House Ethics Investigates Itself

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Rep. Kat Cammack (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Today’s notice: What the House Ethics Committee does not want to talk about. The 2028 implications of the 2026 California gubernatorial race. War powers. Schedule F. And: How often Bruce Springsteen votes.

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Inside the House Ethics Committee’s boys club: After a year where bad behavior by male members of Congress has been a dominant story, some are asking: Should there be more women on the House Ethics Committee?

NOTUS’ Oriana González and Kadia Goba report on how there has never been more than four women on the 10-member committee at once and detail at least one instance when women on the panel pushed to publicly admonish Rep. Jim Costa (D-California) but the committee never disclosed its investigation. Costa denied any wrongdoing and the committee voted to dismiss the case.