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Greens See Apparent Deal Between Democrats and Republicans to Tolerate Ethics Violations.
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| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Edited | The Oncoming Storm Apr 22, 2004 08:59am |
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| News Date | Thursday, April 1, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Bipartisan 'gentlemen's agreement' to ignore bribery shows the breakdown of democratic accountability in a two-party system, say Greens.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Greens pointed to an apparent bipartisan 'gentlemen's agreement' to tolerate ethics violations in Congress as evidence of the failure of the two-party system in the U.S.
According to recent stories in Roll Call and other periodicals, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not authorize investigations of alleged ethics violations by Republican members of Congress, and as the ranking House Democrat, prohibits fellow Democrats from filing complaints with the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
"There's no greater indication that two-party dominance is the enemy of democracy and accountability," said Charles Shaw, media coordinator of the Illinois Green Party. |
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