Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is sitting down with reporters today at 10 am to defend herself against charges brought against her by the House Ethics Committee. At the meeting, the congresswoman will hand out a detailed memo explaining why the allegations of a conflict of interest — for helping More…
Most Americans don’t know or get it wrong.
Today, the House Ethics Committee released a number of documents related to the three charges against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), accused of working to further a Treasury bailout for a bank with ties to her husband.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) will face a House ethics trial over allegations that she intervened to encourage the bailout of a bank her husband owned stock in. Waters sits on the House Financial Services Committee, and is the head of its housing and community opportunity subcommittee.
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Speaking at the Kentucky Freedom Festival on Saturday, Republican Senate hopeful Rand Paul informed Tea Party activists that “we have to get our policy out there, we’re not going to get a lot of help from the newspapers.” He urged grassroots groups to raise money and purchase air time, More…
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, or HELP, held a hearing to weigh the costs and benefits of funding certain ailing pension funds. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) has proposed legislation to aid some pension funds fed by multiple employers, such as some Teamsters benefit plans. Sen. More…
On Tuesday, the Senate voted in a landslide to approve the Audit the Fed amendment to Sen. Chris Dodd’s (D-Conn.) financial regulatory reform proposal. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the author of the amendment, has directed the Government Accountability Office to publish a report on the Fed’s books by Dec. 1, More…
TWI’s Annie Lowrey and the Heritage Foundation’s Conn Carroll recorded an episode of Bloggingheads.tv that went up today. The theme? The political ironies of the day: Could the oil spill sink climate legislation? How does the Greek bailout affect the Obama presidency? How are amendments to financial regulatory reform bringing More…
Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) changed his party affiliation last year from Republican to Democrat ahead of this year’s difficult primary race. Republican Gov. Charlie Crist recently announced recently that he will make an Independent bid for Senate in the face of a tough GOP primary challenge in Florida. Now, will More…
I’m just starting to dig through an advance copy of “The Promise,” Jonathan Alter’s new book on President Obama’s first year in office, set for publication on May 18. But there are some great nuggets right at the start. Alter describes the chaotic scene at a Sept. 25, 2008, More…
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