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After the "Keating Five" scandal of the late 1980s (in which five senators, including John McCain, were accused of interfering with the investigation of a large donor's savings and loan), the Senate ostensibly tightened its own ethics rules to go beyond the legal requirements.
The Post says that the NTSB tightened security at its headquarters.
Since 1997, LSC has significantly tightened its requirements for what constitutes a case.
Under this was a photograph of Berlin's historic parliament building, the Reichstag, which reopened Monday 66 years after the notorious fire that tightened Hitler's grip on power.
He tightened the king’s control over legislation and taxes, enraging the Vatican by daring to impose a new levy on the Church.