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Members who do engage ethically. >> most of them do, absolutely. >> most do but several don't like this idea of an independent agency monitoring them on ethics issues. i think leo is right. it wasn't just a jack abramoff issue but the paid fein the abrd 21 officials convicted of bribery and charges an the ethics committee sat on the sidelines during the process. it was a big embarrassment to the committee. to underscore leo's point, any inspector the general has to have three things, the ability to compel testimony, independence, independence in terms of when to initiate an investigation, refe...

Like this idea of an independent agency monitoring them on ethics issues. i think leo is right. it wasn't just a jack abramoff issue but in the abramoff we had 21 officials convicted of bribery and charges an the ethics committee sat on the sidelines during the process. it was a big embarrassment to the committee. to underscore leo's point, any inspector the general has to have three things, the ability to compel testimony, independence, independence in terms of when to initie an investigation, refer and other tools like whistle-blowers. the office of congressional ethics doesn't have the most...