Posted on 07/29/2010 2:22:06 PM PDT by topher
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Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, ranking member on the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, said Rangel was given an opportunity to settle charges during the investigative process, and that time has passed.
"Let me be clear that Mr. Rangel under these rules was given opportunities to negotiate a settlement during the investigation. Let me be clear that I did not participate in any attempts to cut a back room deal behind closed doors," McCaul said at the start of a hearing on possible corruption charges.
McCaul said it's not lost on any member of the panel that the approval rating of Congress is at an all time low, and requires the probe, which has involved 28,000 pages of documents and 60 meetings as well as one deposition from Rangel, be fair and open.
Committee Chairwoman [Democrat] Zoe Lofgren added that the "task is to determine whether Rangel violated that trust."
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Change that to “Do not collect $200 billion dollars for Freddie and Fannie”
See highlighted part. It is in the rules and he failed to take the offer.
Rangel > (DeLay + Rostenkowski)
“Why was he given a chance to make a deal?”
What was McCaul supposed to do - violate House rules? He apparently proceeded according to House rules.
How much you wanna bet? I say he will never be expelled.
Does Rangel have a GOP opponent in the General Election on Nov. 2?
The ethics committee is the only committee where membership is evenly split between R's and D's. The chairman is always from the majority party, but the membership is always evenly split. That is why it would take at least one Republican to agree to a deal with Charley...
Psssst. Rangel is Harlem's Congressman.
A GOP challenger would be guaranteed single-digits. Or less...
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