This week the House
considers creating an independent ethics commission to monitor Members' behavior.
The House is set to consider the creation of an independent ethics panel that supporters hope will restore credibility to efforts to police Congress internally.
The plan to allow people besides member of Congress to initiate inquiries into suspected wrongdoing by House members is a piece of unfinished business from Democratic efforts to overhaul ethics rules. It is also one of the most contentious, because lawmakers have traditionally resisted oversight by outsiders.
Rep. Rick Renzi provides a timely example of why the commission is
such a good idea.Representative Rick Renzi, Republican of Arizona, was indicted this week by a federal grand jury on 35 counts of corruption, including fraud, money laundering, extortion and other crimes, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Federal prosecutors said Mr. Renzi had sought to enrich himself and to finance his re-election campaigns in part by selling fraudulent insurance policies.
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