Senate Select Committee on Ethics

The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics is a select committee of the United States Senate charged with dealing with matters related to senatorial ethics. It is also commonly referred to as the Senate Ethics Committee. Senate rules require the Ethics Committee to be evenly divided between the Democrats and the Republicans, no matter who controls the Senate, although chairperson always come from majority party.

=Rulings=

Rule changes
The committee, along with the House Ethics Committee, passed guidelines in February 2007 that would define the limited travel for members of Congress funded by lobbyists. The new restrictions would still allow travel for one-day trips, with the possible exception for a second night's stay (depending on other factors such as distance or other "exceptional circumstances.") The new rules also require that the member of Congress fill out a “private sponsor certification form” and file it at least 30 days in advance. 

=Previous committee membership=

109th Congress (2005-2006)
=Articles and Resources=

Articles

 * Susan Crabtree, "Travel rules eased in new guidelines," The Hill, February 21, 2007.
 * Karoun Demirjian, "Sen Tom Cobrun Says `Proud of What I Did in Ensign Case," Las Vegas Sun, May 26, 2011.
 * Murray Waas, "Disgraced Senator Ensign Back in Legal Jeopardy" Reuters, May 28, 2011.

=Contact=

URL: http://ethics.senate.gov/


 * Staff office - (202) 224-2981