<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Ethics</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:30:02 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics: News &amp; Videos about U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/U_S_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Ethics</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Senate Ethics Committee clears Illinois senator of legal wrongdoing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/20/burris.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/20/burris.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter Friday clearing embattled Illinois Sen. Roland Burris of any legal wrongdoing.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Burris: Recordings show no wrongdoing in  appointment</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/27/burris.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/27/burris.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Embattled Sen. Roland Burris insisted Wednesday that recordings of secretly taped conversations between him and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother show no evidence of corruption in his U.S. Senate appointment.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 02:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge OKs request for secret Burris tapes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/blagojevich.secret.tapes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/blagojevich.secret.tapes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A federal judge on Tuesday approved sending to the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee recordings of secretly taped conversations between Sen. Roland Burris and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother, which took place before the Burris appointment.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 02:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Illinois governor renews call for special election to replace Burris</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/burris.quinn/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/burris.quinn/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn called again Friday for a special election to replace Sen. Roland Burris, whose appointment to fill President Obama's former Senate seat has subjected the state to what Quinn called a "cloud of scandal."</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethics panel investigating Burris, senator says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/burris.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/18/burris.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said Wednesday that a Senate ethics panel is investigating Sen. Roland Burris after his disclosure that he had spoken with the brother of Rod Blagojevich about raising money for the disgraced former governor while seeking appointment to the Senate.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Spokesman for embattled Sen. Burris resigns</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/burris.erkes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/burris.erkes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A spokesman for Illinois Sen. Roland Burris resigned Thursday in the wake of new disclosures about requests that Burris raise money for disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich while seeking a U.S. Senate appointment.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Don't be fooled by Burris again</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/campbell.brown.burris/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/campbell.brown.burris/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The recently appointed senator from Illinois, Roland Burris, asked us to look beyond the Blagojevich scandal and judge him independently.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pressure on Burris to resign mounts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/burris.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/burris.blagojevich/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The largest newspaper in Illinois on Tuesday called for U.S. Sen. Roland Burris to resign, a day after Burris detailed several conversations with impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother he had failed to mention under oath.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Court denies Sen. Craig's effort to withdraw sex-sting plea</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/craig.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/craig.plea/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's effort to withdraw his guilty plea to a misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in connection with a sex-sting operation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Conviction wouldn't bar Stevens from Senate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/stevens.politicalfate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/23/stevens.politicalfate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska is found guilty of falsifying Senate financial disclosure forms over seven years but wins re-election, he could still serve in the Senate until that body votes to expel him.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stevens insists family paid for all chalet renovations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/17/stevens.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/17/stevens.trial/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens returned to the stand in his corruption trial Friday and described how he paid for home renovations that prosecutors say he should have reported as gifts on financial disclosure forms.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indicted Alaska senator pleads not guilty</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/31/stevens.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/31/stevens.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Indicted Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of scheming to conceal thousands of dollars worth of gifts from an oil-services company.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indicted senator to appear in court Thursday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/stevens.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/30/stevens.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Indicted Sen. Ted Stevens will make his first court appearance Thursday afternoon in Federal District Court in Washington, according to court records.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethics committee scolds Sen. Domenici</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/24/domenici.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/24/domenici.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter of admonition Thursday to New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for his role in contacting the U.S. attorney in his state about a pending federal grand jury investigation into public corruption.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate panel to Sen. Craig: You discredited the chamber</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/13/larry.craig/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/13/larry.craig/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Ethics Committee issued a "letter of admonition" to Sen. Larry Craig on Wednesday in connection with his arrest in a Minneapolis airport sex sting last year. </description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Idaho senator denies new sex allegations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/02/craig.sex.allegations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/02/craig.sex.allegations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Embattled Idaho Sen. Larry Craig emphatically denied new allegations of homosexual encounters published in his home state's largest newspaper Sunday, calling the statements of four new accusers "completely false."</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Craig used campaign funds on lawyers in ethics probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/26/craig/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/26/craig/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new campaign finance report filed with the Senate shows Sen. Larry Craig spent about $23,000 in campaign money on lawyers in his ethics investigation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Craig's decision to stay a headache for GOP</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/craig.staying/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/05/craig.staying/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Some fellow Republicans are peeved that Sen. Larry Craig has decided to complete his term despite his earlier announcement about resigning, but the Idaho lawmaker still has his backers.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Advisers: Craig decided not to seek re-election before scandal broke</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/06/craig/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/06/craig/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Larry Craig had already decided not to seek re-election before revelations that he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a Minnesota sex sting, two of the Idaho Republican's political advisers claimed Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Johnson 'ready to go' upon return to Senate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/05/johnson.return.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/05/johnson.return.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson returned to the Senate on Wednesday physically weaker but saying he anticipates running for re-election next year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sen. 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Larry Craig will not resign if he's able to get the disorderly conduct case against him dismissed in the next 25 days, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Frist wanted to sell shares earlier</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/03/news/newsmakers/frist_hca/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/03/news/newsmakers/frist_hca/index.htm</guid><description>Tennessee Senator Bill Frist was looking to unload shares of hospital operator HCA Inc. months before the company gave warning of any financial difficulties, according to a news report published Saturday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate's Dr. Pain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/28/dr.pain/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/28/dr.pain/index.html</guid><description>Dr. Tom Coburn, a U.S. senator from Oklahoma for less than four months, last week was up to old tricks he started playing in the House a decade ago.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FBI investigating top senator in 9/11 leaks probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/24/qaeda.leaks/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/24/qaeda.leaks/index.html</guid><description>A Republican senator is under investigation in the leak of classified al Qaeda communications that apparently referred to the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, law enforcement sources said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>