By The Admin on August 26, 2010
Politico
- Attorneys for Rep. Maxine Waters are demanding that the ethics committee stop investigating the California Democrat before her upcoming congressional trial on ethics charges.
In an Aug. 25 letter to Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Jo Bonner (R-Ala.), the chairwoman and ranking member of the panel, attorneys Stan Brand and Andrew Herman claim that the [...]
Posted in Congress, Featured | Tagged Maxine Waters
By The Admin on August 19, 2010
CQ Politics
- There is no way to put this delicately: the ethics scandals swirling around Reps. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) aren’t just a political boon to Republicans because they spotlight corruption in the Democratic Congress. They’re also a political gift to the GOP because Rangel and Waters are African-American.
Let’s face it: [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Congress, Party Politics, Race | Tagged Charles Rangel, ethics, Maxine Waters
