Rangel takes "leave of absence"

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Just announced - CR is taking a leave of absence while the ethics investigation proceeds.

Took no questions at his press conf.
 
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Look at the whoppers in this story:

He declined to answer questions in any detail, however, saying that to do so would raise issues that “would distract me from what I have to do in terms of completion of the president’s health bill as well as making sure our committee gets a good jobs bill.”
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Sure, answering a few questions would certainly stop the bill ---- sheeesh, what a lame excuse. I expect better lying out of elected officials.

As he left his crisis meeting with party leaders around 8 p.m., Mr. Rangel insisted that he was not stepping down. Asked if he was going to remain as chairman, he said, “You bet your life.”

Pushed on whether he would step aside temporarily, he replied, “No.”

He said he was headed back to his office to work on jobs legislation, and when a reporter asked if he would still be the committee chairman on Wednesday, Mr. Rangel said, “Yes, and I don’t lie to the press.”
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Riiiiiggghhtt.

But other lawmakers and Congressional officials said that giving up his chairmanship temporarily was perhaps the only way for Mr. Rangel to avoid the embarrassment of Democrats joining Republicans in rebuking him.
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This is the bottomline. He bailed to avoid this vote that would nail him.

Good riddance.
 
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This was my favorite...

Rangel said he didn't even have "constructive knowledge" of the corporate sponsorship of the trips and couldn't be held responsible for something staff members may have known but which he didn't.

Sure... let's trust a guy to lead the HW&M's committee when he doesn't, by his own admission, even know what's going on within his own staff.
 
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This guy has been skirting the law for years. He is a perfect example of what is wrong with our politicians today. It seems he has a problem with understanding and applying in his personal life much of what we ask him to oversee in his political life. Anyone else think this is a problem?
 
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Krugman on Rangel: "I'm unhappy with this, I wish Rangel would go away, but it's, it really has no national significance." He's only on the Ways and Means committee, of course it has no national significance. It's funny out politicians react when the shoe is on the other foot.
 
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lumberjack4 said:
Krugman on Rangel: "I'm unhappy with this, I wish Rangel would go away, but it's, it really has no national significance." He's only on the Ways and Means committee, of course it has no national significance. It's funny out politicians react when the shoe is on the other foot.
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This was a supporting comment to Pelosi shrugging off the violations as not being that important since they weren't national security related.

These morons just don't get it. A tax cheat in charge of the Ways and Means committee most definitely has national significance.
 
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volinbham said:
This was a supporting comment to Pelosi shrugging off the violations as not being that important since they weren't national security related.

These morons just don't get it. A tax cheat in charge of the Ways and Means committee most definitely has national significance.
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Kind of like a tax cheat in charge of the IRS?
 
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And yet folks re-elect, and re-elect crooks like this.

What is wrong with some of my fellow Americans?
 
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If Rangel is 'on leave' will he be able to vote for obamacare??

Pelosi is already having trouble getting enough votes to pass, one problem specifically is that Stupak claims he has six other reps who won't vote for the bill without the public funded abortions provision which the senate version reportedly omits.

That alone would deep six the bill without several others voting aye who voted no before.

Krugman is a nutbag of the first order.

The ways and means committee has no national significance???

Really?? Hmmmm, I guess Sulzberger is a straight guy also??
 
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I am under the impression that Rangel is only on leave from the Ways and Means committee. I believe he is still an acting Congressman with the ability to vote on bills and participate in any of the other committees he is involved in. Someone can correct me if I am wrong.
 
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J-P said:
And yet folks re-elect, and re-elect crooks like this.

What is wrong with some of my fellow Americans?
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Silly me. Here all this time I thought that providing for yourself and your family by working hard was a virtue.
 
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volinbham said:
Just announced - CR is taking a leave of absence while the ethics investigation proceeds.

Took no questions at his press conf.
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hopefully he will take the rest of the idiots in washington with him and drop off the planet.
 
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