The House Creates New Ethics Board

  Don't you generally have to know what ethics are before you can create a board to investigate any lapses in ethics that House members may have?

  USAToday 

An independent ethics board created by the House of Representatives this week is meant to put some teeth into a self-policing process that has been all-but-dormant for years.

The six-member board, which will be split equally between Republican and Democratic appointees, will have the power to investigate ethics allegations if at least one board member from each party agrees. After an investigation, a majority board vote could send the matter for further action to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — the long-standing ethics committee.

  This group will be called the Office of Congressional Ethics and they can actually start up ethics investigations against our representatives and/or their own staffers. Let us just see how much investigating this group does in the coming months or years. You won't see to much unless one party pisses the other party off or there is some political gain to be made.

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