Dear readers,I would like to share with you a new addition to our blog.
It is our tracker of how long our United States Congress has failed to pass an ethics reform bill after the guitly plea from Jack Abramoff to bribing Congressman.
The tracker looks like this:
35 Days
Days of Congressional Inaction on Ethics
Above is the number of days that have passed since Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to bribing Congressman.
It is also the number of days in which Congress has failed to pass an ethics reform bill that would limit private travel, ski and golf junkets, and would call for a full disclosure of expenses by lobbyists on members of Congress.
It is time for Congress to step up and pass an ethics reform bill that would do all of the above. In addition, it is time to end the pork barrel spending system as we know it and establish an independent ethics commission that would review ethics complaints against members of Congress.
I am proud Congressman Harold Ford Jr. is fighting for that reform!
Read Congressman Ford's call for reform of the House rules here!
The tracker will appear on our sidebar as well as the end of every post that is at the top of our blog.
Ethics is a very important issue and it is high time Congress gets serious about it.
Congressman Ford has shown his leadership on the issue.
Hopefully his colleagues will follow his lead.
