The New York Times is reporting this morning that embattled New York Congressman Anthony Weiner has told friends he will step down: Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House, said a person told of Mr. Weiner’s [...]
Once You’ve Lost the Porn Star…
June 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’m loath to wade into to this, but I think we may have reached a tipping point in Weinergate… I mean once you’ve lost the porn star, it’s all pretty much down hill isn’t it? Anyway, jokes aside, one of Congressman Anthony Weiner’s twitter and email buddies, former porn star Ginger Lee held a press [...]
Guilty: House Ethics Panel Finds Rangel Guilty on 11 of 13 Charges
November 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Well it didn’t take long for a House ethics panel to find New York Congressman Charles Rangel guilty on charges of that he violated House rules: A House ethics panel found senior Democratic lawmaker Charles Rangel guilty of 11 of the 13 counts of House ethics violations lodged against him. The New York congressman wasn’t [...]
Pete Stark: The Federal Government can do most anything in this country
August 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This video of Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) has been making the rounds… it’s extraordinary, the woman questioning Rep. Stark lays out one the clearest examples of the Constitutional issues surrounding health care reform I’ve seen and Rep. Stark simply has no answer for them saying: I think that there are very few constitutional limits that [...]
House Ethics Committee Outlines Charges Against. Rep. Rangel
July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The House Committee on Standards of Official Contact today released a detailed Statement Alleged Violation which charges Congressmen Charles Rangel (D- NY) 13 violations of House rules: A public trial into ethics charges against New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel began today. Lawmakers cast the proceedings as a necessary exercise to regain the public’s trust [...]
House Ethics Commitee Charges Charlie Rangel With Violating House Rules
July 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s taken two years of investigations, but the House Committee on Standards of Official Contact has finally charged Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) with multiple ethics violations: House ethics investigators have accused the once-powerful Rep. Charles Rangel (D., N.Y.) of breaking a series of congressional rules. Mr. Rangel will have the opportunity to defend himself at [...]
Rep. Mark Souder Resigns After Affair With Staffer
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I should have mentioned this yesterday, but the Blumenthal and Bysiewicz stories put it on the back burner… Eight term Indian Congressman Mark Souder resigned yesterday after admitting to an affair with a female aide who worked in his district office: Eight-term Indiana Rep. Mark Souder announced his resignation Tuesday after admitting to an affair [...]
NYT: Blumenthal Lied About Vietnam Service
May 18, 2010 By 2 Comments
The New York Times is raising questions about Senate candidate and current Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s claims he served in Vietnam: At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life. “We have learned [...]
John Conyers: Idiot
March 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
Every member of Congress swears an oath to defend the United States Constitution “… against all enemies, foreign and domestic …” It’s kind of hard to do that if like House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) you don’t know what it says: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) said the “good and [...]
Boston Herald: Democrats Would Stall Brown to Pass Health Care Reform
January 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
There’s and editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal titled “The 60th Senate Vote“. It details what’s at stake in the January 19, special election to fill the Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy… in short, should Republican Scott Brown win he be the 41st Republican in the Senate and would deny Democrats [...]
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