# Senate Select Committee on Ethics Bipartisan standing committee of the U.S. Senate responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct by senators, officers, and employees, and for enforcing Senate rules on conduct, financial disclosure, and gifts. Uniquely, it is composed of an equal number of members from each party regardless of which controls the chamber. Its highest-profile modern investigation was the [[Keating Five Scandal]] (1989–1991), in which it examined whether five senators had improperly intervened with federal regulators on behalf of [[Charles Keating]]. The committee formally reprimanded [[Alan Cranston]] and criticized the conduct of the other four, illustrating both the reach and the limits of congressional self-policing. > [!note] Stub > Minimum-viable page created to resolve wikilinks from the [[Keating Five Scandal]] build. Expand with its structure, powers, and case history.