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*Politicians are surrounded by those who would whisper promises of enormous fortunes to merely support them and their corporations. The politicians that don’t fall prey to these lobbyists are few and far between. The money that surrounds politicians is plentiful and has numerous sources. For instance, President Obama’s bailout money. The President’s bank bailout was [...]
*Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who’s been critical this year of President Obama’s response to the high unemployment within the black community, said she found it “curious” that Mr. Obama this weekend told black leaders to “stop complaining.” “I don’t know who he was talking to because we’re certainly [...]
*Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has been making headlines lately and her most recent comments have heads turning. At the Tea Party forum in Inglewood, Calif. Saturday, she made some harsh statements regarding the joblessness rate which is at 12 percent right now in California, the second highest in the nation after Nevada. “I’m not afraid [...]
*L.A.’s Congresswoman Maxine Waters has started a firestorm after her comments yesterday at Wayne State Community College in Detroit regarding President Obama, the Congressional Black Caucus, and Blacks. When asked why the Black members of Congress don’t pressure the president she replied, “We don’t put pressure on the president because ya’ll love the president. You [...]
*On Saturday February 26, 2011 renowned actress Angela Bassett, and recording legends Stephanie Mills, Jeffrey Osborne, and founding members of the O’Jays, Eddie Levert and Walter Williams Sr., were the honorees and recipients of the 2011 Living Legends Awards held at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Hosted by California Assemblyman Mike Davis, [...]
*Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) wants her public ethics trial held before the end of the year, the Hill reports. At a press conference Monday held outside the committee room where the trial was supposed to have begun that morning, the California Democrat told reporters: “I am here because I am disappointed that the committee has [...]
*Most watchers on Capitol Hill don’t expect the ethics trials of Reps. Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters’ to begin until after midterm elections in November, reported The Hill on Monday. It’s feared that the trials could overly politicize the ethics process, but for both Rangel and Waters, the charges have already been wrought with political [...]
*(Via LA Times.com) Many people who encounter Mikael Moore, the chief of staff for Rep. Maxine Waters, see a typical Capitol Hill aide: a young, serious, BlackBerry-toting workaholic in a business suit with an intense belief in the importance of his work. If they know he is also Waters’ grandson, making him a rarity in [...]
*Kevin L. Cohee, the banker at the center of the Rep. Maxine Waters ethics controversy is firing back at his critics, saying sex and drug cases against him were “unequivocally dropped” and that the decision by his institution not to make home loans in some low-income neighborhoods was financially prudent, reports the LA Times. Cohee, [...]
*It seems that the chairman and CEO of OneUnited, the bank at the center of the ethics investigation against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), has a troubled past himself, reports the Washington Post. Not only has Kevin L. Cohee reportedly been arrested twice on sexual-assault and drug charges-although he has denied the arrests-the federal government also [...]
*Monday, the House Ethics Committee revealed the three counts of alleged ethics violations against Democratic California Congresswoman Maxine Waters. They include a charge that she had requested federal help for a bank where her husband owned stock and had served on its board. Waters, a 10-term representative from Los Angeles, has denied any wrongdoing and [...]
*This week Los Angeles Congresswoman Maxine Waters is making headlines, only this time, it’s not for her feisty behavior on the floor of the House of Representatives on behalf of Blacks in New Orleans or the victims of the Haitian earthquake. The 71 year-old Congresswoman is being taken to task by the House Ethics [...]
*Today in Washington, CD Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) issued the following statement concerning ethics violations charges: “I have not violated any House rules. Therefore, I simply will not be forced to admit to something I did not do and instead have chosen to respond to charges made by the House Committee on Standards of Official [...]
*The AP is reporting that a House investigative panel has charged California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules. The specific charges against Waters were not made public in the announcement delivered this afternoon from the House ethics committee. Waters has been under investigation for a possible conflict of interest involving her assistance to [...]
*The prospect of two long-serving African American lawmakers in the House enduring unprecedented public ethics trials seems likely to add to the growing tension between black members of Congress and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill and in the Obama administration, reports James Oliphant and Richard Simon for the LA Times. Congressional sources confirmed late Friday [...]
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