May 25, 2013

Cong. Black Caucus Rejects Obama-backed ‘Gang of Six’ Debt Plan

U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, speaks during a news conference July 20, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (July 20, 2011)

*A day after the so-called “Gang of Six” released its deficit reduction plan, the Congressional Black Caucus sprang into action with a press conference to voice their opposition. “We are an anti-gang group,” quipped CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri. “We are trying to suppress the growth of gangs. We think that it is not healthy [...]




Ruling: Rangel Guilty of Ethics 11 Violations

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*A congressional panel has found New York Rep. Charles Rangel guilty of 11 violations of House ethics rules and now will consider sanctions of the Democrat that could range from formal reprimand to expulsion from Congress. Rangel had been charged with 13 rules violations, including failing to declare rental income from a Dominican villa, improper [...]




Audrey’s Society Whirl: A Galaxy of Democratic Elite Celebrate Charlie Rangel’s big 8-0 at Plaza Hotel

The Honorable Charlie Rangel blows out candles on birthday cake

*Over 800 spirited Charlie Angels anteed up from $200 to $2,500 to attend Congressman Charles B. Rangel’s 80th birthday fundraiser in the Grand Ballroom of the ritzy Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 featuring stellar performances by Dionne Warwick and Chuck Jackson. Many distinguished members of the New York Congressional Delegation joined top notch [...]




Political Irony: Rangel Faces Powell

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*(Via Washington Post)– Forty years ago, a Harlem political legend named Adam Clayton Powell Jr. refused to step down from his House seat in the face of an ethics scandal. Rather than allowing Powell to retire on his own time, an ambitious New York assemblyman took on the incumbent — and won.This Story Now the [...]




Troubled: Waters, Like Rangel, Chooses Ethics Trial

Sidney Williams and Maxine Waters

*California Democrat, Representative Maxine Waters has chosen to go through an ethics trial, like the one lined up for New York Rep. Charles Rangel, rather than accepting charges made by an ethics subcommittee, a source familiar with the process tells Politico.com. The back-to-back trials of a pair of black lawmakers represent an unprecedented use of [...]




Rangel Seen as Liability; Dems Call on Him to Resign

Representative Charles Rangel

*President Obama on Friday called ethics charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel “very troubling” and said he hopes the longtime lawmaker can end his career with dignity. Several House Democrats went further, flat-out urging the New York congressman to resign. “He’s somebody who’s at the end of his career,” Obama said in an interview that [...]