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March 11th, 2010
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But now, Republicans - looking for any opening to regain control of the House - are portraying newly resigned first-termer Eric Massa and veteran Charles Rangel as dual symbols of Democratic ethical misconduct.
Theres no connection between Rangels violation of House gift rules - as reported by the House ethics committee - and the ethics panels [...]
March 10th, 2010
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Its the latest claim in a changing stream of explanations that have propelled him from a relatively obscure Democratic lawmaker to darling of conservative talk show hosts.
But his explanation leaves out a key fact: The decision and timing of his resignation were Massas alone.
Massa could have stayed in Congress and cast votes on health care [...]
March 10th, 2010
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Pelosi, interviewed on “Charlie Rose,” which airs on PBS and Bloomberg Television, said that Massa, 50, first called her to say that he wasnt going to seek re-election because of a recurrence of cancer. Massa, who represented an Upstate New York congressional district, changed course and resigned on March 8, citing an ongoing House ethics [...]
March 10th, 2010
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The campaign will last about 10 days and cost between $4 million and $10 million, said Bruce Josten, the top lobbyist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which is helping lead the effort. The ads will start on national cable television and run in 17 states, Josten told reporters on a conference call. [...]
March 8th, 2010
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If youre PressSec - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs username on Twitter - you join the powerful social media platform and push your message across the Internet, 140 characters at a time.
Blending behind-the-scenes nuggets with a defense of President Barack Obamas record, White House and administration officials increasingly are communicating through Twitter.
The popular social [...]
March 6th, 2010
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“I am guilty,” Massa said in an interview with a Corning, N.Y., newspaper columnist.
Later in the day, Massa released a statement saying that after discovering he had a recurrence of cancer, he learned he was the subject of an ethics complaint by a male staffer who felt “uncomfortable” during an exchange with Massa. The exchange [...]
March 4th, 2010
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Representative Shelley Berkley of Nevada said Stark, of California, is weighing whether he wanted to permanently relinquish his position as head of the panels health subcommittee to assume the chairmanship on what may be a temporary basis. Rangel described his departure from the post as a “leave of absence,” pending findings by the House ethics [...]
March 3rd, 2010
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Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, will face lawmakers a day after Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia called for a two-year delay on greenhouse-gas regulations and top House Republicans demanded they be stopped altogether.
“The last thing we [...]
February 27th, 2010
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama issued a statement Friday thanking their longtime friend from their days together in Chicago for the “terrific job shes done” organizing more than 330 events in little more than a year in the post.
They indicated no reason for the departure, effective sometime next month after a transition [...]
February 27th, 2010
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Obama said as a candidate that he believed the killings were genocide. A congressional resolution to that effect could alienate Turkey, a NATO ally and traditional friend of the United States that is crucial to U.S. foreign policy goals.
Past U.S. administrations have defeated similar resolutions through public cajoling about U.S. national security interests and behind-the-scenes [...]