There are some lively-looking committee sessions on offer: the Public Accounts Committee takes a look at the lessons from the previous Government's Private Finance Initiative - based on this National Audit Office report.

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Following Watergate, a scandal far worse than what we have seen thus far, Congress and the president adopted a number of major government reforms that included a new campaign finance system, ethics rules, the Office of the Independent Counsel, and much more.

CNN: What happened to Obama's promise?

The Post Office gives the cash to the Finance Ministry, which invests it in Japanese government bonds.

ECONOMIST: Japan