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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has called for an investigation into Justice Samuel Alito over his recent comments downplaying Congress's ability to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a new ethics bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt new policies to address misconduct and other issues.

Before it came out. justice thomas of course has also come under scrutiny for not fully disclosing his relationship with texas billionaire harlan crow. now, the senate judiciary committee is planning to move ahead with ethics reform, to address just this. >> let me state the obvious. there is something ron going on in the supreme court of the united states of america. when we return from the july recess, we will write a markup of the ethics bill in the senate judiciary committee. >> with that, l...

America. when we return from our recess, we will have a mark-up of the ethics bill in the senate judiciary building. i hope before that time, chief roberts will show some leadership. i mean, its true that he or any one of the 500 other supreme court justices, or chief justices, could impose a rule of at left a disclosure. no one is saying dont do it. theyre just saying disclose it. >> which is why you see senators be much more aggressive about the need for at least the legislative branch to ex...

Is taking. john roberts position is, we have it covered and dont need any more improved ethical standards and these republicans are suggesting oh, yes, you do. so that was a tell to me, that republicans know that theres a vulnerability here the longer these justices dig in their heels and dont do anything to improve the code of ethics at the court. i think they see themselves taking on water politically here because you have judges like michael ludsig making these statements, lisa murkowski of a...

WASHINGTON — House Democrats are poised to pass a sweeping elections and ethics bill, offering it up as a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions

>> i know axios is reporting on a house vote expected this week to tighten anti-description laws. >> this is hr-1. this is speaker pelosis signature, as she begins cole of the hou -- control of the house. this is an ethics bill that will take in voting rights and has the most notable headline provision. it will require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns. gee, wonder who that is aimed at. >> well see if it passes and actually applies to 2020. >> a little late. >> 500 pages in h...

To impose. what is the trump family fumt. in order to maintain confidence in our tax system, we need to know about that, and of course along the way in the many business entities that he has, we need to know about saudi and russian and other foreign influence that may be endangering our security, inc. it is. what will happen this week is not perhaps the formal letter, but it is a hearing that regards an ethics bill that were trying to get through congress to ensure not just this president but al...

Just outhustled him, and the district, this part of where i was elected, they had never had a republican elected, had a pretty good republican potential for national election particularly, and so, anyway, i ran, went door to door. i got people mobilized, local people, and it was big. it was good. and off i went to the u.s. congress. i was very fortunate that i was put on the ways and means committee. it was a wonderful thing because then your pieers, hey, hes on the ways and means committee, it ...

Happy living in nebraska and going to d.c. five times a week to do the best job i can. >> the odds that im going to run for 2020 is zero present, so i can say that. thats not what you just said. >> right now, we talk way too much time talking about running than we talk about governing. so in the next week and a half im going to be introducing a piece of legislation for ethics reform. >> i know that ethics bill is important to you and i know you want to do it in the memory of john mccain. thanks ...