The US senate select committee on ethics is effective and necessary / Select Committee on Ethics, United States Senate -- The US senate select committee on ethics is ineffective / Mark Hemingway -- The office of congressional ethics has potent political influence / Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) -- Dems' dubious ethics tactics the last straw? / Donald Lambro -- The office of congressional ethics has improved oversight / Paul Blumenthal -- The house ethics committee has failed to improve ethics oversight / John Bresnahan -- Congressional ethics oversight appears to be racially biased / G. Derek Musgrove -- Congressional ethics oversight is not racially biased / Armstrong Williams -- Congressional lapses in ethics on climate change can have disastrous environmental effects / Donald A. Brown -- Biotechnology legislation raises ethical concerns about privacy and discrimination / Mark A. Rothstein -- The US economic recession is closely linked to unethical behavior in Congress / Rushworth M. Kidder -- Poor oversight and prioritizing politics over ethics lead to the election of corrupt lawmakers / Nick Baumann -- Ethics and morality in Congress are essential to sustain constitutional rights and a functional democracy / David E. Skaggs -- Punishment for ethical violations is swift and decisive when political interests are threatened / Fred Barnes -- Lobbying and ethics reform legislations is crucial to restore congressional integrity / John McCain -- Lobbying and ethics reform legislation does not address the root cause of unethical activity / Jack Abramoff -- The honest leadership and open government act provides unprecedented ethics reform / Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) -- The honest leadership and open government act is ineffective due to low enforcement / Bara Vaida -- Lobbying and ethics legislation favors businesses and undermines nonprofits' advocacy efforts / Larry Ottinger -- Lobbying and ethics reform legislation confuses and interferes with legitimate political activities / Randy Furst -- Congressional ethics committee investigations pressure rather than punish politicians / Chris Good -- Surviving sex scandals / Julian E. Zelizer -- Sex scandals in Congress: what Rep. Weiner's 'sexting' adds to the literature / Gail Russell Chaddock -- Insider trading is unethical and calls for strict regulation and harsh punishment / Jim Galloway -- Strict regulation of congressional insider trading is misguided and unnecessary / Daniel Gross -- DeLay's guilty verdict a comment on politics / Rick Casey.