First off do a search on 'politico gets it wrong' and you have 5,560,000 results. The Politico article alien refers to is no different. Any article that makes blacks look bad, whatever the credibility, makes alien quiver. And his Congressional Ethics Quotas post is quite a revelation.
The Politico-Drudge Echo Chamber
Politico is in the business of writing stories that Matt Drudge "NEEDS and WANTS" and that their reporters' mothers would read.
Well the real story is quite different.
From Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry
Ethics committee staff members have interviewed House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) about one element of the complex investigation of his personal finances, as well as the lawmaker's top aide and his son.
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The Justice Department has told the ethics panel to suspend a probe of Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.), whose personal finances federal investigators began reviewing in early 2006 after complaints from a conservative group that he was not fully revealing his real estate holdings.
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The committee on June 9 authorized issuance of subpoenas to the Justice Department, the National Security Agency and the FBI for "certain intercepted communications" regarding Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.).
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Because of the secretive nature of the ethics committee, it was difficult to assess the current status of the investigations cited in the July document. The panel said Thursday, however, that it is ending a probe of Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) after finding no ethical violations, and that it is investigating the financial connections of two California Democrats.
The committee did not detail the two newly disclosed investigations. However, according to the July document, Rep. Maxine Waters, a high-ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, came under scrutiny because of activities involving OneUnited Bank of Massachusetts, in which her husband owns at least $250,000 in stock
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The Justice Department has told the ethics panel to suspend a probe of Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.), whose personal finances federal investigators began reviewing in early 2006 after complaints from a conservative group that he was not fully revealing his real estate holdings.
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The committee on June 9 authorized issuance of subpoenas to the Justice Department, the National Security Agency and the FBI for "certain intercepted communications" regarding Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.).
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Because of the secretive nature of the ethics committee, it was difficult to assess the current status of the investigations cited in the July document. The panel said Thursday, however, that it is ending a probe of Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) after finding no ethical violations, and that it is investigating the financial connections of two California Democrats.
The committee did not detail the two newly disclosed investigations. However, according to the July document, Rep. Maxine Waters, a high-ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, came under scrutiny because of activities involving OneUnited Bank of Massachusetts, in which her husband owns at least $250,000 in stock
From Document reveals dozens of ethics probes under way
The lawmakers under scrutiny include Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee on Defense, as well as Reps. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.), James Moran (D-Va.), Norman Dicks (D-Wash.), Bill Young (R-Fla.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) and Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), according to the report in the Post.
The report also discusses the corporate sponsorship of a trip Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and several other lawmakers took to the Caribbean.
The report also discusses the corporate sponsorship of a trip Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and several other lawmakers took to the Caribbean.
From Leaked House Ethics Doc: Less Than Meets The Eye?
And Bonner adds: "When a colleague calls and asks about whether they can take a trip, their name would appear on this weekly report."
That's not to apologize for a committee that has a well-earned reputation for fecklessness. But it's important to keep in mind that the document does not contain a host of new evidence of ethical misconduct.
Here are the Post stories on Joe Barton (R-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA).
That's not to apologize for a committee that has a well-earned reputation for fecklessness. But it's important to keep in mind that the document does not contain a host of new evidence of ethical misconduct.
Here are the Post stories on Joe Barton (R-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), and Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) and Linda Sanchez (D-CA).
