Posted on 06/06/2011 5:50:11 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Weiner voted against censuring Rangel By Daniel Strauss - 06/06/11 07:50 PM ET
When Rep. Anthony Weiner's (D-N.Y.) colleague, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), faced ethics charges in the House in 2010, Weiner voted against censure. Now Weiner will face ethics charges of his own.
On Monday, Weiner revealed that for the past three years he had had "inappropriate" Internet conversations with six different women around the country. Weiner's announcement is the most recent major development of the so-called "Weinergate" scandal that started after Weiner's Twitter account sent out a picture of a man in underwear.
Initially, Weiner maintained that his account had been hacked and that the tweet directed to a woman in Seattle was not sent from him. But on Monday Weiner came clean and admitted that he was the sender of the tweet. He also admitted sending other pictures and correspondence with other women over the past few years.
In response, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called for an ethics investigation. Weiner said in a statement that he would cooperate with the investigation.
In Late 2010 the House voted 333-79 to censure Rangel. But Rangel's New York colleagues voted against the measure, with 16 nays and 13 ayes. Weiner was one of the nays. House Republicans voted, predictably, to censure Rangel, with only two of the 165 members voting against it.
Here's the breakdown.
Lets be positive, no member of congress is worth being there and we need to do to them what the middle east is doing to their leaders - getting them out.
Republicans should be raising hell and demand his resignation just like the democrats do whenever a republican gets outed.
I’d love to find out what Weiner said about Foleygate in 2006?
That would be interesting too.
No surprise here.
NYC democrats.
In your dreams pal ... pubbies in Washington politics are total cowards when it comes to holding 'rats to the same standards they are expected to adhere to ... the standards the lame stream MSM holds all pubbies to.
There is a reason Democrats get away with serious scandals. Pure politics.
Democrat voters expect dirty play, ethical problems, scandal and moral turpitude. They will reelect the scum anyway.
I’d like to know anything he said about Lee...
Any Weiner quotes regarding Foley???
I'm expecting the usual inaction from the DUmocrats and the RINOs who appease them.
Yea, tell me again who's on the ETHICS COMMITTEE for the "most ethical congress in history"...
http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/another-day-another-democrat-with-possible-ethics-violation/
Oh yea, another JACKASS with their own ethics violations.
I'm expecting the usual inaction from the DUmocrats and the RINOs who appease them.
Republicans=chirping crickets.
The girls that Weiner showed his junk to were really young, 21 or maybe younger. I wonder if he’s a pedophile too... Maybe they’ll find that stuff on his PC.
I wonder if Charlie will return the favor?
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