Jo Bonner: January 2011

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Jo Bonner: January 2011

GOP Ethics Chair: Ethics Office Would Take Info From A Tabloid

Ryan J. Reilly | January 31, 2011, 4:15PM

Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL) told a reporter for a newspaper in his home state that political realities kept House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) from shutting down the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, which he said would begin an investigation "out of the National Enquirer."

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Topics: House Ethics Committee, Jo Bonner, Maxine Waters, Office of Congressional Ethics, Stan Brand

House Ethics Committee

Direction Of Ethics Committee Unclear As GOP Takes Over House

Ryan J. Reilly | January 21, 2011, 2:50PM

Rep Jo Bonner (R-AL) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Two months after House Ethics Committee lawyers Morgan Kim and Stacey Sovereign were suspended by former Chief Counsel Blake Chisam, their future in the office is still unclear.

It's also uncertain if newly appointed Ethics Committee Chairman Jo Bonner (R-AL) will be successful in his push to relaunch the investigation into alleged ethics violations by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA).

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Topics: Blake Chisam, Cindy Morgan Kim, House Ethics Committee, Jo Bonner, Maxine Waters, Morgan Kim, Stacy Sovereign, Zoe Lofgren

Ethics

Ethics Committee Ends 'Per Diem' Investigation Into Six Members

Ryan J. Reilly | January 3, 2011, 9:15AM

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)

The House ethics committee has ended an investigation into six members of Congress over allegations that they kept the remainder of per diem payments they receive when traveling overseas.

Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) are now no longer under investigation in the case.