[Texgreen] Executive Order is Latest Power Grab & Senate GOP Tries to Kill Ethics Reform

[margaret]

Jan. 18, 2007


New Executive Order Is Latest White House Power Grab

Move Will Give Radical Nominee DudleyPower to Squelch Protections 
Enacted by New Congress and Put Public at Risk

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The White House today released a new executive order 
that will threaten the ability of the federal government to protect and 
inform the public, Public Citizen said today.

To read the entire release visit:
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2361.

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Senate Republicans Trying - Again - to Kill Lobbying and Ethics Reform 
Bill

GOP Ties Future of Ethics Reform to Unrelated Amendment

WASHINGTON, D.C. - One day before former Republican congressman Bob Ney 
is sentenced to prison for corruption, Senate Republicans en masse 
voted late Wednesday night to kill the lobbying and ethics reform bill 
(S. 1). Public Citizen condemns the Senate Republican caucus for once 
again undermining legislation to bring civility and ethics back to 
Capitol Hill and strongly urges the Republican caucus to heed the 
public's will, withdraw its tactical poison pill from the Senate 
lobbying and ethics reform package and begin to clean up Washington.

To read the entire release visit:
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2360.