Charlie Rangel and Sheila Jackson-Lee's Citi junket

the rules are different for the congressional class, and for Obama's cabinet choices.

 

OBAMA OBAMA OBAMAAAAAA

 

what a joke....can we please get some damn term limits?

 

“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. ” Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998

 

This....

 

What does this have to do with this thread?

 

the rules are different for the congressional class, and for Obama's cabinet choices.

 

They are? According to the rules Daschle should have to pay the taxes plus the interest.

Lo and behold he did just like, exactly the same way every other person in the nation would.

 

Dozens of New Tax Errors Revealed, Rangel Blames Press

[rquoter]For the latter half of Charles Rangel's adult life, he's averaged just about one omission a year when filing his taxes. A private government ethics group reported to the ongoing House investigation on Rangel yesterday disclosed their discovery that Rangel has failed to account for more than $239,000 in assets over the last 30 years. He has listed many assets over the years without disclosing when he acquired them.

The Sunlight Foundation found 28 separate instances where he failed to report acquiring, owning or disposing of assets. He also did not list any royalties or advances he may have received from his 2007 book prematurely titled “And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since.”

Yesterday Republican Congressman offered a privileged resolution calling on Rangel to step down from his chairmanship until the House ethics committee completes its investigation into his financial dealings. Politico says that Republicans are trying to use momentum from the Tom Daschle debacle to poke Rangel once again.

Meanwhile Rangel was on the offensive this week, charging back against the ongoing smearing of his name by questioning the journalistic intergrity of the newspaper who has led the campaign against him, the New York Post. Rangel, who previously called out the Times for ignoring facts regarding his recent scandals, says that two investigations that led to reports in the Post came from investigations by the conservative-oriented National Legal Policy Center (as opposed to the conservative-oriented New York Post).

Rangel said, “Newspapers forwent actual, independent reporting, and instead relied on this organization to do the dirty work for them." The NLPS denied that any help they offered the Post was part of any orchestrated campaign to attack Mr. Rangel. And in covering Rangel's latest tax snafus today, the Post chose to ignore the angle altogether.[/rquoter]

 

You guys should know better...this stuff is only news when if a bunch of Republicans do it. Dems are allowed to get away with this kind of stuff..its in the Constitution I think.

 

Sheila Jackson Lee is worthless. Shut your mouth woman and resign. The US will be a better place without your hypocritical, ignorant butt in DC.

 

God I'm sick of this crap. Can't we just get rid of them right now?

 

Half of congress would have to resign, and Obama would have no cabinet left.

Hey! it's a feature, not a bug!

 

Virtually any government spending or action from folks who aren't anti-government haters makes you livid. However, this is the type of thing that needs to be curbed-- even if it is brought to our attention by one of Rush Limbaugh's favorite "public intererest" or whatever group.