics oversight. They talked about the ne…

Program is missing the first few minutes. Democratic senators met to inquire into the process by which reconstruction contracts were awarded for work in Iraq. Among the topics addressed w…

American Conservative Union Chairman, David Keene, and Common Cause President & CEO, Chellie Pingree, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and talked about top domestic issues including Medica…