12 hours ago by Liberty Chick

The mish-mash politics of US Conference of Catholic Bishops (its President, Francis E. George, shown here), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Louisiana Congressman Anh Joseph Cao. (from three separate photos...) Late Saturday evening, the house passed the health care bill, H.R. 3962 in a tight v ...

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16 hours ago by BitterQueen

Robert Gibbs vexed on V for its parallels to O Whistle-blowing state worker beat up by union thugs at SEIU meeting Jobs "created or saved" under so-called stimulus plan doesn't add up Prosecutors: give U.S. Rep. William Jefferson 27 to 33 years in prison NASA official Courtney Stadd gets probation C ...

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2 days ago

Friday night, prosecutors in the case of The United States v. William Jefferson (D-LA) issued a memorandum recommending a prison sentence of 27 to 33 years for the former congressman from New Orleans, consistent with Federal sentencing guidelines. Such a long sentence is justified, according to the ...

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3 days ago by brokeharvardgrad

Image by Getty Images via Daylife As you know, I have posted recently about the inequities in the political parties and the laws governing our state of Michigan, but I have also found that the racial disparities and inequities carry over to the national level in ethics investigations: The House ethi ...

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4 days ago by Jack Marshall

Of all the ethically brain-dead comments I have heard from politicians over the years, Steny Hoyer (D-MD ) the House Majority Leader, might take the trophy. In the wake of an unintentional leak of House Ethics Committee records showing that nearly 30 Democrats were under investigation, Hoyer made th ...

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5 days ago by jo

By JOHN BRESNAHAN The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers — more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn’t asked the committee to ...

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5 days ago by allan

William J. Jefferson By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Convicted ex-Congressman William Jefferson may be facing some serious prison time, but that hasn’t stopped him from trying to keep some of his worldly possessions including his and his wife’s wedding rings and a gun, according to the New Orleans ...

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9 days ago by Michelle L. Price

From The Daily Beast: “ 10 Worst Political Scandals” of 2009. Which one’s your favorite?

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10 days ago by gloucesterontheditch

Convicted Chump Change Mayor Ponders Institutional Dry Cleaning as He Prepares for Prison “All this trial did was interrupt my Bible study classes for two weeks,” he said, adding he faces a potential sentence of 805 years. He said if he lived to be 80, he would have to die and “come back 10 more tim ...

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12 days ago by The FCPA Blog

We count at least thirteen people waiting to be sentenced for violating or conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Both offenses carry a prison term of up to five years. And for substantive offenses the fine can be up to $250,000 or twice the gross gain produced by the bribes. Those ...

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