But Democratic leaders have no authority to force Mr. Weiner from his job, apart from an ethics-committee process that could take more than a year. ❋ Devlin Barrett (2011)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called for an ethics-committee investigation. ❋ Joel Millman (2011)
A separate ethics-committee inquiry into Mr. Rangel's tax and financial dealings is pending. ❋ Martin Vaughan (2010)
Blake Chisam, the ethics-committee lawyer who is serving as prosecutor for Mr. Rangel ' s disciplinary proceedings, told the panel that the senior New York Democrat ' s conduct demonstrated a lack of attention and carelessness over a broad range of issues over a lengthy period of time ' ' and said the punishment of censure was appropriate over the less severe punishment of a reprimand. ❋ Devlin Barrett (2010)
"It just became clear that more transparency is better," said the spine society's ethics-committee chairwoman, Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach, an orthopedic surgeon in Tucson, Ariz. ❋ Unknown (2009)
After two days of debate, his colleagues voted overwhelmingly to enforce an ethics-committee subpoena seeking Packwood's personal diaries. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Tawdry spectacle: Senators will be in an awkward position when they debate the ethics-committee subpoena as early as this week. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Former House ethics-committee counsel Abbe Lowell believes the committee will have to prove a "high threshold of relevance" to win its case. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Repeatedly, Gingrich called Fred Wertheimer, president of Common Cause, asking when the group would formally request an ethics-committee probe. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Now that the House has reinstated the prior ethics-committee rules, the investigation into his alleged corruption can begin in earnest. ❋ Unknown (2007)
At an ethics-committee probe of the Afghan detainee controversy, they tried for hours to block the appearance of witnesses whose testimony could prove embarrassing. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Ensign's retirement decision comes amid a Senate ethics-committee investigation into whether he acted improperly in an affair with Cynthia Hampton, who worked for Ensign's political committees and whose husband, Doug, was a top legislative staffer for Ensign. ❋ Unknown (2011)
After ethics-committee members outlined the basics of the case, Rangel delivered a five-minute address that was equal parts contrite and personal, noting that Tuesday was the ❋ Unknown (2010)
"It just became clear that more transparency is better," the spine society's ethics-committee chairwoman, an Arizona-based orthopedic surgeon, Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach, said, quoted the WSJ. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Norman Gant, executive director of ABOG, told National Public Radio that HHS "got it all wrong," noting that ACOG's ethics-committee opinion wasn't binding. ❋ Unknown (2009)
According to James Fitzpatrick, the senator's attorney, complying with the ethics-committee subpoena would reveal such details as: "A conversation with a senator about that senator's extended affair with a staff member and the problems of his divorce." " ❋ Unknown (2008)
Guy 1: [How many] members of the [ethics committee] does it take to change a [lightbulb]?
Guy 2: How many?
Guy 1: None! The ethics committee can't change anything! ❋ Br_cks (2022)
