Sentences with phrase «house ethics office»

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The Office of Government Ethics has revealed that attorneys at the White House are examining whether loans to the company owned by Jared Kushner's family violated federal ethics regulations or criminal law.

Perry's veto cut $ 7.5 million in funding to the state's ethics watchdog housed in the county district attorney's office.

House Republicans, with no warning and overriding their top leaders, voted yesterday to significantly curtail the power of an independent ethics office set up in 2008 in the aftermath of corruption scandals that sent three members of Congress to jail.

Ivanka Trump's new office in the White House was cleared by White House lawyers and the federal government's ethics watchdog, press secretary Spicer said.

According to the statement, CDHR is deeply concerned with the failure of the House to investigate allegations of «budget padding» raised by Honourable Jubrin, while the motion on abuse of members» privileges was raised, debated and referred to ethics and privileges committee of the House for investigation later resulting in the suspension of Jubrin from the green chamber for 180 siting days and sealing off his office.

Mr. Rangel, who has been in office almost 40 years, is preparing for a House hearing on 13 ethics charges, including improper fund - raising and hoarding rent - stabilized apartments.

He could also face a House ethics probe if he remains in office.

The Staten Island Republican — who left office in 2008 after a drunk - driving rap in Virginia exposed his secret second family and triggered a House ethics investigation — left an eight - year consulting gig at former Sen. Al D'Amato's Park Strategies firm in November.

A New York assemblyman faces the loss of his staff and offices after an ethics committee found he continued to violate that house's sexual harassment policy.

«The recent cases highlight the growing fissure between the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and the long - standing House ethics panel controlled by members of Congress.

As Pelosi and Rangel were meeting in the speaker's office off the House floor, the source told CNN Rangel would likely announce Tuesday night or Wednesday that he's «temporarily stepping down» until the House ethics committee completes its investigation into a number of alleged rules violations.

The Office of Government Ethics website was down on Thursday, after White House counselor Kellyanne Conway urged people to buy Ivanka Trump's products, potentially violating federal ethics rules.

Described by many a critic as ««Michael Clayton» on acid,» a description that makes it sound a good deal more glib and less beautiful than it really is, it's a Haneke - cool deconstruction of office ethics and politics centered on the mental unraveling of a business in - house psychologist — yet another star turn from the extraordinary Mathieu Amalric.

Legislative employees should consult with the House and Senate ethics office, as appropriate, to determine whether there would be any prohibition on their attendance at this event.

In addition to coordinating mandated annual RD&T reporting to Congress, the program promotes excellence in research management, develops guidance concerning access to research results, the peer review processes and research ethics and coordinates Departmental participation in initiatives of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).

According to sources, the White House political block — a direct violation of numerous ethics regulations and possibly of federal laws — was instituted over the objections of scientists at the FDA, but with the awareness of HHS Secretary Sibelius, her senior adviser Andrea Palm and the Office of Science and Technology Policy and its director John Holdren, who is responsible for enforcing «science integrity» across government agencies...

For less money than most firms typically spend to send their attorneys out of the office to attend CLEs and for fewer lost billable hours, you can have an in - house ethics CLE tailored to your firm's practice areas, and earn CLE credit at the same time.

But when your ethics are strong and let them know you are going with a different agent, from there own office, because your not comfortable and want protection and there response is... Well now you stand no chance and your not getting your dream house... I can totally understand why the perception in the world that real estate agents are bottom feeders!