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The House and Senate ethics committees generally go about their business with little public attention mdash; until there s a political scandal. These days, allegations leveled against multiple well-known political figures are bringing them renewed relevance.Before Rep.John Conyers, D-Michigan, announced his immediate r stanley quencher etirement, the House Ethics Committee launched an initial probe into allegations that he sexually harassed staff members. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota mdash; who is making an stanley cups announcement Thursday about his political future after accusations that he inappropriately touched multiple women mdash; also faces an initial inquiry from the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. Should Republican Roy Moore win the special Senate election in stanley termohrnek Alabama, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he should face a Senate ethics probe over decades-old allegations that he pursued teenage girls in his 30s. A Senate ethics probe into Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, is resuming now that his corruption case has been declared a mistrial. And an ethics investigation isn t out of the question after Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nevada, was accused of sexually harassing a former campaign staff member.So, how does a House or a Senate ethics committee investigation work For one thing, neither the House nor the Senate investigations specifically track sexual harassment or sexual misconduct complaints in their sparsely detailed annual reports, so it s impossible to say how many investigations of Ohum Texas governor favors tuition breaks for illegal students at home but not amnesty
This story was written by Sydney Eagleton, Kansas State CollegianAnyone who has turned on the news in the last few months knows Barack Obama and John McCain are running for president, but for students who dont support either major party candidate, there are other nominees to consider. Just Monday I changed over to the Libertarian Party from the Republican Party, said Drew Evans, Kansas State University fifth-year student in ge stanley quencher ology. I dont think the Republicans stick to what they preach, and they are sounding like Democrats aiming to please everyone. There are many other students who are dissatisfied with both the Republican and Democratic candidates, and they have the Libertarian, Constitution and Green Parties as well as independent candidates to choose from. The Libertarian Party has nomina garrafa stanley ted former Congressman Bob Barr; the Constitution Party has nominated pastor and radio talk show host Chuck Baldwin; the Green Party has nominated Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; and Ralph Nader, having declined the nomination of the Green Party, is running as an independent candidate. The Libertarian Party has the least number of registered members of all the parties but still has been influential in electing several of its candidates to public office. The party calls itself the Party of Principle, according to its Web site and supports stanley termosar smaller government, lower taxes, more freedom. I think the main reas |
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