Somebody please tell me what the consequences of censure is to Charlie.
Bottom line, nothing. He loses nothing.
He has to learn how to spell ‘censure’.
being censured is like when I forget to take out the trash and my wife gets pissed and I’m reminded that I forgot to take out the trash.....I’m in the doghouse for a few days, I get out, then she finds something else to get pissed about, and I hear all about it......
Censure - it serves merely as a condemnation and has no direct effect on the validity of his job as a DEM REP in the house, nor are there any other particular legal consequences.
The only real slap down was having to give up the house Ways and Means committee chairmanship.
He was in position to garner LOTS of money in secret shake downs.
As a result of this and the recent elections ole Charlie’s got nothing.
He ain’t gonna get to chair squat again.
It essentially means nothing.
Sort of like a weak probabtion
Censure should lead to prosecution for one or more of his offenses.
Given a trial, if he’s found guilty, Congress will be able to expell him ... Reference the Trafficant case ... “On April 12, 2002, after a two-month federal trial, a jury found Traficant guilty of bribery and other charges. He was sentenced to a federal prison, where he served seven years. He was expelled from the U.S. Congress on July 24, 2002.”
Someone with a sense of honor would be devastated by censure; however, Rangel’s “apology” doesn’t seem to indicate much in the way of honor, nor are we hearing that he’s breaking up his rent-controlled unit combo presently known as his home.
It’s funny that he would ask for fairness and mercy; he once said, “The question of fairness is so subjective.” It’s too bad Congress isn’t being fair to the American people. Expulsion is what he deserves, no matter how old he is.