WomenMatter Facts & Trade-Offs provides all women with the tools and information to change American politics and culture. By stepping back in time and space we can understand the facts about our political system today and the trade-offs of the various policy solutions that we see politicians and candidates debate in the news.

Oversight, Insight, & Hindsight explored Congresses constitutional responsibility to watch over the President and act independently from the Executive Branch.

But who’s watching Congress?

In Ethics: Yours, Mine, or Ours? Dr Bauer talks with Thomas A. Mann about the facts and history behind how Congress sets and enforces ethical standards for its own members, why and how the process fails, and the possibilities for real change as power shifts in Congress. .

Thomas E. Mann is W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution and author of numerous books and articles on American government, including The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track.

Ethics: Yours, Mine, or Ours? is part of our ongoing focus, Congress Watch, featuring Dr. Mann. In this series along with our issues updates, WomenMatter Facts & Trade-Offs analyzes how Congress carries out its Constitutional responsibilities -- and how each of us can use the WomenMatter site to keep our Representatives accountable to the standards we choose.

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