Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): 500,000,000 Americans a month lose their jobs unless we pass another corrupt, disgusting economic stimulus bill to transfer money from the average American to the politically connected businesses and individuals.
Pete Stark (D-CA): The Federal Government can do most anything in this country
3 charges filed against Rep. Waters
California Democrat Maxine Waters faces a House trial this fall on three charges of ethical wrongdoing, setting the stage for a second election-season public airing of ethics problems for a longtime Democratic lawmaker.
The charges focus on whether Waters broke the rules in requesting federal help for a bank where her husband owned stock and had served on the board of directors. She denied the charges Monday.
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When I saw this story covered on CNN by Wolf Blitzer, the caption on bottom of the screen read “are black Congressmen being singled out?” or something like that, which seems like a desperate attempt at distracting from the issue of corruption.
Your last sentence prompted me to look into the Black Caucus briefly, just to find out why it exists. I found that Rep. Stark tried to join the black caucus back in ’75. He was denied.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus