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Our Year of Zombie Politics
By James Grady - Politics DailyWait: Even in politics, 2010 was the year of zombies? Sure, the hot new wonky tome "Zombie Economics" tells how "dead" economic theories walk among us to shape our paychecks, and sure, zombies lumber out of our TVs almost no matter what channel we click to, and sure, my fellow fantasy prose-slingers are flinging new novels about the undead at the dust of Stephen King and George Romero, but zombies as a metaphor for 2010's politics? Come on! What happened to vampires? Vampires are a great political metaphor! Bloodsuckers. Say no more. But zombies? Who are they in America's 2010 ...
'War on Drugs' Gives Way to the Dangerous New Face of Narco-Politics
By James Grady - Politics DailyA shotgun blast of news this year shredded what most Americans believe about what used to be called the "war on drugs" -- that it was being fought to curb what were seen as simply criminal enterprises. Instead, it left us all facing the new dangers of narco-politics, whether it is cartels challenging governments and attacking social institutions, capitalizing on corruption, or involvement in the drug trade by terrorist groups. As a veteran California law enforcement officer told Politics Daily: "What we're seeing in Mexico is cartels as new 'state making' agencies." That's politics, even if, ...
This Is What It Looks Like to Get Censured by Nancy Pelosi [VIDEO]
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 3) -- Standing in the well of the House last night, Rep. Charles Rangel faced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and got a formal rebuke over his ethical violations. She read aloud a resolution of reproach resolving that the former Ways and Means Committee chairman endure the "ritual of public humiliation" known as congressional censure. The admonishment came after the New York Democrat was revealed to have committed a number of ethics violations including misrepresenting his assets on tax forms and using shady means of soliciting donations for a building at the City College of New York ...
House Censures Veteran Rep. Rangel for Misconduct
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WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) -- Veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, the raspy-voiced, backslapping former chairman of one of Congress' most powerful committees, was censured by his House colleagues for financial misconduct Thursday in a solemn moment of humiliation in the sunset of his career. After the 333-79 vote, the Democrat from New York's Harlem stood at the front of the House and faced Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she read him the formal resolution of censure. Responding, he admitted he had made mistakes and said he was sorry he had put fellow House members in an embarrassing position. But he suggested ...
Charlie Rangel Punishment Vote: Public or Private Slap on the Wrist?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Dec. 1) -- Will justice be served? For all the hoopla and media attention Democrat Charles Rangel has received over the past year, his punishment for House ethics violations comes down to one of two options: 1. Censure If the House votes for censure, Rangel will be publicly scolded in the House chamber by his colleagues. 2. Reprimand If the majority of House members votes for reprimand, Rangel will be scolded in a letter. Members of the House of Representatives will vote Thursday on which of the two actions it will take against Rangel, who was found guilty of violating 11 of that body's ...
House To Decide Rangel's Fate Thursday
By not in system - AOL NewsThe full House on Thursday will decide the punishment for Rep. Charlie Rangel's ethics violations, according to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. The word comes as Rangel (D-N.Y.) makes an aggressive push on Capitol Hill to avoid the harsh penalty of censure for his 11 violations of House rules. ...
Constituents Stand By Disgraced Congressman
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NEW YORK (Nov. 18) -- As Rep. Charles Rangel faced possible censure for ethics violations, constituents in Harlem insisted their longtime congressman had done nothing wrong and predicted "they can't keep a good man down." "They're out to destroy him," said Betty Hughley, a Harlem resident who lives in the same apartment complex where Rangel's rent-subsidized apartment is located. "I read The New York Times. And I'm not fooled by any of it," she said. The House ethics committee voted 9-1 today to recommend censure for the New York Democrat, who was found guilty Tuesday of 11 ethics ...
Rangel Facing Possible Censure, So What Does That Mean, Exactly?
By J. Richard - AOL News(Nov. 18) -- Rep. Charles Rangel begged for "a drop of fairness and mercy" from the House ethics committee in recommending today how he should be punished for financial and fundraising misconduct. One possibility that was floated as a possible consequence facing Rangel was censure, "the most serious punishment short of expulsion that could be meted out by the House," according to The Associated Press. Earlier this year, the 80-year-old congressman and former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee was accused of violating 12 House rules, including living in four rent-controlled ...
Ethics Committee Recommends Censure for Rep. Rangel
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(Nov. 18) -- Two days after Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) was found guilty of 11 ethics violations by a House ethics subcommittee, the lead staff attorney for the panel recommended that the full Ethics Committee recommend to the full House that Rangel be censured for his "lack of attention and carelessness" and for bringing "discredit to the House and serving to undermine public trust" of the institution ...
Ethics Panel Finds Rep. Rangel Guilty of Violations
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(Nov. 16) -- A House ethics subcommittee has found Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) guilty on 11 counts of violating House rules "by clear and convincing evidence," Rep. Zoe Lofgen (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday. ...
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