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by Susan Crabtree
The House ethics committee has placed two of its attorneys on administrative leave following missteps in the case against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), according to a source familiar with the matter.
By John Bresnahan
Two attorneys for the House ethics committee have been placed on indefinite "paid administrative leave" stemming from serious problems within the secretive panel.
by Larry Margasak
A recently discovered e-mail, which forced postponement of Rep. Maxine Waters' ethics trial, appears to bring the House ethics committee no closer to proving she tried to obtain a U.S. bailout — during the financial crisis — for a bank where her husband owns stock.
With the decision by the ethics committee to renew its investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters, after the panel has already charged her with three counts of violating House rules, the secretive panel is moving into unchartered and heavily disputed territory.
by Steven Gillan
The week of Nov. 15-19 was a big week in Washington D.C. for troubled homeowners, housing counselors and anyone in the mortgage industry who cares about what is happening to real estate in this country — or it should have been.