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Boehner: Rangel And Waters Scandals Won't Have Major Election Impact
House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)
Republicans have been trying to extract as much political gain as possible from the ethical clouds surrounding Democrats Charlie Rangel (NY) and Maxine Waters (CA). But in an unexpected statement this afternoon, House Minority Leader John Boehner acknowledged it's not making much of a difference.
"It's a sad day for the House when members are charged with violating the rules of the House," Boehner told WHAS in Louisville, KY in an interview, "This is going to play itself out, but I don't expect it's going to have a big impact on the election."
Boehner was in Kentucky to help Republican Todd Lally defeat incumbent Democrat John Yarmuth.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (14) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Charlie Rangel, Corruption, Ethics, House of Representatives, John Boehner, Maxine Waters, Republicans
Rahm Emanuel
Chicago Sun-Times: Rahm Wanted Blago To Appoint County Commish As Seat-Warmer
Fmr. Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) and WH Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
The Chicago Sun-Times reports today that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel asked then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich to appoint a Cook County commissioner to Emanuel's House seat. Blagojevich claims in a new book that Emanuel wanted to be able to run again in 2010 or 2012.
But House members, unlike senators, can never be appointed. Instead, they must be elected -- it's written into the Constitution.
So how could it be that Emanuel -- who served in the House for six years and was chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee -- didn't know that?
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (12) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Corruption, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich
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