I have limited expectations for both the House and Senate ethics committees.

The Senate ethics rules are so weak that a senator is not required to set up a blind trust if there is a conflict of interest.

They are bowing out of the greatest ethics scandals we have ever seen.

Both of these senators managed the expectations game brilliantly. They laid low, they learned the Senate, they waited to get their assignments from the leadership, and they hit 'em out of the park.

He's taking a lead on the ethics reform initiative in the Senate right now, and wanted to set an example by donating all the contributions to charity.

I'm a lobbyist, and I have no interest in shutting down lobbying.