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“O’Reilly Factor” producer Jesse Watters went to Capitol Hill to ask members of Congress about the Super Bowl in Indianapolis this weekend. (more)

1.) Move over Marco — Republican Senate phenom Marco Rubio has barely had the time to prove himself worthy of the hype, but the Washington establishment (whatever that is) may be already moving on to the next best (Hispanic) thing. Her name is Susana Martinez and the recently elected New Mexico governor just might be vice president of these United States come 2013. TheDC’s Will Rahn reports on her attractiveness: “In addition to her popularity, Martinez is also the first Hispanic woman of either party to be elected governor of a state. Come next November, the Latino vote will be heavily contested as the White House seeks to win over enough Hispanics to compensate for President Obama’s low approval ratings among white voters and as the GOP looks to make inroads with America’s fastest growing minority group.” (more)

From the dapper to the dowdy, 2011 brought out some of the best and worst in politicians’ sartorial choices. (more)

On the floor of the House today, Democratic congressman Charlie Rangel once more offered his support for a mandatory draft as a way of ensuring the military doesn’t draw overwhelmingly from the lower-earning echelons of American society. (more)

1.) You got to know when to Holder, know when to fold ‘er — If Eric Holder thought he could stonewall his way through the Fast and Furious debacle, things just got tougher. TheDC’s Matthew Boyle reports: “Attorney General Eric Holder’s tenure in the Obama administration may be coming to an end. At least eight members of Congress have now called on Holder to resign over the growing Operation Fast and Furious scandal. Republican Reps. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, John Mica of Florida, Quico Canseco of Texas and Gus Bilirakis of Florida each told The Daily Caller on Thursday that they believe Holder should step down now. The number of members of Congress calling for Holder to end his career in government because of Fast and Furious is now eight, a number which has doubled in one day. Previously, Republican Reps. Joe Walsh of Illinois, Raul Labrador of Idaho, Blake Farenthold of Texas and Paul Gosar of Arizona called on Holder to resign… Holder avoided talking openly about Operation Fast and Furious for months until Gosar told The Daily Caller that administration officials responsible for the program could be considered ‘accessories to murder.’ The attorney general finally opened up, citing Gosar’s comments to TheDC as the reason for his first-ever unsolicited disclosure about the controversial program.” You’re welcome, America. In other Fast and Furious news, the White House has been claiming that National Security Staffer Kevin O’Reilly is “on assignment for the State Department in Iraq and unavailable” to answer questions about what he knew and when he knew it. But as PJ Media just discovered, O’Reilly is reachable after all. Or at least he was until he disconnected his phone number. Paging Darrell Issa… (more)

New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel told The Daily Caller that “gridlock” in Congress has made it “necessary” for President Barack Obama to unilaterally implement mortgage refinancing and student loan programs without congressional authorization. (more)

The collapse of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.’s case against French banker and politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn has focused attention on Vance’s competence. (more)

President Barack Obama will headline a $30,800-a-person fundraiser in Harlem on March 29 for the Democratic National Committee. (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)

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)

Standing in front of the committee room where her postponed hearing was to be held this morning, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who has been accused of providing aid to a bank her husband had a financial stake in, demanded a trial for alleged ethics violations before the end of the year. (more)

One of convicted Rep. Charlie Rangel’s staunchest allies will vote against a congressional resolution to censure him for violating ethics rules. (more)

In one of the biggest election surprises of the year, Ann Marie Buerkle is officially the winner in New York’s 25th congressional district. Ms. Buerkle was ahead by some 800 votes on Election Day, and after several thousand absentee ballots were finally counted her lead held up. Ms. Buerkle is a nurse and mother of six who had never sought political office. She knocked off Dan Maffei, a life long politician and a protégé of scandal-plagued Charlie Rangel. (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)

Now that Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel has been convicted by a House ethics panel of ethics violations, he could face expulsion from the House, though experts say that is highly unlikely. (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)