U.S. House Committee on Ethics

— Already looking at a possible prison term, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. could face new trouble over his apparent failure to file a financial disclosure report that is required when lawmakers leave the House. Meantime, his campaign has been...

Following Tuesday's special election victory, Democrat Robin Kelly will start a new job in Congress as the least senior member of a House dominated by Republicans. That political reality is not lost on Kelly, who said her first task is to restore...

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has opted to bypass a run for the Republican Illinois governor nomination and instead will seek a fourth term in Congress next year, a top aide said Thursday. Schock, 31, from Peoria, ultimately decided he could do more good...

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has opted to bypass a run for the Republican Illinois governor nomination and instead will seek a fourth term in Congress next year, a top aide said Thursday. Schock, 31, from Peoria, ultimately decided he could do more good...

Rep. Don Young apologized Friday for his use of a derogatory term to describe migrant laborers in an interview with a Southeast Alaska radio station earlier this week. "I apologize for the insensitive term I used during an interview in Ketchikan,...

Alaska's lone U.S. House member says he's not concerned about a new ethics investigation. Rep. Don Young says the House Ethics Committee is looking into matters that he said the FBI found him "totally innocent of." The committee has said it is forming a...

U.S. Rep. Don Young has a series of public events planned in southeast Alaska during the congressional break. They include a community meeting in Ketchikan Tuesday afternoon, an address to the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday and participation...

The House Ethics Committee says it is forming a special panel to investigate Representative Don Young. The panel plans to investigate whether Representative Don Young broke house rules by failing to report gifts on his annual financial disclosure forms,...

Congressional investigators have recommended a full House Ethics Committee probe of Rep. Aaron Schock for allegedly soliciting contributions of more than $5,000 for a political action committee to help an Illinois colleague engaged in a bitter primary...

U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, who’s mulling a 2014 Republican bid for governor, chastised a pair of potential rivals Thursday, saying state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard have “proven nothing more than they can lose an election.” “...

U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, said Wednesday he was named to the House Ethics Committee. Deutch, who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, said in a news release he’s honored by the appointment, but it’s considered by many in...

This fiscal cliff vote that happened on New Year’s Day — who the heck was representing the Imperial Valley? With Bob Filner gone, where was Juan Vargas? Didn’t he win the election to fill the seat? Can an entire district go without...