Congress Is Ignoring Ethics, Voting Problems; So What Else Is New?

• By Norman Ornstein
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Sept. 20, 2006, Midnight

You can’t make this stuff up: Republican leaders in the House found another way to deep-six any serious ethics and lobbying reform, on the very same day that prosecutors heralded the sorry end to the career of Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and documented the sordid list of activities that has led him to a prison term.