Obama urged to factor WTO issue into tanker contest

Washington : DC : USA | 25 days ago

February 2008, but the Pentagon canceled the deal in September 2008 after government auditors upheld a Boeing protest.

Tags: Boeing, Barack Obama

Ethics inquiry looks into several House panel members

Visalia : CA : USA | 28 days ago

Nearly half the members of the House subcommittee that oversees more than $600 billion in Pentagon spending have been targeted by ethics investigators who are probing the conduct of a once-influential ...

Tags: House Ethics Committee, Office of Congressional, lobbying firm, ethics panel, ethics inquiry, Marcy Kaptur, ethics probing, Norm Dicks, Washington Post

Lawmakers targeted in ethics probe

Washington : DC : USA | 29 days ago

A leaked document shows that House ethics investigators are probing the activities of nearly three dozen lawmakers — an ethical dust storm that will empower the Republicans and could imperil efforts ...

Tags: House Appropriations Committee, house member, ethics committee, Washington Post, house ethics, congressional ethics, ethics investigating, Todd Tiahrt, Norm Dicks, ethics panel

A green scene in Big 1st

Louisville : KY : USA | about 1 month ago

Not just me.' " "And in politics," Beatty added, "donors want to be associated with winners." That's why the candidate with fat coffers can find it easier to raise still more funds than the candidate ...