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Ethics panel clears NC Rep. Shuler in TVA probe

House ethics committee clears NC Rep. Shuler in probe of TVA water-access application. Congressional ethics investigators have concluded that North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler did not act inappropriately while a residential development that he was involved in sought lake-access rights from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
 

Ethics panel scrutinizing dozens of House members

Dozens of House members under scrutiny, from early review to full probe, ethics report shows. Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.
 

Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names

Names of dozens of lawmakers under ethics scrutiny go public when confidential report leaks. Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
 

Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Dems, gets hacked

Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Calif. lawmakers; has to explain when private memo gets online. The House ethics committee announced Thursday it is investigating two California Democratic lawmakers, but its embarrassed leaders then had to explain that other members ? named in a confidential memo that leaked out ? may have committed no wrongdoing.
 

House members under ethics inquiry: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly half the members of a House of Representatives panel in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
 

Ethics committee internal report gets out

Confidential House ethics committee weekly report from July inadvertently reaches the Net. A confidential weekly report of the House ethics committee found its way to an Internet site in a case of "cyber-hacking," the committee's chairwoman said Thursday.
 

Leak lays bare US Congress ethics probes

Red-faced US lawmakers grappled Friday with the fallout from a leak that revealed normally secret preliminary ethics probes affecting more than 30 members of the US Congress and several aides.
 

U.S. immigration rules blamed for tech brain drain

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Valley is facing a brain drain of high-achieving foreign-born students, more of whom are leaving in the face of a chilly local immigration environment in a trend experts say will hurt U.S. high-tech industry competitiveness in the long run.
 

Editorial Roundup Excerpts From Recent Editorials

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
 

Editorial Roundup Excerpts From Recent Editorials

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad.. Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
 

California budget stalled as deadline passes

A deadline to fix California's budget crisis passed with no deal in sight Tuesday as the White House warned that the recession-ravaged state must solve its fiscal problems alone.
 

House ethics panel reviewing campaign money

House ethics panel reviewing campaign donations from recipients of pet projects. Lawmakers who steer money and contracts to favored companies and receive campaign contributions in return could face a House ethics committee investigation.
 

Judiciary Committee agrees to investigate judge

Lawmakers hope to deny convicted judge full salary, votes to investigate his crimes. A House committee has taken the first step toward impeaching a Texas federal judge and stripping him of his salary as he heads to prison for lying about sexually abusing two female employees.
 

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Zoe Lofgren


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 16th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 1995
Preceded byDon Edwards

Chairman of the House Ethics Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 3, 2009
Preceded byGene Green

Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)John Marshall Collins
ResidenceSan Jose, California
Alma materStanford University, Santa Clara University
Occupationattorney, political assistant
ReligionLutheran