Posted on 07/30/2010 8:55:09 AM PDT by chickadee
Hours before his trial was set to begin in the House, veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, struck a deal late last night with the House ethics panel which has charged him with 13 violations of Congressional rules and federal law.
Under the terms of the agreement, Rep. Rangel, who claims he’s done nothing but serve the people over the past 40 years, will be restored to the chairmanship of the powerful Ways and Means Committee in return for a ‘very sincere promise’ to be more subtle in the future about misappropriation of tax-payer dollars.
(Excerpt) Read more at scrappleface.com ...
"The unnamed House member added that Congress doesn’t demand much of its members “in exchange for a job that lets you parade around preening like the Prince of Porkingham palace. A little discretion is all we ask.”I put the satire notation in the title because, these days, this is how the thugs in charge run things.
You guys on FR are amazing.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for putting the (satire) label in the heading.
Should be SOP on FR.
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