11.   But ethics laws distinguish between earned income and unearned income such as dividends, interest and capital gains.

12.   But some experts on congressional ethics laws said the House majority whip was walking a fine line.

13.   But there is no city ethics law that bars such advances, said Gene Russianoff, senior attorney at the New York Public Research Interest Group.

14.   By contrast, the energetic McAuliffe has never held a full-time government post and is not subject to federal ethics laws.

15.   Cohen is a longtime advocate of more stringent ethics laws.

16.   Congressional ethics laws restrict lobbying by former members for a year, but Metzenbaum said he expects to appear before congressional committees after that period expires.

17.   DeConcini, a Democrat who left the Senate only last year, is barred for now by ethics laws from lobbying his former colleagues and their staffs.

18.   Dozens of them surrounded him in a public show of support after he pleaded guilty to tax felones and admitting violating the ethics laws.

19.   Dudley said the ethics law was largely aimed at him.

20.   Failure to do so, the Supreme Court has held, may constitute a separate violation of ethics laws.