Senate ethics office ‘not keeping up with demand,’ calls for more resources in annual report

The first annual report from the new Senate Ethics Officer says the office is struggling with ‘strained’ resources and unable to keep up with Senator’s requests.

The Red Chamber currently seats 103 Senators, just two seats shy of its capacity, after a slate of new Senators were appointed in the last couple of years. This may be putting strain on the office of the Senate Ethics Officer, which says it is having difficulty keeping up with Senator requests. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

July 13, 2025

Senate Ethics Officer James O’Reilly says the small team he oversees is struggling to "keep up with demand," and needs more resources to handle Senator requests as a sweep of recent appointees puts the Red Chamber just two seats shy of its 105-member capac...

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