The Senate and House Ethics Committees are supposed to uphold the integrity of the USA Constitution as it defines the role of elected officials.
When people are elected to office they are suppose to be in DC to do the work of the people. When that doesn't happen it is not entirely up to the electorate to be able to police their own representatives. After the election they are mostly out of reach of the control of the people. At least for the term they are elected.
The electorate are suppose to vote in elections and have peace of mind to their best interests as being addressed. By allowing the Ethic's panels' back bone to slip too much, the definition of the role of elected officials has been eroded. Missing votes and basically using the office for the purpose of power plays to accumulate wealth is not the purpose of government.
Currently, the 'integrity' of the vote is being undermined by obstructionists that don't want to address the needs and impending emergency of the people.
The Ethics Committees have lost their clout to enforce the integrity of 'the vote' and 'the office.' They seek to penalize charges that which are criminal and not just negligent.
When obstructionists are the rule of the day, the Treasury of the people is being wasted and the timeliness of legislation is being circumvented for minority domination of the process. That is grossly negligent of the office of which they were elected and the country of which they took an oath.
If the Congress can't police itself to the 'integrity' of its function, then the USA Constitution does not have a good defender. It is time to look at 'ethics' the way ethics is suppose to be applied. Ethics is not a court of law and while criminality has its place within the ethics process, the 'purpose' of the ethics panels far exceeds that of criminal behavior. Ethics is suppose to defend the dignity of the USA Constitution and how the provisions within that document are upheld to serve the best interest of the people.
In the years 2006 and 2008 the Legislature and Executive Branch received a mandate from the people of the USA to proceed with changing the face of the fabric of the USA as it relates to the economy. That does not only mean controlling the private sector 'enough' to prevent damage to the sovereignty of the country, but, also to be sure the private sector SERVES the best interest of the people. There is no reason to have a private sector if it does not provide 'goods and services' to the people and provide a contribution to the tax base of the USA.
If the Legislative Branch of the government is not serving the people as it should and protecting the people even from toxic propaganda, the USA Constitution is not being defended in way that matters. It is up to the Legislative Branch of the USA government to police the dignity of the USA Constitution when it comes to the members that serve the people. I believe there are rules that need to be reviewed to facilitate that process.
Judge rejects Montco lawyer's bid to have Obama removed from ballot (click title to entry - thank you)
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