Yesterday, State Senator Debbie (am I still Majority Leader?) Halvorson stood with legislators and shamelessly called on her “father figure” Emil Jones to reconvene the Senate to take up the recently vetoed ethics package.

It’s funny coming from the person who proudly proclaimed prior to her Congressional run that Emil Jones’s agenda is her agenda, but as we’ve said before: what a difference a congressional campaign makes.

Looks like once again Majority Leader Halvorson was able to slip by without any questioning as to why she personally stalled the previous ethics package for more than a year as Senate Rules Chairman, allowing Rod Blagojevich to continue raising money from state contractors.

Whether or not she’s ever asked the tough questions about it, the fact remains: Debbie Halvorson personally stalled ethics reform for more than a year in Illinois.

At the very least she could admit it was a mistake to delay the passage of an ethics package out of her Rules Committee, but it appears for Senator Halvorson it’s much easier to pretend the last several years never happened - especially if you are running for Congress.