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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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She should resign, just like all the rest who can't act ethically. Just like Jefferson and Villars and Lott and DeLay and Clinton, for that matter. If you lie, steal, or cheat in office, you should have the class to apologize and go away. Tell me the truth, I might be able to forgive, but I do not appreciate deceit.
Well now, sounds like you want some integrity from these people... Hey but she'll pay the fine so she's ok, right?
I agree, she and any other politician found to have acted inethically should resign - no matter which political party you're affiliated with!
It doesn't matter the political party, they are all unethical, some just get caught, yet they continue to work and make their big salary and perks.
Well glad to see her fined for her miss conduct but only 10,000 i wonder what Newt did to receive a 300,000+ dollar fine must be pretty bad
If you liberals knew how to read, Newt was not fined. He paid for the cost of process!
They all need to be found and fined for misconduct for not doing whats best for the country and just worrying about re-election...
Just goes to show you that giving a person some level of power and a open wallet consisting of other peoples money (taxes) - these bozo's in government will do anything to increase their pockets at our expense... this has been going on since WWII...
They are hired to represent their people, but in reality they represent themselves far more than doing the right thing for this country... these people in government are not as smart as you think, otherwise we would have been out of this jam our country is in... and they are just as crooked in the face of lining their pockets...
How many Republicraps are on the "Ethics" committee?
Your could look it up, Dave. But since you didn't, there are 4 republicans and 4 democrats on the Ethics Committee. What crap is next from you, I wonder.
My mistake..........5 republicans and 5 democrats on the Committe. Wiki says this:
Nice try on blaming this on republicans though.
Dave -
Your obvious partisan nature is causing you to miss the facts as stated in the article - she admitted to the wrongdoing, which makes your question nothing more than a deflection from reality.
Step away from the kool aide, sir - it is obvious that you are inebriated.
Do they require members of the Ethics committee to actually have Ethics? If so, how did they find enough congressman to form one? Didn't Ted (the swimmer) Kennedy sit on that for a while?
A blonde in every pond.
Is there anyone in government with any ethics anymore? Ooooo a 10K fine and sanctions (slap on the wrist) and she can run again as a public servent. How about she gets Chick-Fil-A'ed.
Amazing that they can't do something like, ya know, tell her that if she can't meet the ethical standards required of the office she can't run again. But that would be almost like real punishment or something, god knows we can't expect that.
Presumptive Republican candidate for President Mitt Romney has today announced his choice for his Vice Presidential running-mate....
The 2012 Republican ticket will be....
When asked how he justified naming a business entity, rather than a real live person as his Vice Presidential running-mate, candidate Romney replied...
"Corporations are people, my friend… of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets do corporations pick? Whose pick-pockets? People's pockets are picked by corporations. Human beings, my friend." — Willard Mitt Romney
NON BEAKING NEWS:
Odumbass, the progressive-in-chief, runs on a ticket of
FAILED ECONOMY
CEASELESS UNEMPLOYMENT
and
FIVE TRILLION DOLLARS IN NEW DEBT IN RECORD TIME
Only MSNBC would put violated in quotes; somehow, I think they believe it'll lessen the impact of the finding, as if it weren't really a violation....
If it had been a repub, the headlines would have all been in bold and underlined.
Let's just cut to the chase. It was Bush's fault!!!!!
my goodness i am a liberal so i thought ill look at the other side you @!$%#ers are nuts not maybe not "well lets see" @!$%#ing nuts if a democrat does something illegal WHAT BUSH broke so many laws of our constitution he rolled back everything now you @!$%#ers are blaming obama please not one of you remembers social security that was fdr everyone hated it obama said if you got a better health care pplan i would be glad to hear it no one did you idiots look at canada look at england look at @!$%#ing canada for gods sake all of you suck for screwing us out of free health care canada is right above us no crime to speak of no drama and not socialist you people suck let the health care come yes obamas plan has flaws but no one said or came up with anything better at least he had an idea and all you haters are just "that sucks" were are your ideas ya no were
Thank you for that very typical and telling look at a "tolerant" liberal outlook. You do your ideology justice.
Bryan -
JohnR could not have said it better, but I will add this to his observation.
Bryan, sir - please, for the your own sake, and that of your family, I hope that you get some anger management classes very soon.
Additionally, I thought this was an article about a California Democrat admitting to violating a "law", not the atrocity known as Obamacare (official motto of Obamacare - "Lowering the cost of Healthcare by ensuring that it will cost twice as much"), so what was your point again?
This one must have mainlined the kool-aid and lobotomized itself.
Mix in a period or coma, twit breath.
If I had a child with a mouth like Baby Bryan Cole has I’d make sure they would know what Ivory Soap taste like.
Bryan Cole-6499596
You make a claim and have yet to state one of them. What did Bush do against the law? What does that have to do with Canada and health care? I can tell you from first hand experience that socialized health care in England is very frustrating. If you need a checkup you can't get an appointment like you can here. If you need major surgery you have to wait. It is nothing like what the USA has or the quality in most cases. A lot of Canadians come to the United states to have test and surgeries done. You are talking out the other side of your face without any knowledge or facts to support your typical liberal arrogance and stupidity. Why can't liberals speak with some common sense and courtesy? Always nasty or vulgar wordage. Really shows your lack of intelligence and lack of education to talk this way. No one listens to people like you.
So whats new most Politicians in BOTH parties have their hands in the Cookie Jar.Lock all of them up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is Tom Delay in jail yet ....
Where is Weiner? Is he in jail yet? How about Charlie Rangle? Is he in jail yet? How aout Maxine Waters? Has she been charged yet? What's taking so long??
Did anyone else notice the small print of the headline that leads to this article? Like they really don't want you to notice it.
So let me see if I have this right.....
A California Democrat is found to have "violated" the "law", as the headline so elegantly puts it, admits to it, and receives a $10,000 fine...
And the reaction from the left on this thread?
Somehow, some of you enlightened liberals seem to be able to blame Bush for this. I even noted a reference to Reagan, as well as one to Barry Goldwater.
There were also accusations that the republicans had somehow made this happen.
That is absolutely unbelievable. You liberals and democrats are so consumed by hate for republicans and conservatives that you will find any way at all to look past the transgressions of folks in your own party, and attempt to cast republicans in a negative light.
Congratulations to all of you, then. You have set a new standard for blind, thoughtless loyalty to party over reality, and to ideology over actually being right.
Naw, their just typical moron Libtards. It's not their fault. They can't help it because...................................
You Just Can't fix Stupid.
Why are so many surprised at what Laura Richardson did? Violation of our laws are what the Dems do best. The majority of them just don't know any other way to get what they want so, therefore, they "twist" the laws to do it....from Barack all the way down. This is like an addiction to them. They desperately need mental health care, although I doubt it would be very beneficial for the majority of them to overcome this addiction. So sad.
liberalism IS CONSIDERED A MENTAL ILLNESS. Liberals ought to use there Obama Care before it becomes to costly for government to carry it! It is covered under your Mental illness policy. Better stand in line now before its too late.
REPRINT FOR THE LIBERALS TO READ!
1) The Founding Fathers
were generally religious, gun-toting small government fanatics who were so far
to the Right that they'd make Ann Coulter look like Jimmy Carter.
2) The greatest evil this country has ever
committed isn't slavery; it's killing more than 50 million innocent children
via abortion.
3) Conservatives are much more compassionate
than liberals and all you have to do to prove it is look at all the studies showing that conservatives give more of their money to charity than liberals do.
4) When the Founding Fathers were actually
around, there were official state religions and the Bible was used as a
textbook in schools. The so-called "wall of separation between church and
state" has absolutely nothing to do with the Constitution and everything
to do with liberal hostility to Christianity.
5) The biggest problem with our economy today is
Barack Obama. His demonization of successful people, his driving up gas prices,
his regulatory overload and threats to increase taxes have terrified businesses
into hunkering down, refusing to spend money, and declining to hire new people.
Replacing him would do more than any government policy to spur economic growth.
6) Not only are conservatives more patriotic
than liberals, but most American liberals "love" America in about the
same way that a wife-beater loves his wife.
7) Out of every 100 cries of “Racism” you hear
these days, 99 are motivated by nothing other than politics.
8) Anyone paying income taxes is certainly
paying his “fair share" -- and then some -- compared to the people who pay
nothing.
9) You don't have a "right" to
anything that other people have to pay
to provide for you.
10) If we can ask people to present an ID to buy
alcohol, drive a car, or get on an airplane, then asking them to present
identification to vote is a no-brainer.
11) There's absolutely nothing that the
government does smarter, better, or more efficiently than the private market
with roughly equivalent resources.
12) The biggest problem with education in this
country is liberals. They fight vouchers, oppose merit pay, refuse to get rid
of terrible teachers, and bend over backwards to keep poor kids trapped in failing
schools.
13) Fascism, socialism, and communism are all
left-wing movements that have considerably more in common with modern
liberalism than modern conservatism.
14) The Democratic Party
was behind slavery, the KKK, and Jim Crow laws. It was also the party of
Margaret Sanger, George Wallace, and Bull Connor. It has ALWAYS been a racist
party. Even today, white liberals support Affirmative Action and racial
set-asides because they still believe black Americans are too inferior to go up
against whites on an even playing field.
15) A man with good morals who falls short and
becomes a hypocrite is still a far better man than a liberal who can never be
called a hypocrite because he has no morals at all.
16) The most dire threat to America's future and
prosperity in the last 150 years hasn't been the Nazis, the Soviets, or
Al-Qaeda;, it's the spending and overreach of our own government.
17) Greed isn't someone wanting to keep more of
what he earns; it's people demanding a greater share of money that someone else
earns.
18) Most of the time in American politics, the
liberal "victim" is really a bad guy who is absolutely delighted by
the opportunity to pretend to be "offended."
19) Jesus Christ was not a conservative, a
liberal, or a politician. He was also not a capitalist or a socialist. Still,
you can say this: Jesus drew sharp lines about what's right and wrong, he
wasn't tolerant of what the Bible categorizes as sinful behavior, and there's
absolutely no question that he would adamantly oppose abortion and gay
marriage.
20) When you demand that other people fund your
sexual escapades by buying your contraception, your sex life becomes their
business.
And I bet there isn't a Liberal, that can HONESTLY "DISPUTE" one item in this list, with supported TRUTHFUL FACTS!!
Fuzzy -
I would only take issue with number 7 - 99 out of 100 cries of racism are politically motivated.
I believe you understate that number very seriously....
A more accurate assessment of that number would be 9,999 out of 10,000...
These were stated from an article I was reading. Thought it would be good to reprint for some people, if they can understand it. Had to keep it simple for so many people.
Another Ethically superior elected official. WTF. Shouldn't we publicly humiliate these people? Committing the crime is one thing but obstructing justice. Trying not to get caught. She will do her own bidding. Her political career must now be limited so the only thing left to do is get everything from her position to secure her wealth and standing. She is not for the people.
Are you kidding? if you come from a Libtard district, you can get away with anything. Look at Ted Kennedy, Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Charles Rangle, etc., etc., etc. Libtards don't have the sense to punish corruption. Or to do much of anything except sign the backs of welfare checks.
Any way we can blame this on Bush? Its only been 4 years, I know he had something to do with this.
Maybe they "retroactively retired".
In business, Mitt Romney's firms shipped jobs to Mexico, and China. (SEC 3/26/1993, 3/29/2002, Los Angeles Times 6/2/2000)
As Governor, Romney outsourced jobs to India. (The Boston Globe 5/1/2012)
He had millions in a Swiss bank account (abc News 1/26/2012) in tax havens in Bermuda (Vanity Fair, August 2012) and in the Cayman Islands (abc News 1/18/2012).
LIBERALS ARE THE PROBLEM. We have no one truly to elect, but we know what to expect or not to expect from Obama. We HAVE to take a chance on Romney! America CANNOT afford another term with Obama.
Bruce-1628250
Pretty much everything you posted has been BS yet you keep going. You're like the energizer bunny of stupid.
When Obama is defeated he will take all of the controversy he has created with him. Let's send the Chicago hack, back!
Nice and catchy - send the hack, back! Home to Chicago - the home of corrupt politicians.
Dime gonna drop on WI Republican Gov. Scott Walker?