"The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history." That’s what Nancy Pelosi promised in 2006 as she was poised to take over as Speaker of the House. Whoa, hold them thar horses! Integrity and honesty? That ain’t exactly what happened.
First Rep. Charlie Rangel, the 80-year-old 20-term Democrat gets charged with 13 ethics violations, among them that he improperly solicited money from corporate officials and lobbyists for the Charles B. Rangel Public Policy Center at the City College of New York; that he failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars of income and assets on financial disclosure forms; that he maintained multiple rent-stabilized apartments in violation of New York City rules; and failed to pay income taxes on a Dominican island resort home.
And now 71-year-old Rep. Maxine Waters, that rabble-rousing Kookfornia 10-term Democrat who sees racism under every bed and around every corner, joins fellow Black Caucus member Rangel as the object of ethics violations.
Waters, who serves on the House Financial Services Committee, is accused of using her position to help obtain federal bailout funds for a black-owned bank in which her husband held stock.. She was investigated for communicating with an executive at the bank while he was applying for federal bailout funds and for helping to arrange a meeting between regulators and executives at Boston-based OneUnited Bank without disclosing her husband's financial ties to the bank. Waters’ husband held at least $250,000 in the bank's stock and had served on its board of directors.
It just goes to show that regardless of whether they’re Republicans or Democrats, the longer members of Congress stay in office the more corrupt they are likely to become.
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I see that blacks are once again being disproportionate targeted for investigation...this time by the senate ethics committee.
When will it all end???
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