Senate lax in enforcing conflict of interest rules
An Associated Press study of over 2,600 confirmation hearing pages shows the Senate rarely probes nominees’ holdings and outside investments. Officials including Maurice Stans faced scrutiny only in notable cases, while many hearings settled with blind trusts or avoided decisive divestment.
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Senate
Washington
Associated Press
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
Penn Central
ICC
Brewer
John H. Shaffer
FAA
Shaffer
David Packard
Packard
Henry Kearns
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Senate Banking Committee
Kearns
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Clement Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Ashland Oil Inc
Sun Oil Co
Ashland Pipeline Co
Sun Pipe Line Co
Ashland Oil Co
Ashland
Commission
Ashland Pipeline
Cotton
TRW Inc
McLellan
Export- Import Bank
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Charles Percy
R-Iil
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Commerce Department
Capitol Hill
Ashland Oil
TRW
National Transportation Safety Board
Tee
Freamertation
Department of Transportation Westinghouse Electric Corp
Tronic Modules Co
Microdot Corp
FMC Corp
Percy
Defense Department
John Tower
Rtex
Marlow Cook
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