Gop Pushes for Stricter Ethics Reform ; Pensions, Pork Spending Targeted

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The debates on a House bill that would nix federal pensions for convicted lawmakers and a Senate measure to cut pork spending underscored how scandal-scarred Republicans are backing broader ethics reforms than the new Democratic majority is.

"We did have colleagues who violated the trust of the Congress and the public. We have to fix it," said Rep. Lee Terry, a Nebraska Republican whose pension-reform bill was sidelined by Democratic leaders in favor of a weaker bill. "When one of our own breaks the rules, we don't rally around them."

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Gop Pushes for Stricter Ethics Reform ; Pensions, Pork Spending Targeted

The House yesterday started considering a bill by Rep. Nancy Boyda, Kansas Democrat, that denies federal pensions to members of Congress convicted of bribery, perjury and conspiracy offenses related to the lawmaker's o...

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