{"id":44857,"date":"2026-04-18T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/as-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rock-congress-some-push-for-new-rules-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:00:14","slug":"as-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rock-congress-some-push-for-new-rules-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/as-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rock-congress-some-push-for-new-rules-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"As sexual misconduct allegations rock Congress, some push for new rules &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNSDdYMl9EM1czQ1piVG9aMjJWU0xsZ0s2aDNoSTExeWNWeS1XZ0tKTnRtbi1xOXZFNGtOUUNmbjVTbTNzZDE1S2JkUnN0ZUF6bXMtdm90LWZtSFZaaDNjaGc4S3JQWUxSQWdLU2RXTDF6dzYxY2g5eUZ0YnA0MjFjWk54TXBZTXBvYjZEMTlzWkU0Z19ZT19PVGY4ZFo0UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">As sexual misconduct allegations rock Congress, some push for new rules<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPREpXamxOY2YyVzE0QVJLQVM2d2FqY0NaZ1k5NVVCRXdNUlk4RlRZamh4NU94Ynl1UzdnZjNueTFTWnhJX0YydFNEa2NtaS0wSzFpZERZQndEb1lsbmhaWVJ4Vnk4c3ZlcHlqNDJDNlo4dFF6NlhPYmktcUV6a3ZDN1k5VWE2TGRCNmZ4SXFBR0JxdmI2dEs3YndqWGU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Swalwell Thought He Was Untouchable \u2014 Until He Wasn\u2019t<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxQRjljYmMxTndkc3pjeTFGcVBWb3RDalUtdW9jSEJRQWFxQ1VsdXI1aFB1ZzcxV3hncmpXc0p1ZDhXNG5TeC1CZ3BlUkcwS2hqenM1LW9Ua0s4ZXQzWE4tak5GNWdoVktTQUlRUlJYRzRfT3B2R3oxcWlXVjVWYnlmRExlSWJZcUNTYkw0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Inside the sudden downfall of Eric Swalwell<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxNRnFCSFZtcEc4c0hMaHBLZG13TnU2X0x2R0gtWG1icWxVM2QtYk55Y19YQXhUcDBzSDlTYlU5emhsU3ZfNmpxdXBTb251eVIyUDlwRk5UTmhOWmo5WjJ5SFo4WjkwaFNGMmNIWEdXR1RpUzVpVE4zU0xtLTN4NmJUb3cxLWlrSzJjRFd5dmZWMDVVQXV4LTFBQ2NsY0s1N2U4bjczYlJlck5uUnZSOUl6Mmotdm9vOVJsaEdoRHBTSDlDZ2l6UmtnYW9HTzFJQzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Powerful California institutions backed Swalwell\u2019s rise. Now they\u2019re facing questions<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxONkVpcWppMHZhSzNKZFA1QlgtX3pWQWF0UGF5RnNodU5XNDFxaVNMMnVwRXk3LWNQclpRSG03eUtBcER1eGhNWUxpMWtua1BXZ3E0Q2pSc0ZTdERnb0xDRm45V1hGU1ptclJ2ODhZWVRjalZFb0RudVlTQnloTmFOdmJhOGl2bE9DblJ4THh4ZEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">This May Be Why Eric Swalwell Thought He Could Get Away With It<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Slate<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As sexual misconduct allegations rock Congress, some push for new rules&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Eric Swalwell Thought He Was Untouchable \u2014 Until He Wasn\u2019t&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Inside the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/18\/as-sexual-misconduct-allegations-rock-congress-some-push-for-new-rules-the-washington-post\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}