Representative Marci Fudge
Posted on 06/02/2010 4:22:40 AM PDT by Pharmboy
Representative Marci Fudge
WASHINGTON — Twenty members of the Congressional Black Caucus, including its chairwoman, are asking the House to severely restrict the powers of an independent ethics office that has spent much of its first full year investigating accusations of wrongdoing among black caucus members.
A resolution introduced late last week by Representative Marcia L. Fudge, Democrat of Ohio, and co-sponsored by 19 other black caucus members, would prohibit the release of most investigative reports prepared by the Office of Congressional Ethics. It would also prevent the office from initiating its own inquiries, unless a sworn complaint was filed by an individual with personal knowledge of the alleged wrongdoing.
snip... “This will gut and render impotent the Office of Congressional Ethics,” said Norman J. Ornstein, an ethics expert at the American Enterprise Institute who lobbied for the creation of the office two years ago. “It is a pretty good working definition of chutzpah.”
The office, which is run by a former Justice Department prosecutor and overseen by an independent board, has investigated at least eight members of the Congressional Black Caucus. After it investigates, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has the responsibility of formally deciding if any rules have been broken.
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A spokesman for the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, who lobbied other members to create the office, said she had no comment on the proposal by Ms. Fudge.
A spokeswoman for Representative Barbara Lee, a California Democrat and chairwoman of the black caucus, did not respond to a request for comment.
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RACISTS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED AND PROSECUTED!
LLS
And they see nothing wrong in this...
It’s bizarro world moment #53452 since Barry took office. If the GOP leadership suggested such a thing, the media would personally string and tie the slipknots as they streamed live video from the trees.
I really, really hope you are right..
I don't.
"Don't investigate me, Bro!"
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Our government has become a caricature of itself.
Great comment and tag line...you go, girl!
“A resolution introduced late last week by Representative Marcia L. Fudge, Democrat of Ohio”
Bringing a new sense to the phrase “Fudging Data”.
gerrymandered
Gerrymandered districts have sent some of the most stupid, corrupt people imaginable to position of power.
Yeah
And Guam is tipping over
so let’s watch out .........
They shouldn’t be subject to the same ethics laws as everyone else because they’re black? Any governing body that has the ability to give themselves raises out of taxpayer money should always be held to a high standard. I don’t care if they’re black, white, brown or purple polk-a-dot.
Case in point: my congresscritter, Queen Sheila Jackson-Lee. Never saw a racist or communist bill she couldn't support, still looking for where the astronauts were on Mars.
It would be funny if not so sad.
Black, white, red, brown....pink polka dots...I could give a flip...They ALL need sunlight shown on them...!!
Give ‘em a breeak. What choice did they have, since they were already in violation? ;’) Thanks Pharmboy.
It's Ethic, not Ethnic...besides...when you got to prison...you'll be able to catch up with all your family and friends...
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