Sign the "Real Ethics Reform" petition

[This post originates at allthingsreform.org on April 12, 2007]

The U.S. House Ethics Task Force will, on May 1, 2007, report on the possibility of having an independent, nonpartisan enforcement office with the power to investigate Congress. The great recent corruption scandals have shown that both houses' ethics committees have let the people down with their self-police work. But now, with a new party controlling both the House and Senate, this is a new opportunity to start an independent ethics enforcement commission.

Please contact U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Task Force Chairman Michael Capuano now, and tell them that Congress needs an independent watch dog. Just go to public-interest group U.S. PIRG's "Real Ethics Reform" petition at http://www.uspirg.org/action/money-politics/petition?id4=ES. Thank you.