Ethics in the election’s aftermath

The Star-Ledger is reporting that new subpoenas have been issued as part of an investigation into a rental deal between Sen. Bob Menendez and a nonprofit group that that the senator helped receive federal funding.

The senator has continued to say he has done nothing wrong (though it is difficult to see how this does not qualify as a conflict of interest, if nothing else) and the truth will remain an illusive entity until the alleged investigation concludes. (It is also nothing compared to the shenanigans of the Abramoff Republicans.)

But it is a troubling piece of news and a reminder that the new House and Senate leadership need to impose harsh ethics rules to ensure that the Democratic majority is not tempted into the kind of bad behavior (I’m being polite) we’ve been witnessing in Congress for too long.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet