41.   Arlene Lowney, chairwoman of the ethics committee of the Hospice Federation of Massachusetts, also warned against legalizing assisted suicide.

42.   As has been the case with almost everything else in the House in recent years, the ethics committee usually divides along party lines.

43.   As is standard, the researchers will obtain permission from an ethics committee at each hospital before examining records and interviewing patients.

44.   As microelectronics make such clandestine recordings as easy as flipping a light switch, this little-discussed practice is tying bar association ethics committees in knots.

45.   At last, Rep. Nancy Johnson of Connecticut has taken a tentative step toward discharging her duty as chairwoman of the House ethics committee.

46.   Baran, was, until December, the principal lawyer representing Gingrich before the ethics committee.

47.   Barker said Thursday, however, that an ethics committee had since given its approval.

48.   Before his departure, Packwood fought hard and lost a battle with the Senate ethics committee to preserve the confidentiality of a diary he kept.

49.   Boehner said he was disappointed, and would consider an filing an appeal of the legal case or a complaint against McDermott to the House ethics committee.

50.   Both cases justified an aggressive investigation by the House ethics committee, regardless of the personal and professional consequences.