House Ethics Committee quietly deletes requirements for members to disclose who pays for trips!

[Dustlawyer]

The National Journal reports that the House ETHICS COMMITTEE changed a 30 year requirement that came about after the Watergate scandal that Congressional House Members disclose how much and who pays for their lavish trips abroad on their yearly financial disclosure forms.

The Ethics Committee did this without public announcement, behind closed doors! Ethics? Does someone need to read them the definition of ethics?

This is why we need to start our protests on September 13, in cities around the country to get the money out of politics and have Publicly Funded National/State/Local Elections. It is a Saturday and a good time to start beating this drum through the mid-terms. Let's make these candidates squirm as all of their money starts really flowing!

SPREAD THE WORD AND HIT THE PHONES, INTERNET, AND THE STREETS!!!!

Http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/congress-quietly-deletes-a-key-disclosure-of-free-trips-lawmakers-take-20140630

[thelordofhell]

1. You're a little late to the party.............

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/07/03/house-ethics-committee-does-u-turn-on-travel-requirement/

[Dustlawyer]

2. Story of my life. Maybe a few terminally late people like me have not seen it, but

I am sure they did not advocate what I have to bring attention to the corruption in our government which has reached epic proportions. These days they usually don't worry about hiding it, that is the surprising thing!

[babylonsister]

4. They got nailed...made me happy.

I can't believe they thought no one would notice.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025192392

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-ethics-all-expense-trips-disclosure-reversed

[delrem]

3. This is a story of "cops policing cops".

We all know the moral of the story.

[Dustlawyer]

5. Yep, the only reason is a bad one and they know it so thus they try to hide it.

The thing is, this is the house ETHICS Committee, that is what gets to me the most. It says to everyone that there are no "ethics" in the House! It is one thing to believe it, but actually seeing it still gets me bad. This should bother EVERY American. I believe the time is right to do something about it. I really liked the Interview Bill Moyers did of Jim Hightower someone posted earlier about the corruption with campaign cash. They basically told us to march in the streets and expect to be bloodied. Neither they nor I advocate violence, but as Hightower said, they have guns, batons etc., and they will use them. He still urged us on and so do I! September 13, save it on your calendar!