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Maxine Waters Charged with Three Ethics Violations
CBS News ^ | August 9, 2010 | Stephanie Condon

Posted on 08/09/2010 11:46:59 AM PDT by lbryce

The House ethics committee today released three charges of ethical wrongdoing against Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California.

The charges relate to whether Waters gave inappropriate assistance to a bank to which she had personal connections in getting federal bailout money.

The committee says Waters organized a meeting in 2008 between Treasury officials and executives from OneUnited Bank, where her husband was once a board member and had large investments. The bank received $12 million from the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

The first charge against Waters states she violated a House rule that members must "behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House." Waters should have instructed her chief of staff to stop assisting OneUnited once it became clear she should not be involved in helping the bank, but she failed to do so, the charges state.

Her staff's "continued involvement in assisting OneUnited created an appearance that [Waters] was taking official action for [Waters'] personal benefit, which did not reflect creditably on the House," the charges state.

Waters was also charged with violating the "spirit" of the House rule that prohibits a member from receiving compensation for exerting improper influence from her position in Congress. Waters' husband's investments in OneUnited constituted compensation, according to the charges.

The congresswoman was also charged with violating the Code of Ethics for Government Service.

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KEYWORDS: congress; corruption; crime; drain; swamp; waters
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To: C210N

Before stating they were going to nationalize the oil industry, she started to say they would socialize it but caught herself.


21 posted on 08/09/2010 12:07:55 PM PDT by RC2 (Remember who we are. "I am America")
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To: roaddog727

Reid? Pelosi?

Trust me, if any ‘Pubbies were in the hole, they’d be on ‘em.


22 posted on 08/09/2010 12:08:13 PM PDT by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!)
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To: ColdOne
Because that is racist nothing will happen to her.

Oh, I don't know about that. She and Cholly are in districts that I would presume would be safely in the Dem column. And Nancy gets to thump her chest about living up to her promise of the most ethical Congress in history.

23 posted on 08/09/2010 12:08:13 PM PDT by gundog (Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
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To: lbryce

If you want to stop a tide of corruption, you must first stem the Waters..


24 posted on 08/09/2010 12:09:28 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

I’ve corrected, updated my post to reflect the utter sarcasm in which I made my comment to include [/sarcasm] and aplogize for any misunderstanding, ambiguity in which my initial comment was made.


25 posted on 08/09/2010 12:15:08 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
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To: lbryce

crucify the ugly elitist bitch.


26 posted on 08/09/2010 12:15:34 PM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: lbryce
To lbryce---Suffering from a little white FReeper guilt? ----eheheheheheeeh ! (:
27 posted on 08/09/2010 12:18:52 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: lbryce

She will get away with it just like Rangel.
One set of standards for liberals.
Another set for normal people.


28 posted on 08/09/2010 12:19:02 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Annoying liberals is my goal. I will not be silenced.)
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To: NewHampshireDuo

“But most (virtually all) have betrayed their oath to defend the Constitution. Just sayin’”

I was going to add that in, but these days it’s SOP to IGNORE the CONSTITUTION........

So much for living up to one’s solumn oath......


29 posted on 08/09/2010 12:20:04 PM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: Little Ray

Trust me, if any ‘Pubbies were in the hole, they’d be on ‘em.

No doubt.

like flies on s##t


30 posted on 08/09/2010 12:20:52 PM PDT by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: lbryce

Three counts? Not enough and they will get thrown out or the penalty will be so minor it won’t even make the news.


31 posted on 08/09/2010 12:23:14 PM PDT by freebird5850 (Obama golfed while the Gulf gushed.)
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To: C210N
Was it Marxine that stated a desire to nationalize the oil industry?

If I remember correctly she also accused the CIA of introducing AIDS and crack cocaine to the ghetto to exterminate the black race.

Yeah, she's that crazy and stupid.

32 posted on 08/09/2010 12:26:56 PM PDT by Bullish (Been to all 57 States.... Or is it 58?)
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To: lbryce

Thanks, that post was a stunner with out the /s tag.

;)


33 posted on 08/09/2010 12:32:27 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (People I know have papers for their mongrels.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Run her ass out of Dodge!!!

After she's been tarred and feathered! Oh, I'm sorry. Was that racist???

34 posted on 08/09/2010 12:33:04 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: lbryce

drain that swamp of nasty waters...


35 posted on 08/09/2010 12:38:04 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (drain the swamp! ( then napalm it and pave it over ))
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To: lbryce

36 posted on 08/09/2010 12:42:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.)
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To: lbryce

COME ON.. with all those white democrats in D.C. there must be much more conniving going on than just the darkies.. odds are that there are quite few greaser democrats and Jooooos too.. you know the lesbos got their hands in Lady Libertys panties too...


37 posted on 08/09/2010 12:46:46 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: lbryce
We have seen many whites accused, some tried and convicted.

If further looked into, I believe Waters could be found to have cause for accusations of further ethics violations. She is unbelievably racist, and believes the country and espeially all whites owe her and every "person of color" so much that we could never pay it all.

I have had it with the cry of racism to exonerate blacks.

Yes, blacks have been mistreated in the past, but so have poor, ignorant whites, orientals,hispanics, and especially Indians.

Still---they are privileged to live here instead of say, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Cuba,Afghanijstan--hah! I would love to see Maxine live in Afghanistan for a year and see how her bossy, complaining, arrogant ways go over there.

vaudine

38 posted on 08/09/2010 12:47:07 PM PDT by vaudine
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To: tflabo

I was merely anticipating those in response who might raise the invalid argument by injecting racism into the matter as means to mollifiyng Waters’ criminality. As far as harboring any “guilt” of my own, there can never be (the sense of) guilt when the truth is spoken. :-)


39 posted on 08/09/2010 12:48:02 PM PDT by lbryce (Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)
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To: lbryce

Not Guilty.

Even without the picture.

She’s a democrat, and democrats can do no wrong.

Tonight, Chris Matthews and Olberwoman will be calling this “racism”.


40 posted on 08/09/2010 12:48:27 PM PDT by oldbill
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