During the first legislative session after her election, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul.

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During the first legislative session after her election as governor, her administration passed a state ethics law overhaul.

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The administration also has across the board the toughest ethics standards in history, including a bold commitment to transparency, which I have discussed frequently from here.

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But we've put in place tougher rules on lobbying and ethics and transparency -- tougher rules than any administration in history.

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In 2008, Domenici was reprimanded by the Senate ethics committee for his involvement in a scandal over the Bush administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

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Some Republican legislators, seeking to inject domestic ethics into international affairs, had sought to bar the appropriation because of the Clinton administration's unwillingness to attach an anti-abortion rider.

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