GINGRICH FLAP COULD CAUSE LOGJAM, BOXER WARNS.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer House Speaker Newt Gingrich should step down until all questions over his conduct have been answered to avoid legislative paralysis paralysis or palsy (pôl`zē), complete loss or impairment of the ability to use voluntary muscles, usually as the result of a disorder of the nervous system. , U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. A member of the Democratic Party, Boxer was first elected to the U.S. said Wednesday. ``What people are forgetting is that the report from the Ethics Commission In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law to discourage dishonest practices by their public employees and elected officials. Almost all American states have such a commission. is just the beginning of all this,'' Boxer said at a breakfast with Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. political reporters. ``His problems are just starting. Once the ethics committee ethics committee A multidisciplinary hospital body composed of a broad spectrum of personnel–eg, physicians, nurses, social workers, priests, and others, which addresses the moral and ethical issues within the hospital. See DNR, Institutional review board. is done, their report will go to the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service. This can go on for a long time.'' Boxer, D-Calif., who is up for re-election in 1998, said the danger in Gingrich remaining in power is that it will halt any serious effort by Congress this year. ``We have a host of legislative proposals we want to deal with in the Senate, from welfare reform to campaign reform, and nothing will happen to those once they get to the House if they remain focused on the situation with their speaker,'' Boxer said. Boxer recalled a similar situation when she served in the House and then-Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, was bogged down in a similar scandal and was pushed by Gingrich to step down for the good of the House. Wright eventually did resign. ``We weren't able to get anything done because everyone was consumed with what was happening with the speaker,'' Boxer said. ``The same thing could happen here.'' Gingrich has admitted to violating House rules for a college course he taught between 1993-95 that was supported by a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. foundation. |
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