Posted on 08/01/2008 9:19:43 PM PDT by Libloather
House Tables Resolution To Censure Rep. Rangel
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 1, 2008; A15
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) had a tough July, and yesterday he had to scramble to keep it from ending on another down note.
Rangel and his fellow Democrats beat back a resolution by House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) that would have publicly censured the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee over his rental of four New York City apartments -- including one he used as a campaign office -- at below-market rates.
The measure branded the apartment deal a violation of the House gift ban and said Rangel "has dishonored himself and brought discredit to the House." The resolution was tabled on a 254 to 138 vote, with 25 Republicans joining Democrats.
"Instead of keeping their promise to 'drain the swamp' of corruption in Washington, House Democrats are sinking in it," Boehner said in a statement after the vote.
The resolution came just hours after Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges.
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Rangel attempted to head off yesterday's action by asking the GOP to limit the resolution to asking for an ethics probe. He said for "mean-spirited people in the minority" to suggest he is a discredit to Congress is wrong.
"I wanted to make certain that if I did something wrong, let other members know what line there is to cross," Rangel said in a telephone interview. "And in the other area, I needed them to help me to remove any question of gifts where no gifts exist."
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Because he got caught.
Well, you have to admit he's right about that. He seems to fit right in there.
I think Rangel has had something caught in his throat for his entire life.
Yet another reason for the Democrats to duck out of town.
TERM LIMITS
TERM LIMITS
TERM LIMITS
TERM LIMITS
TERM LIMITS
Wel..the DemoCriminals got away with another one.
“Crimes? All depends on the definition.”
No, it all depends on the party affliation. If Ragel were an R, he’d be in jail, or at least booted from office. But the wannabe dictators in the donk party give a free pass to any transgressions by their fellow travelers.
Sounds like a joke, but it's not. Liberal millionaires like Pelosi see no contradiction in their Robin Hood philosophy, because they see themselves as enjoying what they've EARNED, while the Big Oil Companies have BILLIONS which they earned on the backs of the po'.
It really is that simple: "Big Oil is REALLY greedy, so whatever I take is just a tiny crumb, and I pay it back by being GOOD, and I believe in abortion, too, so there!"
Yeah, it sounds like he needs to huck a loogie, LOL!
Remember citizen government? You served and went home? Time to flush the political class.
You will find your bad apples in the GOP, but the Demonrats are nothing but maggots. It is the rule with Demonrats rather than an exception. They are one in the same and the GOP needs to hit at their leaders in that there really are no ‘moderates’. Rengel needs to be reminded of this everytime he’s making one of his typical political attacks elsewhere. What a POS.
Note how sex is never an issue with them as well. I think of that Ryan in Illinois who was going to run for the Senate seat and he was married to the actress Jeri Ryan and news came about him going to clubs with her and sex became the great issue with the Demonrats and their press minions all the sudden. Nevermind that it involved HIS OWN WIFE. Maybe many of the freepers need to run for office and give the frauds a fight because the GOP has really proved incompetent in exploiting the clear disrespect the Demonrats have for the law. They are so vulnerable if the GOP wouldn’t let up.
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