Protect the Public’s Trust, a watchdog organization, has identified what it claims are ethical concerns involving the Department of the Interior's Senior Counselor to the Secretary, Elizabeth Klein, and has called on the department to provide public records regarding these issues, according to Legal Newsline.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure that changes voting requirements by removing the need for citizens to provide ID at voting booths or before sending mail-in ballots, according to a statement.
Republican leaders are in disagreement regarding the party's support of earmarks after Democrats reinstituted last month a revamped version of the practice that includes new transparency measures, according to a news report.