It’s a unique event in American politics when you have three separate factions – the anti-war left, small government libertarians, and now a liberal urban Democrat – agreeing on the same thing, that is questioning President Barack Obama’s use of military force against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. (more)
It looks as if Rep. Charlie Rangel wants to come back for a 22nd term. (more)
1.) John Shadegg: House GOP is ‘on probation’ — After 16 years in the House, Rep. John Shadegg is retiring to Arizona. The Daily Caller’s Jon Ward caught up with the son of Barry Goldwater altar ego Stephen Shadegg on his way out the door. Ward asked him, for instance, what makes the Tea Party different from previous conservative waves, such as Newt Gingrich’s 1994 production, in which Shadegg had a walk-on part as a newly elected congressman. “When the Gingrich revolution happened, the Gingrich revolution collapsed,” Shadegg told Ward. “It had betrayed its supporters.” By “it” Shadegg means Republican detractors and other “old bulls” like Tom DeLay, who claimed in 2005 that the government could not cut its spending any further. Now the party is getting a second chance, Shadegg said. “What happens to this class? Does this class get turned by Washington? Does the class change or does this class actually change Washington? I personally think that’s the $64,000 question.” Or, you know, the $1.7 trillion question. (more)
WASHINGTON – Charlie Rangel beat the post-censure blues last week by reveling in upcoming combat with the new crop of Republicans in what could be a two-year last hurrah. (more)
The Democrats’ main tax-writing congressman and for years head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel (D-NY), finally had to accept the terrible punishment for his ways and means of getting money by being the first congressman censured in about thirty years. For the record, as the Congressional Ethics Committee sees it, there has been just one unethical politician in their ranks in the past thirty years. Good to know. (more)
So what’s the angle on Rangel? (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has been censured by the House for financial and fundraising misconduct. (more)
The House is expected to vote on the censure of Rep. Charlie Rangel on Thursday, subjecting the four-decade veteran to a humiliating public criticism on the House floor just two weeks after he was found guilty of 11 ethics violations, according to congressional aides. (more)
It seems like an insurmountable task for GOP candidates to take out the liberal fixtures of Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Rangel, and Barney Frank in congressional elections, but how about making them part-time workers instead? Perhaps that’s one way to minimize the amount of unpopular legislation coming out of Washington these days. Bobby Jindal thinks so. According to him, it’s about time we slice and dice the number of hours lawmakers have in a work day. (more)
Melanie Sloan, the director of top watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), picked up the phone. It was Lanny Davis, former special counsel to President Bill Clinton, and he was mad. (more)
At one point I served as an attorney for Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.). So I am only going to stick to published facts in this column. (more)
Upon taking the reins of the Democratic-controlled House, incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) famously stated that she would preside over the “most ethical” Congress in the history of the United States. On Tuesday, four years after her infamous statement, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) was formally convicted on 11 of the 13 ethics charges against him. The Ethics Committee did so in absentia, as Rangel left the proceedings as a form of protest. It appears Speaker Pelosi’s “most ethical Congress in history” has far from lived up to its hype. (more)
In the wake of New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel’s ethics trial, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is calling on the congressman to resign. (more)
A House ethics panel has found Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York guilty on 11 counts of breaking House rules. (more)
A miracle occurred in the United States last week. From sea to shining sea, tens of millions of voters lined up to cast their votes. The results were recorded and respected. (more)
WASHINGTON — The Republican takeover of the House has Rep. Charlie Rangel playing beat the clock to finish his ethics trial while his “friends” are still in charge. (more)
Republicans on the House ethics committee said Democrats were stalling the public trials of Democratic Reps. Charlie Rangel of New York and Maxine Waters of California and called for hearings to begin next month ahead of the Nov. 2 elections. (more)
Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz is attempting to ensure that all Members of Congress pay their taxes — because for some, a conscience is not enough. (more)
Members of Congress and their staffs will slowly be making their way back to D.C. this week to prepare for the last session of the 111th Congress before the November elections. There is lots of work awaiting the politicians, but they have already made history: first by being the only Congress to fail to pass a budget resolution through either chamber of our bi-cameral legislature; and second for failing to enact a single appropriations bill before mid-September. Wow, those two feats together amount to quite an accomplishment! (more)
It was a gentle but unmistakable nudge President Obama gave Representative Charles B. Rangel recently, suggesting in an interview three weeks ago that Mr. Rangel, 80, should retire to “end his career with dignity.” (more)
