December 30th, 2006 11:28 pm
John Conyers (D-Mich.) “accepted responsibility” for breaking House Ethics rules (and possibly some laws) for requiring “his official staffers to work on campaigns, babysit his children, and run personal errands.”
So what does the House Ethics Committee do to punish him? They quietly released a public statement, perfectly timed to minimize coverage in the press, that simply says Conyers ought to refrain from breaking ethics rules and laws in the future.
That’s not even a slap on the wrist. And this for the man who will soon be Chairman of the House Committee that has jurisdiction over the civil and criminal justice system.
And how about incoming House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi who promised to drain the swamp of corruption in Congress?
A spokesman for Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Conyers will remain chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
Of course he will.
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Comment by twgibson — 9:40 pm
Funny how we were treated to every single one of Mark Foley’s emails and IM’s. Foley, a relatively unimportant Congressman. Yet barely a peep do we get about misuse of office from a man slated to become chairman of one of the House’s most important Committees (Judiciary).
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) was all over Foley. Have they said anything about Conyers?
http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/index.php
Nope! Wonder why? Oh, I know… because the Melanie Sloan, the Exec. Director of CREW worked for Conyers!
Like Dem Presidential hopeful John Edwards, I’ve always said there are two Americas. There are the rules that are applied to Republicans with the entire force of every letter and intention of the law, then there are Democrats who simply flout the rules and when caught, if at all, make a few apologies and attempt to “move on.”
Speaking of moving on… Have we found out who in Conyers office it was that stole 6o turkeys from a Detroit food bank destined for the poor to give out instead to Conyer’s political supporters in 2004?
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/003475.php
Again, we know more about the emails of an unimportant EX-Congressman, than we do about the misuse of office and stealing from the poor by a Democrat!
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