Posted on 09/12/2009 10:35:16 AM PDT by Libloather
Pelosi angles for Rangel
By DAPHNE RETTER
Last Updated: 4:23 AM, September 11, 2009
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't budge yesterday on her position that New York Rep. Charles Rangel should remain chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, despite new calls for his ouster.
"I do not think he should step aside," Pelosi told reporters yesterday.
She said that Rangel's fate should be decided by the House Ethics Committee, a secretive panel that has twice expanded its investigation of the embattled chairman but has given no indication when its probe will be completed.
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I wonder if San Fran Nan could be legally liable for backing a criminal.
The voters of Rangel's district deserve to be censured.
funny how the most powerful congressional c*nt seems to be ok with corruption in her own party. Why in god’s name is there not ONE republican with the stones to go after that Charlie the tax cheat criminal? WHY?
I have a simple solution to this problem, Mr. Boehner, concerning our favourite House Majority Leader. It applies as thus:
Address the congress and get all the conservative republican party officials together. Draw up a list of grievances the Democrats have done over the past few years they’ve held congress. Address congress with list of grievances and decry the Democratic Party Culture of Corruption, and go as far back as possible and uncover as many things as you can. Just destroy everybody.
“Pelosi angles for Rangel (”I do not think tax-cheat Charlie should step aside”)”
Of course not. There’s a code of ethics among thieves and criminals too.
Charlie can eat live kittens and rape little children on CNN and still be re-elected.
Pelousi knows this and just needs to wait long enough for the next huge story to break for this to go ago
Thick as thieves...
Didn´t Pelosi go on record her CONGRESS would be the most ethical and above reproach Congress of modern history. Well, time to show your cards..Mam..
There is no way in hell she is going to go after her lover.
Both are old, but they were young and wild
It's NOT her bloody Congress - it's ours!
I think what she is trying to say is that Charlie the Chump hasn't finished building his nest egg yet.
politics as usual in DC. What a corrupt bunch.
It is the duty of the people to overthrow a corrupt governent. I think our founding fathers meant it for right now.
Pelosi is scared to death of the Black Caucus. They support Rangel, and if Pelosi loses them, she is through.
then she should be through
Where is the felony indictment for tax evasion?
Rangel the crook also owns a desirable villa in the Domincan Republic. Rent is said to go from $500-$1,100 per night, depending on the season. In 2006 and 2008 he reported no income from the property. In 1990 the developer had converted his mortgage to an interest-free loan. This would seem to be a violation of House gift rules.
He also claimed a "homestead" exemption from taxes on his Washington DC residence. Although this requires that the property be a principal residence, so also does the requirement involved in the aforementioned Harlem residence.
"Last week, we learned that Rangel filed a grossly misleading financial disclosure report for 2007 — failing to report at least half a million dollars in assets.
It turns out Rangel had a credit union account worth at least $250,000 and maybe as much as $500,000 — and didn’t report it. He had investment accounts worth about the same, which he also didn’t report. Ditto for three pieces of property in New Jersey.
Beyond that, we’ve learned that Rangel has failed to report assets totaling more than $1 million on legally required financial disclosure forms going back to at least 2001."
The latest revelation has Rangel contributing to the campaigns of fellow Democrats on the House Ethics committee [as if there was such a thing as House Ethics].
One member of the panel, Peter Welch of Vermont, wisely decided to return his $20,000 gift from Rangel, citing the need for “an abundance of caution.”
But the other two — Ben Chandler of Kentucky and G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina — are holding on to Rangel’s largesse, claiming it in no way interferes with their ability to sit in judgment on their benefactor.
Nothing here move along.............
So you’ve just admitted Nanzi that your “ culture of corruption” schtick was nothing more than a bunch of “you lie.”
Of course not. That would be racist /s
Pelosi and Rangel two peas in a pod. Both should be in jail.
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