Posted on 08/01/2010 12:33:33 PM PDT by kristinn
The prospect of two long-serving African American lawmakers in the House enduring unprecedented public ethics trials seems likely to add to the growing tension between black members of Congress and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill and in the Obama administration.
Congressional sources confirmed late Friday that later this year Rep. Maxine Waters (D- Los Angeles) will face an ethics proceeding likely related to allegations that she sought to help a bank with ties to her husband receive federal bailout funds.
The House trial could come on the heels of the high-profile trial of Rep. Charles B. Rangel, the venerable Democrat from New York who is accused of 13 violations of House ethics rules. Like Rangel, Waters chose not to seek a settlement with House ethics investigators that would have involved some admission of wrongdoing.
Between them, Rangel, 80, and Waters, 71, have served in the House for six decades and are leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The caucus has long complained that the House ethics process disproportionally targets African Americans in the chamber.
Since its 2009 inception, the Office of Congressional Ethics — an independent watchdog set up at the behest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — has investigated at least eight members of the black caucus.
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The ethics cases are the latest source of tension between the Congressional Black Caucus and Democratic leaders.
The caucus earlier this month was unhappy over the Obama administration's treatment of black Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, who was asked to resign after her remarks in a video clip were taken out of context. In addition, some members of the caucus believe Obama has done little to support the candidacy in Florida of Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, who is bidding to become the state's first African American senator.
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obama is the biggest racist in America....
Screw all of ‘em. They are the ones that created the mess with that group-ism thought process.
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time. Can you DIG it?
The caucus has long complained that the House ethics process disproportionally targets African Americans in the chamber.
All they ever do -ever- is complain that they are being “targeted disproportionally”. Police in the neighborhood, hiring, bank loans, now House members...all targeted disproportionally.
Just 33 more to go. Keep it up Pelousy, they're all commies.
If “Whitey” doesn’t look the other way during black corruption and crime,...he’s a rascist.
If “Whitey” doesn’t look the other way during black corruption and crime,...he’s a rascist.
You ain't see nothing yet! Just wait until the unelectable one-term Obama is beaten in the Democratic primary by Hillary Clinton. All the race baiting and race incitement the Democrats have been falsely whipping up against Republicans and the Tea Party is going to EXPLODE onto the Democrats when Obama gets dumped.
Much in the same way that the roach motel targets roaches “disproportionally”.
So they feel the Dems might be racist.....did they forget history ? Oh wait I forgot Bill Clinton convinced them that their racist roots with the KKK was only temporary and didn’t mean anything. They had to survive somehow back in those days ya dig ? Well, Clinton did convince Peter Griffin to sleep with him. LOL !!!
Some predicted this was going to happen...the Republicans need to be very careful how they handle this whole thing as this may very well be a setup.
Then they should not be committing a disproportionate amount of crime then!
Yeah,the Pubs want Chuckie gone cause he’s a lib—The elitist lily white Dem leaders want him gone cause he’s black—the filthy rottin rascists!
And it begins. Don’t think for one moment this hasn’t been orchestrated by the left for the express purpose of whipping up black voters—that is, the democrat base, in November. Blacks are “disproportionally” tagged by the ethics committee? Well prisons are also filled with blacks. And naturally, its just those EEEEVIL cops and white store owners who make criminals out of our poor unfortunate brothers. Nope. This is just a very FANCY playing of the race card by desperate DC dems. Or rather, the SET UP for the card to be played and played and played, right up to election day!
“The prospect of two long-serving African American lawmakers in the House enduring unprecedented public ethics trials seems likely to add to the growing tension between black members of Congress and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill and in the Obama administration”
Maybe the days of black racists being given a free pass to fraud and corruption are coming to an end—but I doubt it.
Perhaps they are targets for ethics complaints because they act unethically, feeling they will be shielded by their race.
It’s time to get race out of the equation completely. We should be well past that by now!!
I still don’t understand why there isn’t a Congressional WHITE Caucus.........................
Btw, the knives are coming out all over the place - including Gloria Allred speaking out about how Hillary may have been denied her nomination because of fraud in her own party.
It’s going to get very interesting watching the Blacks fight their own party and Clinton lead the Cabal against Obamanazi.
Between them, Rangel, 80, and Waters, 71, have served in the House for six decades and are leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The caucus has long complained that the House ethics process disproportionally targets African Americans in the chamber.
Guess what? not only have they served six decades between them but they’re also 151 years old between them!
Gotta love this part of the article as well.”Earlier this summer, Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D- Ohio), a member of the caucus, introduced a resolution that would strip the ethics panel of some of its power and allow House members to keep unflattering reports from public view. The caucus has stood behind Rangel even as other House members have called for his resignation.”
Fudge? Fudge! Are you trying to keep bad behavior hidden from public view? A further attempt to hide criminal behavior? What happened to transparency?
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