The price of Arugla
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John Edwards love child mocked by Conan O’Brien
Posted on August 1, 2008 by williamamos
Can see the news report about it here.
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Charlie Rangel sneers as ethics probe into his dealings is voted down
Posted on August 1, 2008 by williamamos
| House Defeats GOP Censure of N.Y. Rep. Rangel |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats voted down Thursday an effort by Republicans to chastise powerful lawmaker Charles Rangel over a questionable housing arrangement, which the congressman insists violated no laws.Rangel, the chairman of the powerful tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, has been under intense scrutiny in the past month for his use of four rent-stabilized apartments in a Harlem building.The New York Democrat “has dishonored himself and brought discredit to the House and merits the censure of the House for same,” said the censure recommendation measure offered by Minority Leader John Boehner.
“Instead of keeping their promise to ‘drain the swamp’ of corruption in Washington, House Democrats are sinking in it,” said Boehner, who accused Rangel of engaging in “sweetheart deals” that violate House rules. |
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Conservatives call for house investigation of ACORN
Posted on August 1, 2008 by williamamos
The start of something good ?
Conservatives Want ACORN Hearing
By Patrick O’Connor
Jul 31, 2008
(The Politico) Conservative Republicans in the House prodded the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday to investigate alleged evidence that ACORN, an advocacy group for low-income families that has strong ties to the Democratic Party, used federal funds for political purposes.
Thirty-nine mostly conservative Republicans, led by Reps. Tom Feeney of Florida and Jeb Hensarling of Texas, sent a letter to Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank asking the Massachusetts Democrat to hold hearings examining recent claims that the group co-mingled federal grant money with political funds set aside for a vote-registration drive.
Frank countered that if these Republicans “think there were incidents of abuse, they should go to the IRS.”
The House recently approved a massive housing bill that included $4 billion in federal grants to restore low-income housing in communities where foreclosure rates are the highest and another $5 billion for affordable housing, mortgage restructuring and financial counseling for people struggling to re-pay their home loans.
In the run-up to that vote, Conservatives complained that some of these funds would eventually be funneled to groups like ACORN, which advocate on behalf of low-income families while organizing voter-registration drives for the benefit of national Democrats.
But Frank said those funds are specifically directed to the state governments so local officials can reinvest in these communities.
In the letter, the Republicans cite a report published by the Consumers Rights League – a libertarian group chartered, in part, by payday lenders - that reproduces ACORN documents “that suggest that there is an ongoing practice of comingling of taxpayer funds with political projects,” according to the letter.
The Feeney-Hensarling letter comes on the heels of a Wall Street Journal piece that chronicles ACORN’s effort to register Democratic voters as the group also lobbied hard on behalf the housing bill. These conservative claims echo those made by Democrats when Republicans controlled Congress that the GOP directed federal funds to religious groups that also served as the party’s political base
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