Dozens of ethics controversies involving members of the House and Senate have resulted in surprisingly few investigations over the past decade--and little substantive corrective action by the chambers’ ethics oversight committees. However, recent firestorms over alleged congressional misconduct have focused considerable media attention on these issues.

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Will ever-bigger bucks come to Washington for centralized disposition or will ever-more bucks be left with the taxpayers for their own purposes?

Drug prices have recently become less expensive with the spread of generic versions, but Medicaid support seems to make drugs more expensive.

This event covers campaign finance developments and presidential public funding in the 2004 election, as well as the reform agenda for the next congress.

Electronic voting machines were billed as the wave of the future just months ago, but some states are now deciding whether to ban them.

If Democrats are smart, they will give John Roberts a thorough grilling during his hearing, let him get eighty-plus votes, and congratulate the president for choosing the right kind of nominee.

In a large population of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction, we found significant treatment differences but no significant incremental mortality benefit associated with treatment by cardiologists.