Bad-Mouthing Aside, Ethics Law Is a Step Forward

By Meredith McGehee
Special to Roll Call

Jan. 17, 2008, 12 a.m.

Perhaps the best test for measuring the strength of a piece of reform legislation is to identify those who benefit from the status quo and see if they attempt to spread misinformation about it and then denigrate it.

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July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article