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Open honest ethical government is the most important missing ingredient in our political system.
Lots of people talk about it but very few people do something about it.
Ray Metcalfe, Chairman of Citizens For Ethical Government, is one of those few that took action and did something about the corruptions in Government he had found and brought about one of the most widespred political corruption investigations in the history of the United States.
In an effort to maintain an open, honest and ethical Government Ray established the Citizens for Ethical Government Inc. A non profit citizens watchdog organization.
Only with an active and concerned citizenship can we hope to have the sort of government we all desire. Constant vigilance is one of the costs of freedom.
Your contributions to the Citizens for Ethical Government will help us to keep an eye on those that have been entrusted with public service.
H.RES.1031
Title: Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an Office of Congressional Ethics, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13] (introduced 3/10/2008)
Related Bills: H.RES.895
Latest Major Action: 3/11/2008 Passed/agreed to in House.
Status: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by Yeas 229 Nays 182 4 Present
One might wonder why Congressman Don Young would vote against having an Office of Congressional Ethics.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll122.xml
Alaska is one of 27 states in which no outside agency oversees ethical conduct of state legislators. It is one of 9 of those states where an outside ethics agency does oversee disclosure for members of the legislature, in this case both personal financial disclosure and campaign finance disclosure.
Alaska is among the 22 states that established outside oversight of ethical conduct and/or disclosure requirements of legislators in the post-Watergate 1970s.
Of the 32 states that have outside oversight of ethical conduct and/or disclosure requirements for legislators — 23 that cover ethics and disclosure, plus nine that cover disclosure only — Alaska is one of 17 where the legislature has some involvement in choosing commission members. Only three states — California, Hawaii and Massachusetts — have members picked without the input of the legislature.
Budget
Alaska is among 10 states that did not approve a budget for its ethics agency exceeding the rate of inflation, or 7 percent, between 1997 and 2000. Those states include Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon and West Virginia. Two state ethics agency budgets — in Missouri and Montana — actually decreased during this time period.
