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"THE STRONGEST ethics rules in the world don't mean much without an effective way to enforce them."

"Rookie U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., said Saturday Democratic lawmakers are focusing their efforts on renewable energy despite opposition in Washington."

In a letter to the Wall Street Journal, Congressman Howard Berman states, "Rather than allowing Congress to adequately assess whether Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe has taken meaningful steps to protect labor leaders and other human rights activists...you are pushing for Congress to approve this agreement before that assessment is made."

"For more than two years now, Congress, the news media, current and former national security officials, think tanks and academic institutions have been engaged in a profound debate over how to modernize the law governing electronic spying to keep pace with technology. We keep hoping President Bush will join in."

"We don't know if hell has frozen over, but the U.S. House of Representatives has done something almost as unlikely - it took a strong stand against political corruption this week by creating an independent ethics office. "

"In a major overhaul of how it polices itself, and in response to a spate of scandals that have tarnished Congress' image, the House voted Tuesday night to create a panel of outsiders to investigate ethics complaints against lawmakers."

"There is no such thing as a free lunch, and there is no such thing as a free war. The Iraq adventure has seriously weakened the U.S. economy, whose woes now go far beyond loose mortgage lending."

"WHEN the history of the Bush administration is written, one of the most disturbing chapters will be the 2006 purge of US attorneys - all Bush appointees - who failed to toe the White House line by aggressively prosecuting Democratic officeholders or winking at possible misdeeds by Republicans."