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Melanie Sloan talked about the consequences in the four years since the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy Calo read news head…

Panelists discussed the influence of Super PACs and non-profit political spending in the 2012 election. Topics included the differences between Super PACSs and 501(c)4 organizations, disclos…

Melanie Sloan and Jon Swaine talked about the British phone hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Mr…

Melanie Sloan talked about the history and mission of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and her Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics group’s recent efforts to reform it. Other topics M…

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony on laws that prohibit members of Congress and their staffs from trading on information they obtain as lawmaker…

Melanie Sloan discussed Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s recent report showing that the chairs and ranking members of many House committees amass significant campaign c…

Panelists talked about public corruption, ethics, and the law. Among the topics they addressed were criminal prosecution of corruption, punishment of violation of ethics rules, and ways in w…

Representatives from government watchdog groups spoke to reporters and answered questions about the federal budget and appropriations process, the use of earmarks to designate spending of pr…

Panelists focused on recent changes in the laws that affect the public’s ability to request and receive information from the federal government. While panelists noted that some progress had …

Melanie Sloan talked about the roles and effectiveness of the House Office of Congressional Ethics and what the Washington Post called the “thin wall” separating lobbyist contributions and e…

Melanie Sloan spoke about her work as Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, also known as CREW. CREW began in 2003 and is a 501 (c)(3) organization. It …

The House Office of Congressional Ethics held its first public meeting, in the Longworth House Office Building, to allow public comment on the new draft rules and code of conduct.

The guests talked about ethics reform in Congress. Susan Ferrechio talked about the details and history of the ethics bill. The guests focused on the issue of lobbying and enforcement of any…

Ms. Sloan talked about investigation into misconduct by former Representative Mark Foley. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics had some of the electronic mails sent by Representative Foley…

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-…

Ms. Sloan talked about the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington’s reaction to former Indian lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s guilty plea. Her group is attempting to obtain documents …

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…

Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch and Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington spoke about Congressional ethics investigations and procedures for reporting and conducti…

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…