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Michelle Malkin: Maxine Waters: “Many members” are as sleazy as my friend Charlie Rangel
Weekly Standard Blog: House Debates Resolution to Remove Rangel from Committee Chairmanship
Say Anything: Maxine Waters: It’s Ok That Charles Rangel Is Corrupt Because Everyone Else In Congress Is
Maxine Waters: “Many members” are as sleazy as my friend Charlie Rangel
Michelle Malkin —
... this afternoon: “About to introduce the Rangel Resolution on the House Floor. We’ll see what happens.” Meanwhile, Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters mounts her best defense of her buddy Rangel: Congress is full of sleazoids as bad as Charlie! Ok, she didn’t say sleazoids…but she might as well have: “Many members” of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some ...
House Debates Resolution to Remove Rangel from Committee Chairmanship
Weekly Standard Blog —
... as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means.
Carter had offered a similar resolution in February, but it was blocked. Just now, Democrats unsuccessfully tried to block the public reading of the resolution, including all the allegations against Rangel. Here is the full text of the resolution.
Watch the debate, live, here, and Carter's Twitter feed, here.
Update: Maxine Waters indulges in a defense only an incumbent representative would proffer:
"Many members" of ...
Maxine Waters: It’s Ok That Charles Rangel Is Corrupt Because Everyone Else In Congress Is
Say Anything —
... I don’t know whether to applaud her for honesty or complain about her cavalier attitude toward corruption and unethical behavior. ...
Small Beer
Neptunus Lex —
One of Congressman Charlie Rangel’s allies claims that many congressmen have sharing issues:
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing mandatory financial disclosure forms.
“I want to tell you, there are many members who, if you go back over all of their records, over all of the years, you’re going to find ...
Dem Maxine Waters: Charlie Rangel Isn't the Only Crook -- We're All Crooks
Gateway Pundit —
We know. Democrat Maxine Waters defended Democrat crook Charlie Rangel today by claiming many of her democrat colleagues were crooks, too. The Hill reported: Many members" of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing ...
Will Mad Maxine Name Names?
Rhymes With Right —
... claiming that there are many members of Congress who have the same sort of sleaze problems as Charlie Rangel will she put up or shut op? Many members of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing mandatory financial disclosure forms. I want to tell you, there ...
Rep. Maxine Waters: *many* Congressman as bad as Charlie Rangel.
RedState —
Do tell.
“Many members” of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing mandatory financial disclosure forms.
“I want to tell you, there are many members who, if you go back over all ...
The Support of Corruption by The Congressional Black Caucus
Flopping Aces —
... twice before the latest revelations.
Of course, the politics of racists got in the way and it was voted down:
Final vote tabling Carter’s resolution to remove Rangel from W&M chairmanship: 243-156. 19 voted present. 3 REPUBLICANS joined the Democrats….
The 3 Repubs who joined Ds to table remove Rangel resolution: King (NY), Rohrbacher & Young (AK).
While one of the biggest racists excused Rangel’s corruptness because…well, everybody does it. ...
