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Rahm Emanuel's Illegal D.C. Basement Rental
Rahm Emanuel's Illegal D.C. Basement Rental
He's the cheapskate of staff. Rahm Emanuel , Barack Obama's right-hand man, lives in a basement apartment on Capitol Hill rented to him by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro . Just one problem: He's not allowed to live there. That's what private investigator Joseph Culligan discovered after asking ...
Rahm Emanuel back to Congress?
swamppolitics.com — by John McCormick and Dan Mihalopoulos White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is interested in potentially... returning to Chicago someday to reclaim the congressional seat he held until a month ago, a candidate running to replace him said Sunday. ... (more) Rahm Emanuel back to Congress?
Sticking It to Rahm
Sticking It to Rahm
thedailybeast.com — From their shared loathing of Rahm Emanuel to the insurgency led by the minority leader ( he... took us by the throat ), the inside story of why not a single House Republican supported the president s stimulus package. "Rahm, you don't waste a crisis," a ... (more) Sticking It to Rahm
Sticking It to Rahm
thedailybeast.com — Emanuel, working with his old boss and ally, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, made it easy... for the Republicans to resist. Every penny in the more than 600-page bill came from a Democratic wish list of pork that dated back to the beginning of the ... (more) Sticking It to Rahm
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Baucus Has "Some Ideas" For Daschle's Replacement ...
TPM Election Central — ... Could he be talking about Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the Nancy Pelosi ally who rents an apartment to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel? Or perhaps ...

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Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: How the stimulus will work
Doug Ross @ Journal — ... than Bin Laden : Times House Dems party at taxpayer expense : Hill Cheney warns of new attacks : Politico Class move: no : Crittenden Unions: the 7 lies : LRI Online The audacity of image : Surber Ethics, tax payments remain in news : Prairie Parisi: Democrats' call for civility 8 years late : Times Has Obama gone to war with Pelosi? : Hot Air Boxer: screw economy, we must fix global warming : STACLU Rahm Emanuel's Illegal D.C. Basement Rental : Gawker Stephanopoulos: violated all journalistic ...

Who Needs The NRO?
Balloon Juice — ... And the overhead of the White House should be discussed, too. Isn’t it a bit much for Obama to have that massive staff at the White House when everyone else is buckling their belt? I bet Rahm Emmanuel has room in his flat for the Obama family, and that could save a few bucks. ...

Obama's scandals so far....
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's Capitol Hill basement apartment (rented to him by Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro and pollster Stanley Greenberg turned out to be an illegal rental unit. Honestly, isn't breaking the law supposed to pay off more than that?

Rahm Emanuel's Dope Basement Pad Haunted by Ethics, Tax Issues, Possibly Furnace Monster
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Gawker first reported that Emanuel rents a basement apartment last week, mostly to make fun of the chief of staff for sleeping on a futon under a blacklight poster of Bob Marley. Which is an important part of the story, but it turns out the residence in question isn't ...

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