ethics
26 entries across the record carry this tag. Browse all dispatches, or jump to a group below.
Dispatches
- March 4, 2026 · Dispatch
House votes 357-65 to block Mace's push to release congressional harassment settlement records
Rep. Nancy Mace's H.Res. 1100 sought to force the release of records on taxpayer-funded sexual-harassment settlements paid on behalf of House members. The House voted 357-65 on March 4, 2026 to refer the resolution back to the Ethics Committee, shelving it. Mace's own office was later subpoenaed in May 2026 by the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, which disclosed over $300,000 in settlements.
- June 20, 2024 · Dispatch
Six months after her $16,700 fine was slashed to $1,200, Mace still hadn't paid. She says she 'cut a check this week.'
Six months after the S.C. House Ethics Committee reduced Mace's state ethics fine from $16,700 to $1,200, public records showed she had still not paid. Confronted with those records, Mace said she 'cut a check this week.'
- December 14, 2023 · Dispatch
She pleaded hardship. The committee gave her a 93% discount on $16,700 in unpaid ethics fines.
The S.C. House Ethics Committee voted unanimously to cut Mace's $16,700 in accumulated state campaign-finance fines to $1,200 -- just over 7 percent of what she owed -- after she appealed citing financial hardship, COVID-era family health issues, and post-January 6 death threats. Mace earns a $174,000 congressional salary and had purchased a $3.9 million home. She had ignored committee outreach for years.
- October 4, 2023 · Dispatch
Mace fundraises in the Capitol Rotunda on live TV; ethics watchdog files complaint
On October 4, 2023, Rep. Nancy Mace appeared on Fox Business from inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and told viewers she was fundraising off the political moment in real time. Federal law bars soliciting campaign contributions in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties. An ethics watchdog filed a complaint with the OCE the next day.
Incidents
The House Ethics reimbursement investigation (2025-2026)
The Office of Congressional Conduct voted 6-0 to refer Rep. Mace to the House Committee on Ethics over reimbursements from her official allowance for lodging at a D.C. property she co-owned. The Ethics Committee announced an expanded review in March 2026; no violation has been found.
March 2, 2026 · Incident
Court filings
House Ethics Committee Investigation of Rep. Nancy Mace (OCC Review 25-5681)
The Office of Congressional Conduct voted 6-0 to refer Rep. Nancy Mace to the House Committee on Ethics, finding substantial reason to believe she engaged in improper reimbursement practices; the Committee is continuing its review and has made no finding of a violation.
December 1, 2025 · Case
Wiki & people
The House Ethics Investigation
The Office of Congressional Conduct voted 6-0 to find substantial reason to believe Rep. Nancy Mace engaged in improper lodging reimbursement practices. The House Ethics Committee released the full OCC report on March 2, 2026, and announced an expanded review. No violation has been found. Mace denies wrongdoing and calls the report fundamentally flawed.
March 2, 2026 · Wiki
Media coverage
Qnotes frames Mace's anti-trans turn and primary collapse
QnotesCarolinas published a June 25, 2026 political profile connecting Nancy Mace's fifth-place South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary finish to her high-profile anti-transgender campaign, her Trump/Epstein break, the House Ethics/OCC reimbursement referral, and criticism from former staffers and Republicans. The headline and sharper labels are Qnotes' own framing.
June 25, 2026 · Media
Exclusive: Nancy Mace claims ethics investigation is retribution for Clinton Epstein deposition
The Daily Signal published an exclusive interview with Mace where she claimed the ethics investigation was retaliation for her Epstein deposition work, characterizing it as part of a broader effort by political opponents ('the swamp') to undermine her.
March 6, 2026 · Media
House squashes effort to force release of Ethics Committee files
Nina Heller reported on the House's rejection of Mace's H.Res. 1100 resolution to compel release of sexual harassment settlement records investigated by the House Ethics Committee, with the resolution referred back to the committee by a 357-65 vote.
March 4, 2026 · Media
Nancy Mace reacts to Ethics Committee's housing budget allegation
Dan Gooding reported on Mace's immediate reaction to the ethics investigation, covering her social media responses and framing of the allegations as retaliation for her Epstein investigation work.
March 3, 2026 · Media
South Carolina politics: Nancy Mace ethics reimbursements
Spectrum News South Carolina covered the ethics investigation with focus on the local political implications of the OCC findings and the House Ethics Committee's formal review.
March 3, 2026 · Media
Nancy Mace ethics investigation, housing costs reimbursement
The Washington Post's national coverage of the House Ethics Committee investigation into Mace's reimbursement practices, examining the Office of Congressional Conduct's findings that she claimed excess lodging expenses tied to her Capitol Hill property.
March 3, 2026 · Media
Nancy Mace Ethics Probe Deepens
The House Office of Congressional Conduct unanimously voted to recommend further review of allegations that Mace received $9,485.46 more than her actual D.C. lodging expenses between January 2023 and May 2024; per the OCC report, Mace and three staffers allegedly declined to cooperate, prompting the OCC to recommend subpoenas.
March 2, 2026 · Media
US Rep. Nancy Mace accused of misusing taxpayer funds to cover her DC housing and meals
Caitlin Byrd reported the Office of Congressional Conduct found 'substantial reason to believe' Mace improperly claimed nearly $9,500 in excess housing reimbursements tied to her $1.6 million Capitol Hill townhouse, also billing over $9,400 for food. Mace refused to cooperate with the OCC probe; her lawyer called the report 'fundamentally flawed.'
March 2, 2026 · Media
House Ethics to investigate Mace on reimbursement practices
Roll Call's same-day Washington-bureau confirmation that the House Ethics Committee had opened a formal investigation into Mace's reimbursement practices, amplifying the Post and Courier's reporting for a DC-insider audience.
March 2, 2026 · Media
Nancy Mace ethics inquiry: alleged improper reimbursement
Rachel Schilke reported on the Office of Congressional Conduct's referral to the House Ethics Committee, citing the OCC's finding of 'substantial reason to believe' Mace engaged in improper reimbursement practices. Mace's counsel responded that the report is 'fundamentally flawed.'
March 2, 2026 · Media
Rep. Nancy Mace under House Ethics Committee investigation
WIS-TV, the ABC affiliate in South Carolina where Mace represents, reported the House Ethics Committee investigation on the day of the OCC referral, covering the allegations of improper housing and meal reimbursement practices.
March 2, 2026 · Media
House Ethics Committee reviews allegations against Rep. Mace
ABC News 4 reported on the House Ethics Committee's extension of its review period for the investigation into Mace's reimbursement practices, providing local South Carolina coverage of the procedural development in the ethics probe.
January 16, 2026 · Media
House Ethics Committee Extends Review of Nancy Mace Matter
The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced it was extending its review of the OCC referral concerning Mace's alleged improper lodging reimbursements, with next steps to be announced by March 2, 2026, the committee noted that an extension does not itself indicate a violation occurred.
January 16, 2026 · Media
Rep. Nancy Mace says her anti-trans bathroom bill 'absolutely' targets Rep.-elect Sarah McBride
NBC confirmed Mace's own admission that her Capitol bathroom resolution directly targeted Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. The candid admission generated sustained national criticism.
November 19, 2024 · Media
After records showed she still hadn't paid ethics fine, Rep. Mace says she 'cut a check this week'
Six months after the S.C. House Ethics Committee reduced Mace's $16,700 fine to $1,200, public records showed she still had not paid even that reduced amount. Confronted with the records, Mace said she had 'cut a check this week.'
June 20, 2024 · Media
Editorial: Don't slash SC ethics fines; kick deadbeats off the ballot
The Post and Courier's own editorial board called out Mace by name for mounting $16,700-plus in state ethics fines as a state legislator for late campaign-finance filings, and criticized the legislature's decision to reduce her tab, framing her as an ethics 'deadbeat' whose career should be at risk.
December 20, 2023 · Media
Nancy Mace racked up nearly $17K in fines as a state rep. She will only pay a fraction of it.
Nick Reynolds reported that the S.C. House Ethics Committee voted unanimously on December 14, 2023 to reduce Mace's $16,700 in unpaid state campaign-finance fines to just $1,200 -- 7 percent of what she owed -- after she filed an appeal citing financial hardship, COVID-era family health issues, and death threats. Mace earns a $174,000 congressional salary and, with her partner, had purchased a $3.9 million Isle of Palms home. Committee members noted she had ignored repeated outreach for years.
December 14, 2023 · Media
SC's Nancy Mace owes $1,200 in ethics fees after legislators reduce her tab
Jessica Holdman reported that the S.C. House Ethics Committee voted unanimously to reduce Mace's $16,700 in state campaign-finance fines to $1,200. The fines had first surfaced in P&C reporting in 2021, resurfaced as a 2022 campaign issue, and sat unaddressed for years despite repeated staff outreach. Mace closed her campaign account in late November by donating $3,800 to a domestic abuse shelter and writing off $11,200 as accounting errors.
December 14, 2023 · Media
Watchdog Wants Nancy Mace Probed for Soliciting Cash on Fox
Justin Baragona reported on Campaign for Accountability's October 2023 OCE complaint against Mace for allegedly soliciting campaign donations while standing in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during a Fox Business appearance, a practice that may violate federal law.
October 5, 2023 · Media