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Ethics Committee Recommends Censure for Charlie Rangel
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyTwo days after Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) was found guilty of 11 ethics violations by a House ethics subcommittee, the full ethics committee voted nine to one to recommend that the House of Representatives censure Rangel for his "lack of attention and carelessness" and for bringing "discredit to the House and serving to undermine public trust" of the institution. They also recommended Rangel pay restitution for unpaid taxes related to a home in the Dominican Republic. In an extraordinary move before the sentence came down, Rangel released a statement apologizing for his conduct. "This has ...
Charlie Rangel Found Guilty on 11 Counts of Ethics Violations
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyA 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 Lofgren (D-Calif.), the chair of the House ethics committee, announced Tuesday. Rangel was found guilty of breaking House rules related to reporting rental income from his villa in the Dominican Republic, of using a rent-controlled apartment in New York for campaign activities, and rules against using congressional stationery to raise funds for a center at New York's City University to be built in his name. After receiving news of the ...
John Boehner: Rangel, Waters Should Face Ethics Trials Before Election
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHouse Republican leader John Boehner joined the five GOP members of the House Ethics Committee Wednesday in urging that the ethics trials of two senior Democrats be held before the November election. He said Reps. Charlie Rangel (N.Y.) and Maxine Waters (Calif.) "deserve a chance to clear their names." Both Rangel and Waters have been formally charged by the committee for multiple violations of House rules, but have not had trials scheduled to respond to those charges. "If I recall, both Mr. Rangel and Mrs. Waters asked the Ethics Committee for a speedy trial so that they could clear their ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: Davids Meet Goliath in Politics Today
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWakie, wakie, Capitolists! It's Election Day in several states across the country and reckoning day for a few candidates who seem to believe that being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. Read all about those candidates, and what's happening in Washington, in the next 60 seconds: - Taxing Work in Congress. The Senate gavels into session at 10 a.m., when senators will debate a small business bill in front of the C-SPAN cameras, but will be debating the future of the Bush tax cuts behind closed doors. Democrats can't get on the same page about keeping tax cuts away from ...
Congress Returns to Washington With Everything on the Line
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyAfter a five-week recess in their home states and districts, members of the House and Senate return to Washington this week with a mile-long list of items left to tackle before the end of the year, but precious little time before the crucial midterm elections. With polls showing Democrats in danger of losing either or both chambers of Congress, each vote before the election will be scrutinized by jittery incumbents for its ability to aid or hurt their very survival. Top congressional advisers say the electoral anxiety will likely translate to an abbreviated September session, dominated by ...
Opinion: Washington's Endangered Species
By Marty Robins - AOL News(Aug. 23) -- If Washington seems out of ideas on how to get the private-sector jobs machine running again, there's a pretty straightforward reason -- the people in government have virtually no experience in business. In a major departure from prior administrations, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone in the current administration with any real business experience. Even offices such as treasury and commerce secretary, which have traditionally been occupied by successful business people, are occupied by a career central banker (with his own tax-compliance problems) and a lawyer/politician. ...
Opinion: Just What the Democrats Don't Need
By Will Durst - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- There have been easier times to be a Democrat. Think way way back to the halcyon days of two years ago. Summer of '08. Basking like a lazy cat napping in a sun-drenched window box. Now, not so much. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi must be thinking someone on her team swallowed a bad news electromagnet the size of a Buick. Dan Dion Will Durst is author of "The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing: Common Sense Rantings From a Raging Moderate." President Barack Obama's poll numbers are falling faster than barometric pressure in the eye of a hurricane. The wars rage on. ...
Charlie Rangel Hammers Press for Ethics Coverage
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyTwo days after his speech to the House of Representatives and less than 12 hours after his sold-out 80th birthday fundraiser at New York's swanky Plaza Hotel, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) held a press conference Thursday to tell the media he won't be talking anymore about the ethics charges pending against him until the House Ethics Committee holds a hearing on the matter. "As of today, I will not be able to entertain any questions that you have concerning a hearing which I don't have," he said, noting that the committee has not scheduled the hearing where he would be able to offer his ...
Charlie Rangel's Birthday Bash: A Night for Ethics Amnesia
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyNEW YORK – It was the antithesis of Chelsea Clinton's wedding -- a glittering social event on the New York political calendar that many prominent politicians wished (very privately) they did not have to attend and hoped (very secretly) would somehow be canceled. But Charlie Rangel's 80th birthday party and campaign fundraiser in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel went off without a hitch Wednesday night . . . if you don't count the formal ethics charges filed against the 20-term Harlem Democratic congressman last month, his rambling and defiant defense of his conduct on the House ...
Charlie Rangel to House: 'I Am Not Going Away'
By not in system - AOL NewsRep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) had a message for his fellow Democrats in the House who have not-so-quietly wished that he and his high-profile ethics charges would disappear before the November midterm elections. ...
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