Trio of House Republicans are the latest to face ethics questions – By Steve Benen (MSNBC) / June 1, 2022
House Republicans didn’t need another group of members facing ethics questions, but that’s what the party has ended up with anyway.
When it comes to congressional Republicans and ethics controversies, the past couple of weeks have been a little rough for GOP leaders. Yesterday, as Roll Call reported, the problem got a little worse.
“There is “substantial reason to believe” Reps. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, and John Rutherford, R-Fla., both violated the STOCK Act by failing to properly report their stock trades, according to reports by the Office of Congressional Ethics.”
The STOCK Act, which Barack Obama signed into law 10 years ago, requires lawmakers to report financial transactions within 45 days of a securities transaction exceeding $1,000. As Roll Call’s report added, “These rules are in place to provide transparency around lawmakers’ trades, and to deter them from using nonpublic information gleaned from their jobs to make trades that enrich themselves.”
