Panel weighs bill to deny corrupt public servants federal pensions

[The Straight Story]

Panel weighs bill to deny corrupt public servants federal pensions

By Alyson Klein, CongressDaily
House Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., will add his voice Wednesday to the cacophony of lawmakers pushing for more stringent ethics laws in the wake of recent scandals.

Davis plans to introduce a narrowly tailored ethics overhaul measure denying retirement benefits to federal policymakers -- including members of Congress -- who engage in public corruption.

It is still unclear whether Davis' proposal, which the panel is examining in a hearing, will become part of a broader ethics package to be introduced by Rules Chairman David Dreier, R-Calif., or put forward as a stand-alone measure, a spokesman for Davis said.

The legislation would apply to any crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment, including accepting bribes, conspiracy, fraud and falsifying statements or documents. The bill is "clearly a no-brainer," Davis' spokesman said.

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[Double T]

1. And a presidential pardon would reinstate the pension???

I was hoping Tom Delay was going to have to return to the bug extermination business and work his ass off like the rest of us.