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| Bad news for Democrats in revelation of ethics probes |
| 2009-11-03 |
| After years of criticism that congressional lawmakers were reluctant to investigate their colleagues, the disclosure in recent days of a sensitive document from the House ethics committee offers the contradictory portrait of a panel actively pursuing a range of probes even as Democrats under scrutiny remain in positions of power. The 22-page document revealed that the ethics committee, as of late July, was looking into the activities of at least 19 lawmakers, including reviews of home mortgages and interviews about corporate-backed trips for members of Congress to Caribbean resorts. Combined with the inquiries being conducted by a new ethics office, the document showed a far more robust set of investigations than previously revealed. But the document also brings potential political peril for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whose party claimed the majority in November 2006 after she promised to "drain the swamp" of corruption on Capitol Hill. Two and a half years into Pelosi's reign, more than 25 Democrats have been targeted for ethics reviews by the two ethics bodies, while just seven Republicans appeared to be under scrutiny, according to the document. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 "...blacks will claim they are being persecuted..." And racial profiling. We all know that white law enforcement is simply out to get every black man in America. |
| Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-11-03 13:42 |
| #5 Golf.. I agree but that simply means that these scandals will fester until the incumbent retires. In the meantime, blacks will claim they are being persecuted, democratic leaders will blame someone else and most voters will be as ticked off at the Reps as they are at the Dems |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-11-03 12:09 |
| #4 LG: History has shown that scandals and corruption rarely prevent the re-election of Blacks. (Adam Clayton Powell, Marion Barry, et al) |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-11-03 11:16 |
| #3 Even worse news all 7 of the 'full investigation' reviews are of Blacks |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-11-03 10:51 |
| #2 I don't see a downside Proc....... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-11-03 08:35 |
| #1 Bad news for Fixed it for you. It engulf the entire culture within it. Unlikely to be remitted by anything less than massive chemo and radiation therapy, or radical surgery as in lopping off huge portions of bureaucracies. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-03 07:16 |