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Once again, Alan Grayson violates ethics rules, using House committee clip in campaign ad
Saint Peters Blog ^ | 12/29/15 | Peter Schorsch

Posted on 01/02/2016 9:31:54 PM PST by Libloather

**SNIP**

Most of the ad is standard campaign fare, and not particularly noteworthy, even though the endorsements from Sheen and Moore are several years old. Both were taken from Grayson's House campaign nearly six years ago.

But at the 18-second mark, the ad gets really interesting.

That is the point where Grayson - to promote his Senate bid - uses an MSNBC clip of him speaking during a congressional hearing - yet another violation of U.S. House rules.

Grayson runs afoul of ethics rules on the use of official resources for campaign or political purposes, namely House Rule 11, Clause 4(b), which explicitly states: "[Radio] and television tapes and film of any coverage of House committee proceedings may not be used, or made available for use, as partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose the candidacy of any person for public office."

(Excerpt) Read more at saintpetersblog.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2016election; alangrayson; bencarson; campaign; district9; election2016; ethics; florida; grayson; jebbush; marcorubio; msnbc; newyork; osceolacounty; rules; saintpetersblog; trump
But this is Alan Grayson, and his ad becomes just one more in an ever-lengthening list of campaign violations for using his taxpayer-funded Congressional office.

Total slug.

1 posted on 01/02/2016 9:31:54 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

what law do we get to ignore


2 posted on 01/02/2016 9:39:51 PM PST by This_far
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To: Libloather
Sic 'im, Paul Ryan! Throw the book at him! Make him rue the day he violated House ethics rules!

Uhhhhhh......Ryan?.........Ryan?.......Anybody seen Paul?

3 posted on 01/02/2016 10:04:11 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Libloather

‘ethics rules’???

Hahahahahaha....


4 posted on 01/02/2016 10:11:48 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: This_far
what law do we get to ignore

It's not a statutory law but a rule of the House.

5 posted on 01/02/2016 10:28:37 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Despotism to liberalism: from Tiberius to Torquemada, and back again.)
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To: Carry_Okie

pardon, I didn’t mean to be specific to the post, but more a question to my (our) “representative(s)”

As in, why should we care about or obey any law when you don’t and allow obama not to?


6 posted on 01/02/2016 10:38:59 PM PST by This_far
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To: This_far

Understood. I just wanted to point out that the enforcement provisions are different.


7 posted on 01/02/2016 11:00:02 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Despotism to liberalism: from Tiberius to Torquemada, and back again.)
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To: Libloather

From a gerrymandered district running north to south that looks like a cross between a snake and an octopus. Full of stupid progressives.


8 posted on 01/03/2016 3:05:39 AM PST by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: Libloather

Once again he escaped the bell tower


9 posted on 01/03/2016 4:24:42 AM PST by ronnie raygun (If we don't stand we will fall hard)
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To: Texas Eagle
Anybody seen Paul?

Busy trimming his beard.....

10 posted on 01/03/2016 4:27:39 AM PST by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Texas Eagle
Rest assured. . .Ryan's got this one. . .


11 posted on 01/03/2016 5:54:09 AM PST by McBuff
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To: ImNotLying

“...full of stupid Progressives.”

Better it would be better to say stupid, psychotic, scu*bag Progressives, but, words don’t exist that are adequate enough to say who they are.

IMHO


12 posted on 01/03/2016 6:10:52 AM PST by ripley
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To: Libloather

This ass-clown may very well be the next Senator from Florida.

Doesn’t this wife beater have a war on women?


13 posted on 01/03/2016 12:46:57 PM PST by Angels27
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To: Carry_Okie

Good point, thanks


14 posted on 01/04/2016 9:14:30 PM PST by This_far
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