Nov.
29: Honorable Charles
Rangel in more trouble: alleged $1 million gift to school for
tax breaks.
Nov.
20: Honorable Ted
Stevens says bye-bye to Senate; defeated by Mark Begich
Nov.
4: Honorable William
Jefferson still in Congress; awaiting Dec. 6 run-off.
Oct.
27: Honorable Ted
Stevens: guilty as charged. Jury convicts him of 7
counts of federal corruption.
Oct.
18: Honorable
Vito Fossella convicted of DUI
Oct.
13: Move over, Mark
Foley. Your replacement, Honorable Tim
Mahoney's got his own sex scandal.
Oct.
3: Irritated federal judge
might declare mistrial in case against Honorable Ted
Stevens.
Oct.
1: Honorable Nancy
Pelosi's PAC paid husband's firm nearly $100,000 over past decade.
Sept.
25: Honorable William
Jefferson wants nearly all corruption charges dismissed in appeals
court.
Sept.
25: Trial for
Honorable Ted Stevens opens in Washington;
will hot-tempered Senator testify?
Sept.
9: Former aide to the Honorable
John Doolittle arrested in connection with
Abramoff conspiracy.
Sept.
5: Honorable Charles
Rangel fails to report $75,000 in rental income; gets zero
percent loan.
Sept.
4: Former
hotshot lobbyist Jack Abramoff gets
additional 48 months in prison.
Aug.
26: Let's reach way back:
Honorable David Stockman, 2 others, to stand
trial for business fraud.
Aug.
25: Appeals
judge upholds indictments against Honorable Tom
DeLay political operatives
Aug.
20: Chair of
House Ethics Committee Honorable Stephanie
Tubbs-Jones dies of brain hemorrhage.
Aug.
20: Federal judge denies
Honorable Ted Stevens request to move trial to
Alaska.
Aug.
13: Federal prisoner #28882-016, the
Honorable Bob Ney, to be released on Friday after
17-1/2 months
Aug.
8: Former Senator and
Presidential candidate John Edwards admits
(finally) to having affair.
Aug.
7: Honorable Carolyn
Cheeks Kilpatrick barely survives primary; son Kwame carted
off to jail.
July
31: House tables resolution to
censure Honorable Charles Rangel; GOP
irritated
July
30: GOP Senators dumping
campaign money they got from Stevens.
July
30: Honorable Ted
Stevens indicted on 7 corruption charges; hotly denies
allegations.
July
24: House creates new, independent Ethics
Office.
July
15: Does it pass the smell
test? Honorable Charles Rangel asks
for money for pet project
June
20: Brother,
sister, niece plead not guilty; but one relative pleads guilty in William
Jefferson case.
June
13: The
Honorable Kent Conrad and Honorable Chris
Dodd got preferential mortgage loans.
June
2: John
Albaugh, former to aide to
Honorable Ernest Istook, pleads guilty in Abramoff case.
June
2: The Honorable Laura
Richardson is having rough time with mortgages; 6 defaults and
counting.
May
21: The
Honorable Vito Fossella decides to retire at
the end of this term; GOP leaders relieved
May
8: The
Honorable Vito Fossella: DUI, an
extra-marital affair, and a lovechild.
May
6: Jim
Gibbons, now governor of Nevada, in bitter divorce fight.
April
24: Senate
Ethics Committee gives "qualified admonition" to Honorable Pete
Domenici in Iglesias dispute. Here's
the letter.
April
24: Senate Ethics Committee to
Honorable Larry Craig: pay for your own
lawyer.
April
17: Senate directs Dept. of
Justice to investigate change in transportation bill; Speaker
calls for ethics committee investigation. Honorable Don
Young on hot seat.
April
8: Honorable David
Vitter is on DC Madam's witness list; case coming up soon.
April
3: Honorable Debbie
Stabenow's husband pulls a Spitzer. Busted in prostitution
sting.
April
1: No
fooling! Judge orders Honorable Jim
McDermott to pay Honorable John Boehner over $1.5 million.
"Worth every penny," says McDermott.
Mar.
27: Honorable Rick Renzi seeks delay in
his trial on corruption charges
Mar.
14: NRCC
says ex-treasurer diverted up to $1 million.
Mar.
5: Honorable Rick Renzi: Hey, I
ain't guilty.
Feb.
24: CREW
releases report on coziness between Senators and
family member lobbyists/employees
Feb.
22: The Honorable Rick
Renzi indicted on 35 counts; urged to step down.
Feb.
21: Honorable Bob Ney gets prison
time cut for good behavior; will be out in August 2008.
Feb.
14: Honorable Larry
Craig admonished by Ethics Panel; Craig "strongly
disagrees with conclusions."
Jan.
18: Honorable William
Jefferson takes the stand: I was coerced, not read my rights.
Jan.
16: Former
Congressman Mark Siljander indicted in an
alleged terrorist fundraising scheme
Jan.
10: Honorable John
Doolittle says he won't run again; another Abramoff fallout.
Jan.
10: Larry Craig trying to clear his
name by appealing to Minnesota court; also denies new allegations
of sex with four different men in past years.
Jan.
3: Honorable Conrad
Burns no longer under investigation in Abramoff probe.