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Government watchdog groups say they are appalled that ethics overseers have done nothing in the face of a growing number of inquiries against members of Congress.
The House ethics committee has been virtually moribund for the past year, handling only routine business despite a wave of federal investigations into close and potentially illegal relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists.
With a California congressman headed to prison for accepting bribes and several others under investigation for accepting lavish gifts and money from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, one might expect the House committee to have a lot of work to do. But the committee members have not opened a new case or launched an investigation in the past 12 months.
The House ethics committee has been virtually moribund for the past year, handling only routine business despite a wave of federal investigations into close and potentially illegal relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists.
With a California congressman headed to prison for accepting bribes and several others under investigation for accepting lavish gifts and money from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, one might expect the House committee to have a lot of work to do. But the committee members have not opened a new case or launched an investigation in the past 12 months.
In a related story, John McCain is expecting "lots'' of indictments from the federal investigation of rethug bud Jack Abramoff.
"This town has become very corrupt, there's no doubt about it,'' McCain said Sunday on
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