pennman Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 More "swamp waters" to be drained, perhaps? Feinstein next, perhaps? Ethics Panel to Charge California Rep. Maxine Waters Larry Margasak AP WASHINGTON (July 31) -- A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could be facing an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the midterm election outlook for the party as it battles to hold onto its majority. People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted about unannounced charges, say the allegations could be announced next week. The House ethics committee declined Friday to make any public statement on the matter. Waters, 71, has been under investigation for a possible conflict of interest involving a bank that was seeking federal aid. Her husband owned stock in the bank and had served on its board. New York Democrat Rep. Charles Rangel also faces an ethics trial this fall on separate charges that included failure to disclose assets and income, nonpayment of taxes and doing legislative favors for donors to a college center named after him. Both Waters and Rangel are prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the trials would be an embarrassment for the group. Dual ethics trials would also be a major political liability for Democrats, forcing them to defend their party's ethical conduct while trying to hold on to their House majority. While Rangel is a former chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, Waters is a prominent member of the Financial Services Committee. Waters came under scrutiny after former Treasury Department officials said she helped arrange a meeting between regulators and executives at Boston-based OneUnited Bank without mentioning her husband's financial ties to the institution. Her husband, Sidney Williams, held at least $250,000 in the bank's stock and previously had served on its board. Waters' spokesman has said Williams was no longer on the board when the meeting was arranged. Waters has said the National Bankers Association, a trade group, requested the meeting. She defended her role in assisting minority-owned banks in the midst of the nation's financial meltdown and dismissed suggestions she used her influence to steer government aid to the bank. "I am confident that as the investigation moves forward the panel will discover that there are no facts to support allegations that I have acted improperly," Waters said in a prior statement. The committee unanimously voted to establish an investigative subcommittee to gather evidence and determine whether Waters violated standards of conduct. Waters, like Rangel, could settle her case by arranging a plea bargain with the ethics committee. So far she has decided instead to fight the allegations. "I'm straight, white, Republican, and male.....what else can I do to piss you off today?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dena Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Picking them off one by one. Material abundance without character is the path of destruction. -Thomas JeffersonThere are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. -Soren Kierkegaard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zybathegeek Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 No one curious as to the timing of this minor purge of the low hanging fruit. No doubt trying to stave off criticism of inaction on one of the main campaign promises about "fixing" the government, rather than maintaining a government with the fixin's. Trusting that the average voter is a little smarter now that the carpetbaggers activities seeing the light of day. Politicians and diapers should be changed often and regularly, invariably for the same reason. ______________________________________________________________ "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." Attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whopper Bubba Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 If you have heard her speak, you know that Maxine is likely the most ignorant person in Congress. That doesn't excuse her from being a crook. However, Nancy Pelosi is a far worse crook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
congruent Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 She sounds like she is screaming when she talks. That is her normal way of speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennman Posted July 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 If you have heard her speak, you know that Maxine is likely the most ignorant person in Congress. That doesn't excuse her from being a crook. However, Nancy Pelosi is a far worse crook. Maxine's most famous (infamous, perhaps!) quote from the House floor: "SHUT UP"!!! "I'm straight, white, Republican, and male.....what else can I do to piss you off today?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichum Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 If you have heard her speak, you know that Maxine is likely the most ignorant person in Congress. That doesn't excuse her from being a crook. However, Nancy Pelosi is a far worse crook. She sounds like she is screaming when she talks. That is her normal way of speaking. Maxine's most famous (infamous, perhaps!) quote from the House floor: "SHUT UP"!!! If some members of Congress do not know that 1 billion has 9 zeros, which I believe is the case, Maxine Waters would be one of them. "Who is John Galt?" Who? You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bat guano Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 . MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichum Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 . MAXINE'S MALEVOLENT MIEN "Who is John Galt?" Who? You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggestsquid Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 She is just one of several morons in our legislative branch. It's a shame and a sham --- but look at what we put in the Whitehouse!!! Biggestsquid"You fish and then you die --- or you don't fish and die anyway. Your choice." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesg Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 HEy she's a looker, thats a horse right? What I don't get is her surname is different from her husband. I guess we know who pushes the vaccum around in their household. Or is it a lawnmower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 "> pW_FXjbt6wY "Ok, Eddy you were right" - minivin5 "Oddly enough, Eddy is right fairly often"- TimS "Eddy is correct" - TomT "Say what you will about Eh-ddy but he actually does know a few things." - The Commish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitter Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Is Maxine Obama`s auntie? (*member formerly known as 'Skitterpop') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 "THE LOOK" we have all experienced for various and sundry sources. I'm thinkin that Maxine and Charlie have the same Drama Coach - Maxine's got "The Look!" down pat! Charlie's is not quite as lookish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Barney Frank (D-eviate, MA) is the one that made all this happen. We've known about this one in Boston for a while now. The timing is political, no doubt. WHY are they only getting rid of black people? Some sort of race angle is up their sleeve. “My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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