House Ethics Committee Opens 15 New Cases Of Alleged Misconduct By Lawmakers

The Hill:

The House ethics committee has started investigating 15 new cases of alleged misconduct so far this year while probing 11 cases held over from last year, according to a new semi-annual report the panel released Friday.

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Comments

[water57]

Charlie is greasy and unhappy.

[gcallaghan]

Do you mean to tell us these elected officials got charged with ethics violations and they don't go home crying and quit? Are they some kind of super beings, albeit allegedly-crooked super beings, or what?

[Disdain]

You libs love to throw fairness at every turn so that's right up your alley. Let's level the playing field a bit. Let's regularly attack on tv, magazines, newspapers and the internet, the families including the very young children of these esteemed albeit crooked super beings. Let's also file a record number of unsubstantiated ethics charges against that will cost them personally hundred of thousands of dollars that they do not have and see what happens?

[VPN]

You mean like the republickers did with the Clinton's, going so far to even investigate the White House cat, Socks?

[rbchilds]

I think gcallaghan is referring to Palin and her ethics complaints. I would like to know the name of any Democrat who has had 20 ethics charges leveled against them. Frivolous charges at that.

[harveyr2]

And the people keep re-electing these "leaders."

[MissingAmerica]

What's sad is that these are officials who were elected to keep us secure and see our laws are obeyed. If they are our protectors, who do we have to protect us from them?

[oregonrain]

Personally, I see no difference between either of the parties. What I see, is that we are all pawns in a huge global chess game. We have no one to protect us from them .

[rbchilds]

Oxymoron - Ethical Politician

[water57]

Good old Charles, had the misfortune of having the nerves, to tell Obama stay out of New York. On this fine occasion, Charles wish will be gleeful grant.

[slowhand0728]

Scary thought but you may have a point Sir Charles has had his fair chance of life rafts, but this could be the end to all that for insulting the President.

[ywcachieve]

Rangel talks a lot of schyt regarding President Obama, but he was defending Bush to the hilt. I can't stand Rangel.

[FreidaPeeple]

Our Government is a big giant greasy Machine that employs more people than all other companies combined. The bloggers, the talking heads, the lobbyists, the papers, the car companies, the lawyers, the jails, the banks, the railways, the oil companies, the friends and the foes. We are NEVER going to get out of this mess. Hurry December 2012.

[ForVivi]

What do YOU think will happen then? (I know the Mayan Calendar reference).

[ThermoChemist]

Uh oh. Are they going to follow Palin's example -- WHINE and then QUIT..???

[diak0n0s]

Good one.

Very clever to throw Palin into the mix.

[ThermoChemist]

If the shoe fits...

[Daniboy]

Murtha has more problems than Rangel

[water57]

At lease Murtha knows how to disappear from plain sight, unlike Charlie. He pretends there is no problem like no worries.

[oregonrain]

Anyone remember Dennis hastert?

[Taz2]

Charles Rangel needs to go, as well as the other old timers!

It's time for a New Generation of leaders!!!

The average age in Congress is over 52 - I say enough of that

[LiberalDemIda]

I say you're right. New brooms sweep clean.

[lagumbo]

When will Bush ,Cheney , and Rove be investiigated. They sent over 4,000 of our brave men and women to their death because of lies. Cheney gave orders for the CIA not to breif congress on their evil doings. Republican Mark Sanford used state money to wine and dine his mistress. Ensign had an affair and bribe his mistress, her husband and children to keep quite. Republican Coburn was the bag man. So lets investigate all these criminalsn not just some.

[Hopeington]

Hallelujah, a sane comment

[merchantmarine]

Are we going to investigate Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to give $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms.

congresswoman Pelosi arranged a meeting between bank regulators and minority bank executives last year without mentioning her husband involvement.

Sen. Daniel K. Inouye's staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth.

[FROG1]

Investigate them for what?

[rbchilds]

When will the Democrat's be investigated for all their warmongering illegal actions through the years.
What the Bush administration did was inexcusable, but it pales in comparison to the atrocities committed by the Democrats over the last 70 years.