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The House Ethics Committee has unanimously concluded that House member, California Democrat Laura Richardson, was found to have "violated" the law and was fined $10,000 for misconduct.
Richardson, who is seeking another term in November, was accused of pressuring staffers to work for her campaign. The committee said it had "substantial reason to believe that Representative Laura Richardson violated the Purpose Law...." This will trigger a floor vote to sanction her.
As part of an agreement with the committee, Richardson admitted to all seven counts of allegations against her.
The Ethics Committee established an investigative subcommittee in November of last year to investigate her use of official staff for campaign purposes, which is against House rules. Staffers in many offices leave the congressional office to work for campaigns, but working for both is not permitted.
The committee said in a statement that she was "improperly using House resources for campaign, personal, and nonofficial purposes; by requiring or compelling her official staff to perform campaign work."
The committee also found she obstructed the investigation by the Ethics Committee through "the alteration or destruction of evidence, the deliberate failure to produce documents responsive to requests for information and a subpoena, and attempting to influence the testimony of witnesses."
The fine must be paid no later than Dec. 1, 2012. The committee also strongly discouraged Richardson from permitting any of her official staff to perform work on her campaign -- either on a paid or volunteer basis.
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:-)
It appears that California democrats understand Chicago-Style-Politics quite well :-)
This administration is the most corrupt in recent history.
This administration is the most corrupt in recent history.
Thats it redsux, Lets blame Obama! Christ, next thing you know, you idiots will want to see his birth certificate.....
Obama/Biden 2012
Speaking of Chicago. They have now been elevated to MURDER CAPITAL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Nice Job, Rahm! We knew you could do it.
Chicago values?? Hahahahahaha
It could've been worse. Imagine getting caught trying to give head in an airport mens room. Now that would be news worthy!
Speaking of Chicago - Obama's home town and bastion of liberal stupidity - a city with some of the strictest gun laws …Chicago has had an Aurora-like body count of 8 deaths and 46 wounded … on one weekend. Chicago is on pace to lose more citizens this year than all Americans killed as the result of hostile action in 8 years of war under Bush in Afghanistan – a war where everyone has actual “assault” rifles as well as …. grenades, grenade machine guns, squad machine guns, heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, mortars, artillery, attack helicopters.... (libs get the idea yet) ..... gunships, fighter bombers with missiles, JDAMs, cluster bombs ….
Yet Chicago libs like Feisty crap their Depends over a lone idiot in Aurora and demand national gun laws like Chicago - Murder Capital of the World?
And how about their economy?
Obama has spent and devoted most of his adult life serving Chicago ... why don't libs tout (the death, destruction and demise of) Chicago as an example of liberal and Obama's success like libs point to Mass. for Romney?
reminds me of Newt Gingrich....what's he doing these days?
or Marco Rubio's proplems with the state credit card....what's he doing these days?
bob-1805084
The Taliban has this @!$%#? Wow! Thanks for keeping me knowledgeable.
So she breaks the law, obstructs the investigation, fails to respond to requests, AND attempts to influence witness testimony... and she gets a fine? She should clearly be removed from office.
Democrats.
Actually, the Reagan administration is and was the most corrupt in recent history. That's a fact!
http://themessageis.com/ronald-reagan-is-not-george-washington/
She should clearly be removed from office.
Dude - she's a California Democrat. I'm bettin they'll re-elect her in a landslide come November.
I have no problem with her being fined for misconduct. Now, let's go after the GOP cheats - it's past time!
Obama/Biden 2012
Rassmussen polls lean to the right. They don't include those 18-21.
Realclearpolitics, is the best in the polling business as its an average of all the polls.
question: breaks the law, obstructs the investigation, fails to respond to requests, AND attempts to influence witness testimony...
answer: daily headlines during the Bush years.
They had to fine her Obama needs more money for his campaign!
ContemptMe - your post would be funny if it wasn't so pitiful. Issa saying ANYONE is corrupt is like the snake saying the spider is dangerous! The filthiest person in politics at this point and he's calling people corrupt - and of course you latch onto that like a baby to candy.
Let's start the corruption investigations with Joe Walsh - he's past due! Then we can move to Boehner, Bachmann, etc.
Obama/Biden 2012
All this Democrat bashing by the nasty Repubs has to stop. Democrats never break the law and are concerned about peoples feelings, and the earth, and pandas, and kittens....puppies too!
I think she will be able to pay her fine just fine (heee-hee) - all she has to do is take it out of her campaign funding! Simple!
Mr Bob: well, you might be a teensy bit right about some things, but they do make good donuts in Chicago.
You can't have everything!
Actually, the Reagan administration is and was the most corrupt in recent history. That's a fact!
http://themessageis.com/ronald-reagan-is-not-george-washington/
Many of you people are just sad. A corrupt politician is busted, and the best you can do is rally around your respective corrupt little parties -
Forget party affiliation and come join America again.
Your welcome.
If you would like to learn more, google "friendly fire" .... find out artillery mistakes happen rounds fall short ... Apache pilots looking at infrared images and mistakenly firing a Hellfire - hosing the wrong images with 30mm ....
Google Pat Tillman ...
Yes, like the GOP staffers don't work on their Rep or Sen's campaigns... It's bull@!$%#, but still against the rules. While they all should be fined for it... we only get to fine the cockroaches that don't scurry away in time...
Republican Ethics Violations: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/29/433969/gop_congressmen_ethics_scandal/?mobile=nc
I finds it interesting that republicnas have no problems in taking what is ssaid out of context to make ads with...why is not the so called ethics committee down on that ? Oh yea..lots of republicans on that committee I guess.
Federal Deficit is the HIGHEST it's been since 1940!!!!
And if polls are to be believed close to half the country wants four more years of this!
I wonder if the Roman Empire had any idea of their impending fall. Apparently, half the electorate today are too stupid to see Obama the destructive course Obama has set for the nation.
A vote for Romney is a vote for America's survival. A vote for Obama is a vote for failure and collapse!
GT @ 1.3, people like this are naturally attracted to Obama, have been since he was a community organizer. I can't wait to see who the culprit was that ordered the recent WH leaks. Hope they nail him.
Shouldn't there be a law for No Action while serving in Congress/ It seems that is what we have gotten from the republicans for 3 and 1/2 years now!
As long as David Vitter remains in office, talk to the hand...
There has been corruption on both sides. The Republicans and Democrates both have their share of shady people. But lets look at the facts. We have 50 states in the USA to look at. Some have been run mostly by Democrates and some are run by mostly Republicans. Which state do you think is doing the best?
ChickFiLaRocks banned, rereg of JamesInSeattle.
Why didn't the committee just strongly discourage her from seeking re-election?! Do we REALLY want this person in Congress?!
The Ethics committee should throw the Tea Baggers in jail for Sabotaging our Nation !!!!!!!!!!!!
If she violated the rules, she deserves the result. While I do not condone her actions, it seems to me that Issa should spend more time investigating some of his own side, including himself.
imnotlost, do you have proof it was the WH? Whenever I see one side pointing their fingers and squealing especially during an election year, it makes me wonder. Michele Bachmann and many republicans as well as democrats are on the Intelligence Committees; everybody knows Congress leaks like a sieve, always has.
Mitt Romney revealed he went to MI-6 while in London, he revealed classified information; where's the outrage that Mitt "leaked".
I find it interesting that GOPers are upset about information regarding Iran and our efforts to delay their nuclear program. I hate to break it to people but I read about those efforts in 2008, in a book released during the campaign and prior to President Obama's election.
Where is the Ethics Committee on Congresswoman Waters ? Heck, this one has been going on for years.
And how about the rest of the corrupt politicans under investigation ?
Brockton -- Chicago the murder capital of the WORLD? Not even close. Try Aleppo.
Del Latta, OH 5th (and I understand his son is doing the same) did that EVERY election. How did he get away with it? He sent out a "newsletter" of his "accomplishments" a month before the elections, and tried to claim that it was NOT campaign material. BS!!! Believe me, any unsolicited piece of garbage sent from any member of Congress's office is campaign material sent at the taxpayer's expense (remember that Congress gets FREE postage on all of this crap), and prepared and mailed on staff time.
Where is Feisty? Haven't heard from her. Passed out next to an empty bottle of Jack Daniels?
You can thank "W" and the TeaTards in Congress for all our Problems !!!!!!!!!!
Just BECAUSE.....the highest MURDER CAPITAL is Juarez, Mexico. The Federal Deficit was NOT increased under the Obama administration as much as the Bush (43) administration....and what other nonsense do we with a few brain cells out here, have to debunk DAILY on these vines?????
There is a LACK OF A LEARNING CURVE, with the GOP supporters.
What are their names, you don't know so it's more bull from the GOP audience !!!!!!
its harder to find one republican who ISNT involved in some sort of scandal or corruption investigation or whatnot...
so on the occasion that a democrat gets caught asking a public staffer to work on her campaign, they have to point and shout, 'see! both sides do it!'
yeah, sorry, that doesnt stick. you want to tally up the number of scandals republicans and democrats get involved in, i will put money down, because the numbers wont be the same.
zaruski: It's just as easy to find a corrupt Democrat. All the more reason to vote for Romney to clean out the mess in Washington. Make no mistake, he can and he will.
Olivia @ 1.48:
No! I think she's "gone missing" the Article's been up now for over 24 hours; and no Feisty. I'm calling 911.
Speaking of ethics committee's.
WHEN will Maxine Waters finally be charged for her crimes. Or is that a racist thing?
Also, when will Jon Corzine be charged with extortion and fraud. I know it's only $2 billion dollars he stole from investors and Liberals love to steal other peoples money, but please. I guess we'll just have to wait until he's done bundling for Barrack Husseins campaign to get justice.
By the way, has anyone heard anything about the Solyndra executive cowards who took the 5th Amendment during their Congressional hearings that we ended up giving over half a billion dollars to just go bankrupt? Once again, millions of waste, fraud, abuse and corruption and Liberals want more government.
Liberals, hypocrites!
JimSpence
Democrat or Republican, any elected official breaking the rules should be punished if found guilty. But I was wondering, is your outrage only directed towards the Democrats? Because the Republican Party allowed one of the biggest crooks to be their presidential candidate: Newt Gingrich. Not only was he not punished, he was -at some point - the Republican presidential candidate darling.
Gil-2872519
is she the love of your life or something? Are you Feisty's stalker?
No I think she's a nut who works for First Read, with a lap top, from a bar stool and glogs these pages with dribble.
BTW: Have you ever "Fact Checked" Feisty's stuff? It's a good exercise, if you have the time.
Bayllie
The Gingrich case was extraordinarily complex, intensely partisan, and driven in no small way by a personal vendetta on the part of one of Gingrich's former political opponents.
The bottom line is, Gingrich acted properly and violated no laws. There was no tax fraud scheme. Of course, by that time, Gingrich was out of office, widely presumed to be guilty of something, and his career in politics was seemingly over.
The alleged course that Newt taught was initially approved by the Ethics Committee. Newt was never even paid for the course. I just find it odd that the Ethics Committee turned around and slammed Newt with a $300,000 penalty for something that they had approved! Don't you?
We all know the only reason that Rep. David Bonior and other Democrats filed 75 ethics charges against Gingrich in the first place is because Newt filed and forced former Democrat Speaker Jim Wright to resign in 1988. Of course the Liberals always forget about good ole Jimmy Wright don't they. Or more embarrassingly they never even knew it happened.
Back in January 1997, the day after special counsel James M. Cole presented his damning report to the Ethics Committee, the Washington Post's front-page banner headline was "Gingrich Actions 'Intentional' or 'Reckless'; Counsel Concludes That Speaker's Course Funding Was 'Clear Violation' of Tax Laws." That same day, the New York Times ran eleven stories on the Gingrich matter, four of them on the front page (one inside story was headlined, "Report Describes How Gingrich Used Taxpayers' Money for Partisan Politics"). On television, Dan Rather began the CBS Evening News by telling viewers that "only now is the evidence of Newt Gingrich's ethics violations and tax problems being disclosed in detail." Yes, the same Liberal Dan Rather who later left CBS in shame about his forgeries during "Rathergate".
The story was much different when Gingrich was exonerated. The Washington Post ran a brief story on page five. The Times ran an equally brief story on page 23. And the evening newscasts of CBS, NBC, and ABC, which together had devoted hours of coverage to the question of Gingrich's ethics, did not report the story at all. Not a word.
Crook? Hardly.
CBS, NBC and ABC never reported on Holder's letter to the 5th Circuit responding to its demand that he justify Obama's statement the it was "unprecedented" for the Supreme Court to over rule an Act of Congress by declaring it unconstitutional. Strange?? Not so, Holder couldn't and did not justify the Obama statement -- I read the letter. It was an embarrassment to Obama. So don't publish.
Maybe we should "fact Check" Bayline as well as his girlfriend Feisty. And where is Feisty its been 8 hours since I reported her missing. Maybe she's just sleeping in late. After all it's only 11:00 a.m. on Thursday.
JimSpence
hahahaha, you made me laugh....just because Gingrich was given a choice of resigning does not stamp Gingrich innocent.
Gingrich has a long history of bending the rules, and if you really think that this was all made up by the Democrats because of a payback, you are more naive than I thought.
Hey, did you know that OJ is innocent, too..?????
Gil-2872519
you can fact check me all you want - I guess having no life of your own must be boring so you live through others'
hint - I'm not a guy, and get the nick right for your "investigation"
Holly Jeezus, you are a stalker. You are keeping track of Feisty down to minutes....By the way, she's been around and posting so you suck as a stalker.
This is yet another case of Repugnant ethical cleansing.
Bayllie: So I guess you are denying what JimSpence said at 1.57. I never suggested that you were gay. You are really getting paranoid. I just assumed you were male because of the picture you have posted. BTW: I never tied Feisty "Red head" in with the Aurora killer -- so don't bother going there.
As far as this Article is concerned Feisty is definitely missing. I don't waste my time reading other Articles, unnecessarily looking for her trash.
Go get 'em Gil: I'm too busy today to banter much but wanted to give you encouragement. BTW you are probably right about Feisty, can't type today, seeing double, but she'll be back. :o)
She is not going to comment on this Article as it is about a corrupt Democrat and even her barroom talk offers no defense. That assumes she's woken up by now.
Why is the word "Violated" in the headline in quotes? The blatant leftie loon slant of NBC, CNN and others is becoming so obvious as to explain why they continue to lose market share. They simply do not understand how irrelevant they really are.
Mister, because when Democrats "violate" a law its just another day at the office. I think the Dems are so popular because people have such low expectations of them and many of them always seem to fall even below that. The Party of "depends on what your definition of is, is", tax cheats, disbarred lawyers and weiner posters...PS is it me or does Nancy Pelosi make the Elephant man look good?
Gil-2872519
I said I wasn't a guy - not gay. Can you read???
yes. Gingrich is a hypocrite, a liar and a cheat - and a Republican ex-presidential candidate.
Bayllie: can you not read, do you not understand English I said:
"Maybe we should "fact Check" Bayline as well as his girlfriend Feisty" Your paranoid reply was "I said you were not a guy - not gay. Can you read???" Guys have friends with girls -- what your problem?
. Did I say you were gay? If I did so where is it? Give me a cite. Your paranoia destroys your credibility
Further as to your credibility you insist in denying JamesSpencer's lengthily statement of the facts @ 1.57. You cannot change history, lies and propaganda may make people ignorant of the facts, but William the Conqueror still invaded Britain 1066 no matter what lies you sprout.
They forgot to mention that she ordered one of her staff workers to get a job on her opponents campaign under a false name and gather info for her. This was reported in the Orange County Register 2 days ago.
But leave it up to the liberal lackey machine MSNBC has become to not report the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Obama -- All foam and NO beer.
Ben - Mitt Romney - just the pee after the beer has gone through!
But at least it was satisfying AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Mitt Romney - just the pee after the beer has gone through!
That's a good one Seeking - And the GOP are the Dicks that are pissing Mitten's out.
OMG! I just shot coffee through my nose!!!! LMAO!
Speaking of Democrooks, does anyone know what is happening with the ethics charges against the moron Rep. Maxine Waters?? You remember she used her official position to set up a meeting with Treasury officials to ask for a loan for a failing bank when her husband owned $350,000 in stock that would have been worthless if the bank went under. Its been two years since the Ethics committee decided to pursue charges and zip, zero, nada nothing since then.
Joe in Albany
I was wondering about that myself. I have a feeling most Democrats want it to go away so they are going to do everything they can to make sure it does.
She is Maxining it out!
The GOP: no foam, no beer, no glass........................
Romney: no plan, no specifics, hiding from the press, and hiding his taxes.............
Let's not forget about my all time favorite. U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel
Republican Ethics Violations: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/29/433969/gop_congressmen_ethics_scandal/?mobile=nc
devie @ 2.4, Is coffee the only thing you snort?
Mitt, all gaffes and no substance. Just lots of money!
Why I'm a tea totaler. But thanks for asking. Coffee drinking only, no snorting. I know totally boring. But hey, on a lighter note I like your avatar.
Eric-913730
So you post your comment on all the republicans that under investigation several times. What about the Democrates. There are none under investigation at this time?
Well devie, I too am a tee totaler, and I do snort coffee (backwards of course) when I see certain comments on here. My avatar was inspired by the Queen of Newsvine, if you get the gist.
You know what they say about flattery... Yeah, I caught it that's why I liked it. Being a Libbie myself I can laugh at well placed humor.
Politics and our politicians make me laugh... well most of the time.
Romney the Clown ( "Empty Suit & Empty Head" ) !!!!!!!!!!!!
Poor Mitt, being a Mormon, he isn't allowed to drink tea, coffee, beer, cola drinks(Coke, Pepsi, etc) or a load of other delightful beverages. Maybe that's why he always looks so sour.
Eric #2.11, Joe Walsh got kicked off "MSNBC" for lying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Article 2 section 4 of the US Constitution says, "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery,
or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
In many states, convicted criminals lose credibility in the courtroom (their testimony is suspect) and even lose their right to vote for awhile. Why do these civil officers who get convicted of crimes still have their jobs? The Constitution says they should be impeached for committing crimes that are made worse because of the high position they hold. If we can't trust them to obey the law in lesser things, how can we trust them to obey the law in the greater things their official duties demand? I don't care if they're Republican, Democrat, or whatever, if they have been convicted of breaking the law while in office, they should no longer be allowed to hold a public office. Just like if a priest, or a boss has abused his authority, he should no longer be able to hold his position of authority.
Obama had the "Birthers" hounding him, now Romney has the "Taxers" hounding him (I wonder if they will be seen as the same type of "conspiracy loonies" that the "Birthers" were?).
Charlie Rangel should have been run out of town, not permitted to run AGAIN!
Kozmonot - None of them will be impeached.
Both houses have the power to expel their own members; there is no reason to invoke impeachment which requires both houses.
Eric, Check on "...FCC employees’ income tax delinquency rate rose from 2.74 percent to 3.88 percent from 2008 to 2010. During that same period, she added, unpaid federal income taxes owed by the agency’s staff rose from $544,917 to $1,084,544."
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/16/fcc-employees-owe-1-million-in-delinquent-federal-income-taxes/#ixzz22U9YvC3G
"The number of those FCC employees earning salaries of $150,000 or more rose from 46 in 2008 to 431 in 2009, and then again to 535 in 2011."
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/16/fcc-employees-owe-1-million-in-delinquent-federal-income-taxes/#ixzz22UA0nfnl
Reminds me of the criticism our Tea Party governor faced when a memo to state workers was leaked, suggesting they were expected to work to elect Republicans. Seems you're not supposed to use government employees as campaign staffers, on the state level, either.
Except that a memo "suggesting" something to "state workers" is not even close to "requiring or compelling" personal staff. Funny how actual facts matter.
P.S.
Where is a link to news coverage of this so-called memo?
Reminds me of the criticism Obama received when he sent a memo proclaiming himself President of Mexico.
http://www.dirigoblue.com/2011/02/demeritts-11000-bureaucrats-email-sent-to-senate-and-house-leadership-lepages-chief-of-staff/
"Once we take office, Paul will put 11,000 bureaucrats to work getting Republicans re-elected,”
Republican Ethics Violations: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/02/29/433969/gop_congressmen_ethics_scandal/?mobile=nc
Eric, what do people under investigation have to do with someone that has been found guilty? For all you know SOME OR ALL of those investigations are politically motivated and will go nowhere.
This is about someone who DID IT! She ADMITTED IT! SHE IS GUILTY.
You have nothing but straw men which makes you IRRELEVANT!
We need a Investigation with the two Crooks Mitt & Annie, these Clowns deduct $ 77,000.00 dollars in taxes a year for a therapy horse that little Annie never rides. With this kind of BS, I would hide my tax returns too. Wake up America - This Flip Flopper a desperate Liar !!!!!!!!!
Mitt's therapy horse for Annie is tax-dodging horse-apples (there's another word, of course).
It is not as if ethics violations will disqualify a Democratic candidate, as Rangel and Watters are perfect examples. As long as they will come to Washington and tote the party line, they have nothing to worry about with their Democrat supporters.
The last three speakers of the House in Massachusetts, all Democrats, have all pleaded out or been convicted of crimes while in office by the Feds.
The left seems incapable of admitting when they are wrong. What does an ethics investigation of someone else have to do with this CA rep who has been proven guilty?
Hyperpartisanship is lunacy. There are crooks in every party, at every level of government and from every class and race. There is no statistical evidence that one party is more corrupt than another. What is obvious is that both primary parties are fleecing US! When will the lunatic left and the rabid right shut up of just a minute and think about what they are saying and doing?
We have a President that is now assassinating people around the world with zero oversight. These are clearly war crimes, or at least to a layman like myself it appears clear.
Obama talks a good game regarding cutting defense, but when actual cuts are now pending in Jan of 2013, he wants to avoid those cuts at almost any cost. Do you know why? All those union jobs will be lost forever.
Face it - both parties are feeding from the trough of government largess. The only hope we have as citizens is to elect strict conservative spenders - this can be from any party - Libertarian, Dem, Rep, Indie, but bottom line is unless we cut these criminals off, they will run us over the cliff.
Obama -- All muscel and NO beer-belly.
Ewwwwweee
Amy,
All muscle, he is a twig.
Yeah -- If he turned sideways and stuck out his tongue, Obama would look like a zipper (hmmm, that would seem to be an appropriate place for him).
Speaking of ehtics...is it ethical for a Presidential candidate to evade paying taxes using devices not available to most Americans?
The totas- thanks for the correct spelling of muscle! I didn't think that looked right, but spellchecker was balky :)
Is it ethical for Congressmen/women to use insider information to make huge gains in their stock portfolio?
According to Congress it is! According to the law it isnt! Congress cannot pass a law that exempts them from any law that would be illegal to the Public. Now I woulder why the Attorney General isn't bring charges?? He is holder of the torch!
The GOP Adopted a Clown and he also Flip Flops !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, ain't this a shocker...NOT.
How hard is it to perform ethically and obey the rules. geeez. Now committee go after Florida's Buchanan who forced employees to donate to his campaign then reimbursed them out of his pocket and business violating several campaign laws. What is wrong with these people. Do they think that they are so important that the rules do not apply to them. scumbags.
That is like asking a male politician how hard it is to keep your pants zipped!
Funny, Grand Obstructionist Party, you encourage GOP staffers to work on your candidates campaign. But should staffers for the various Democratic House members work on their campaigns, you fine them then say they should not be allowed to work on the Democratic Members campaign.
John "Cry Baby, I hate the Internet" Roberts, I am so tired of your Hippocracy. And the Congresswoman should NOT pay this dang fine. Its a witch hunt designed to hurt Democratic Members. If we had a functioning Supreme Court instead of one ran by Chief Judicial Activist John Roberts and his gang of 4 thugs I would suggest the Congresswoman sue. But in this day of GOP's Declaration of War on, Women, Disabled, Senior Citizens, Mentally Challenged Citizens, Poor Citizens, Middle Class Citizens, Hard Working Citizens, I doubt John Roberts the Chief Judicial Activist would give the Congresswoman a fair trial.
And thats my Opinion.
While I don't doubt that she is guilty, I get the feeling that she's just a sacrificial goat to keep people from considering all the other under handed activities that our members of Congress do. OOOHHH misappropriation of office staff that is earth shattering. Never mind all the politicians how are legally doing insider trading and having affairs with congressional pages, or how about the ones taking kick backs from defense contractors to keep the Pentagon from trying to get its budget under control, just a little bit.
This is small fish news in a very very big pond. Like the size of Pacific Ocean big pond.
Remember what Sen. Barry Goldwater once said "if we kicked every member of the House and Senate out of office that drank and chased women there would be no one left to vote on legislation."
Did he say that when he was at the Cal-Nav with Frank, Big Tuna, Sam, and the Boys? Getting Compt in Vegas by the Mob. Got to love Berry played both ends never got cought!
I am a Republican, I believe President Barack Milhous Obama to be the worst president we have had since Nixon and Carter (on another matter Obama smiles like Carter and lies like Nixon but I digress), and look forward to total victory in November.
However, I don't see the big deal in the Congresswoman pressuring staffers to work on her campaign. This has to be a House Rule initiated during Nixon's time when all in Congress were overreaching and trying to outdo one another with new and better Houses Rules re: trust in govt.
We have bigger fish to fry - like getting Barack to a negotiating table on deficit reduction and jobs creation which he will not do - he's too lazy. He would rather let Harry do it and when nothing happens just blame Congress. So he'll try the do-nothing Congress BS made famous by Truman in '48 which was also BS though it got good press for him.
daryl -
That was after the democrats reneged on the deal that had been made by increasing the amount in tax increases before the actual vote and after an agreement had been reached.
Don't confuse them with facts! Let them keep showing how dumb they are.
Typical Democrat I want it and free ....give it to me now.
Time for ALL Democrats to go.
It is past time, their removal which began in 2010 will continue in 2012 and 2014.
As you can see, their reaction was not to become decent Americans, but rather to import voters and buy their votes.
zombie they all have to go do you think your rep.or senator is on the level,if you do there is some nice real estate i'd like to sell you around love canal area of ny state
If Liberals Hated America we’d VOTE Republican.
Obama-Biden 2012!
Take a look at some Occupy Wall St. footage dope.
"Fundamentally Transform" says alot about hating America.
I would say give them what they want...if they want to be indentured servants for the rest of their lives, so be it...but then where would those of us with souls go? Thanks to Harper Canada isn't exactly a safe haven anymore. We should have let the south secede. Do you think they'd take an apology now and leave?
after reading these comments i believe that we get the leaders we deserve,we run around in circles blaming each other, simple fact is the democrats and republicans have run this country to the grave, they are both to blame. china owns us and you guys make dirty jokes, we are toast. have fun
I'd still take her over Maxine Waters and Shiela Jackson any time.
I don't care if you are a Republican or a Democrat. If you get coat doing something unethical, you get fire. That is how it is done in Corporation that have bi-laws.
Is California a State in the US? What Country is that? I forgot President NoBama said it is the 57 state of the Union. You don't believe me? just look it up.
In Corporate America you pay for the politicians, you don't fire them!
Bubba,
More the reason to fire them, sSince is our taxes that pays for them.
daryl - glad YOU said it! People have been telling her for months - she's oblivious!
daryl: "The more corrupt and disingenuous you are the faster you rise." NOT TRUE because they get caught and will pay in the end, as this article states. Unfortunately too many people and especially the media focus only on the negative in society. There are many more who are NOT corrupt but we never hear about them.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/
They just don't present YOUR facts daryl (lower case emphasized).
This is all one needs to see in order to make an informed decision. Compare Obama and Hillary Clinton in the firs one. Then ask yourself if Bill and Hillary Clinton would have done what you see in the second. This is not about a particular political philosophy! This is about what it means to be an American!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Hai7ZcF6U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJgWMI0hch8&feature=related
A liberal Democrat trying to compel people to be down with her cause or they will be fired? Perish the thought!
Is this what you are whinning about daryl?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Siegelman
Don't care.
Only happened because the Tea Part Repubs are in charge. And everybody knows it!
OMG...you are smoking crack cocaine!
Smoke much crystal today?
What is it going to take to shut these idiots up? I thought Pennsylvania had a few things on the ball but sending this idiot Kelly to Congress with his fanatical and absurd views was something they need to reconsider when it's re-election time. The media needs to start vetting these imbeciles before they give them a mike to talk into. Fox doesn't care what anyone says as long as it's anti Obama so the rest of the media needs to not give these fools a stage.
This has nothing to do with Obama, Bush, Romney, Clinton, etc. The only person who this is about is Laura Richardson.
She knowingly broke the rules and tried to hide it. She should be thrown out of office.
All of you who want to tie this unscrupulous woman to...
- The economic vampire in chief (Obama)
- The rich twit (Romney)
- The arrogant fool (Bush)
- The unconvicted serial sex offender (Clinton)
are clearly too immersed in the rhetoric to have any clue about what reality is truly about
had enuf - you missed Ken Starr who was screwing around on his wife while prosecuting Clinton; or Hassert - was in the 8th year of his affair with his co-worker while trying to bring Clinton down; Cheney - who held all the secret energy meetings in the White House then destroyed the records; we could go on.
You'd be smart to leave Obama out as he has done nothing but keep this country out of a Depression - which McCain could not have done since he refused to admit there was an economic problem.
Obama/Biden 2012
You all miss the point. One politician being fined by another politician for an ethics violation is like a thief calling a thief a thief. As far as Obama keeping us out of the depression it has done nothing but depress us. Obama has only admited we have a health problem!
And it's DEPRESSION!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, bubba, you would be depressed because Obama kept the country out of one.
This isn't over yet! Housing crash two is about too come just you Wait, and I'm not blaming Obama for it, but he's not doing anything to stop it! I work in the field of smoke and mirrors.
@SeekingSanity
You're not going to find much sanity if you continue to delude yourself by ignoring 1/2 of the picture.
Both parties are failing us. Your one-sided rant is a perfect demonstration of why Washington is so difficult to fix. Ours has always been a country where anything that has 2 sides never gets much more than a 60:40 split. Until you can accept that trying to ram a 90:10 agenda through in that environment is a perfect way to poison the system to where is grinds to a halt.
At this point it doesn't really matter who started it. Until both sides can come to the middle we are going nowhere fast (which really means we are sliding backwards).
As for this story, it really has nothing to do with any person or group other than Laura Richardson. It doesn't matter what party she is in. It doesn't matter whether you like or dislike the President or Mr. Romney. She KNOWINGLY broke the rules and then tried to hide it. She got caught.
She didn't do it for political reasons. She didn't do it because she's a lefty or a righty. She did it because she is a person without ethics who never should have been trusted with the office she was elected to.
Keep all the other idiots and politics out of it and focus on the real issue. Voters should not be electing people like Laura Richardson to office.
Their targeting the Democratic party for unsanctioned use of staff in order to help run a campaign? Republicans have used personel staff in order to help take donations for their campaigns.
If a staffer "HANDLES" a letter that is directly related to a campaign by a senator, then i'm going to have to say then that the staffer is helping with the campaign. If a single letter for campaigning enters the Senate House, then it is duelly noted, by the United States Postal Service, that the campaigning is taking place within the house.
Therefor, nearly every single sitting Senator, should be labeled a lawbreaker, and be investigated also.
Like most liberals ~ let's start saying the Republicans do it so don't penalize me because I was stupid enough to get caught ~ Good policy ~ you people amaze me as NO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY always someone else to blame ~ Change is Coming ! !
Hey dum, dum............the Ethics Committe is made up of 4 Republicans and 4 Democrats. Also, she admitted to all seven counts. Geez.....stop with the DS already....(you know, D as in donkey and not B in bull)
Chatty Kaye sounds like an idiot bleeding heart liberal ~ if a democrat does something illegal it must be because a republican made them do it so they are to blame not the actual crook who committed the crime. I wish we could run the congress and senate and the rest of the government like a private company as these people would all be fires as they should be ~ Hope for Change in 2013 ~
Of course, Fedup.....that is the way a liberal thinks......everything is someone else fault. Obama is a classic example.
To err is human,
To blame it on Someone else is a democrat.
Charge em all for ethics and obstruction violations.
There are 435 hypocrites in the house...everyone of them has used forced labor in their campaigns...especially the ones who claim to be honest and religious
I was more shocked to find out Congress actually has a set of ethics than the fact that they had been violated.
I am sure Spitzer would know who to call for services.
Liberals are morally and socially ignorant and unacceptable people. All you do is talk vulgar and uneducated and beneath everyone. You NEVER offer anything of substance or practicality. Only placing blame and never accepting responsibility for your own actions. Liberals are the PROBLEM and NOT A PART OF THE SOLUTION!!!!! You people KNOW no better, from your lack of upbringing.
"There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."
Alexis de Tocqueville