U.S. House Committee on Ethics

A YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the Senate will determine how strong we...

It's going to be a busy three weeks for Gov. Nikki Haley and state Sen. Vincent Sheheen. That's how long the political rivals have to push through -- and take credit for -- two bills that both think hold the keys to their political futures. One bill...

The 2014 governor's race took a test drive Thursday during a marathon meeting of the state Senate Judiciary Committee. In a series of amendments, Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen offered a critique of Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's ethics policies....

— Already looking at a possible prison term, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could face new trouble over his apparent failure to file a financial disclosure report that is required when lawmakers leave the House. Meantime, his campaign has been...

Following Tuesday's special election victory, Democrat Robin Kelly will start a new job in Congress as the least senior member of a House dominated by Republicans. That political reality is not lost on Kelly, who said her first task is to restore...

Normally, it's an outrageous statement or a stunning disregard for the facts that puts an unflattering national spotlight on Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Bachmann's typical response is to ignore the negative publicity and the questions...

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has opted to bypass a run for the Republican Illinois governor nomination and instead will seek a fourth term in Congress next year, a top aide said Thursday. Schock, 31, from Peoria, ultimately decided he could do more good...

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has opted to bypass a run for the Republican Illinois governor nomination and instead will seek a fourth term in Congress next year, a top aide said Thursday. Schock, 31, from Peoria, ultimately decided he could do more good...

Rep. Don Young apologized Friday for his use of a derogatory term to describe migrant laborers in an interview with a Southeast Alaska radio station earlier this week. "I apologize for the insensitive term I used during an interview in Ketchikan,...

Alaska's lone U.S. House member says he's not concerned about a new ethics investigation. Rep. Don Young says the House Ethics Committee is looking into matters that he said the FBI found him "totally innocent of." The committee has said it is forming a...

U.S. Rep. Don Young has a series of public events planned in southeast Alaska during the congressional break. They include a community meeting in Ketchikan Tuesday afternoon, an address to the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday and participation...

The House Ethics Committee says it is forming a special panel to investigate Representative Don Young. The panel plans to investigate whether Representative Don Young broke house rules by failing to report gifts on his annual financial disclosure forms,...