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Massa Will Resign, His Office Confirms
Friday afternoon. Right on schedule.Dem Rep Eric Massa, under pressure from colleagues to step down as his ethics controversy gains steam, will resign on Monday at 5 PM, his chief of staff confirms. “The reason is health related,' the chief of staff, Joe Racalto, emails. A statement is forthcoming from his office. Because it isn't healthy to be a Democrat in the upcoming election ... Hotline on Call first reported Massa's impending resignation, citing a source close to Massa. Earlier this week Massa announced that he wouldn't run for reelection, and the House ethics committee said it was probing allegations against him, including reported sexual harassment of a staffer. The pending resignation will feed a developing narrative in D.C., amid this and the Charlie Rangel mess: That Dems, after taking power in 2006 by running against GOP corruption, are sinking into the same ethics swamp they had vowed to drain. Posted by: Steve White 2010-03-05 |
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