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  Title

  Congressional ethics

  Author

  Tardiff, Joseph C., 1966-  

  Publisher:

  Greenhaven Press,

  Pub date:

  c2013.

  Pages:

  248 p. :

  ISBN:

  9780737760460

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    JK1121 .C664 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    JK1121 .C664 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues

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  ISBN:

  9780737760460

  ISBN:

  073776046X

  ISBN:

  9780737760477 (pbk.)

  ISBN:

  0737760478 (pbk.)

  Title:

  Congressional ethics / Joe Tardiff and Lynn M. Zott, book editors.

  Publication info:

  Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2013.

  Physical description:

  248 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (Opposing viewpoints)

  Contents:

  The US senate select committee on ethics is effective and necessary / Select Committee on Ethics, United States Senate -- The US senate select committee on ethics is ineffective / Mark Hemingway -- The office of congressional ethics has potent political influence / Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) -- Dems' dubious ethics tactics the last straw? / Donald Lambro -- The office of congressional ethics has improved oversight / Paul Blumenthal -- The house ethics committee has failed to improve ethics oversight / John Bresnahan -- Congressional ethics oversight appears to be racially biased / G. Derek Musgrove -- Congressional ethics oversight is not racially biased / Armstrong Williams -- Congressional lapses in ethics on climate change can have disastrous environmental effects / Donald A. Brown -- Biotechnology legislation raises ethical concerns about privacy and discrimination / Mark A. Rothstein -- The US economic recession is closely linked to unethical behavior in Congress / Rushworth M. Kidder -- Poor oversight and prioritizing politics over ethics lead to the election of corrupt lawmakers / Nick Baumann -- Ethics and morality in Congress are essential to sustain constitutional rights and a functional democracy / David E. Skaggs -- Punishment for ethical violations is swift and decisive when political interests are threatened / Fred Barnes -- Lobbying and ethics reform legislations is crucial to restore congressional integrity / John McCain -- Lobbying and ethics reform legislation does not address the root cause of unethical activity / Jack Abramoff -- The honest leadership and open government act provides unprecedented ethics reform / Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) -- The honest leadership and open government act is ineffective due to low enforcement / Bara Vaida -- Lobbying and ethics legislation favors businesses and undermines nonprofits' advocacy efforts / Larry Ottinger -- Lobbying and ethics reform legislation confuses and interferes with legitimate political activities / Randy Furst -- Congressional ethics committee investigations pressure rather than punish politicians / Chris Good -- Surviving sex scandals / Julian E. Zelizer -- Sex scandals in Congress: what Rep. Weiner's 'sexting' adds to the literature / Gail Russell Chaddock -- Insider trading is unethical and calls for strict regulation and harsh punishment / Jim Galloway -- Strict regulation of congressional insider trading is misguided and unnecessary / Daniel Gross -- DeLay's guilty verdict a comment on politics / Rick Casey.

  Summary:

  "Opposing Viewpoints: Congressional Ethics: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"-- Provided by publisher.

  Held by:

  TODD AURORA

  Corporate subject:

  United States. Congress--Ethics--Juvenile literature.

  Corporate subject:

  United States. Congress--Ethics.

  Subject term:

  Political ethics--United States--Juvenile literature.

  Subject term:

  Political ethics--United States.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Tardiff, Joseph C., 1966-

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Zott, Lynn M. (Lynn Marie), 1969-

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