Biggest ethics reform already achieved
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the biggest and most meaningful ethics reform already occurred. It happened on Nov. 7 when the people voted out the Republican majorities in Congress.
This effectively killed the K-Street project. There was no example, substantive or symbolic, that better demonstrated the utterly amoral abuses of power the GOP Congress committed.
Sure, banning flights on corporate jets is important, as are other reforms, but the American people recognized that removing the GOP from control of Congress was the simplest and easiest path to a more honest legislative branch.
Something to keep in mind tomorrow as stories appear about Democrats failing to ban complimentary diet sodas on bus trips to Arlington putt-putt courses.
This effectively killed the K-Street project. There was no example, substantive or symbolic, that better demonstrated the utterly amoral abuses of power the GOP Congress committed.
Sure, banning flights on corporate jets is important, as are other reforms, but the American people recognized that removing the GOP from control of Congress was the simplest and easiest path to a more honest legislative branch.
Something to keep in mind tomorrow as stories appear about Democrats failing to ban complimentary diet sodas on bus trips to Arlington putt-putt courses.
