Tag Archives: U.S. House of Representatives

I was going to wait until the six-month mark in Gaby Gifford’s rehabilitation to raise this matter again, since that will mark a full 25% of the Congresswoman’s term that she has been unable to serve, but the combination of Weiner’s resignation and the news of Giffords being released from the hospital created too much dissonance for me to ignore. I fully expect that I will be writing some version of this post 18 months hence, after Rep. Giffords’ entire Congressional term has passed without her voting on a bill or answering a constituent’s letter. To quote the singing John Adams in “1776,”: “Is anybody there? Does anybody care?” Continue reading →

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Tagged as "1776", accountability, apologies, Arizona, Arizona 8th Congressional District, brain injuries, compassion, Congress, contrition, cover-ups, credibility, cynicism, Democrats, disability, disgrace, duty to resign, embarrassment, ethics, excuses, exploitation, fairness, honesty, Howard Stern, hypocrisy, incest, integrity, investigation, irresponsibility, John Adams, jokes, judgment, Lanny Davis, Nancy Pelosi, national priorities, New York, Paul Begala, phone sex, polls, rationalizations, recovery period for head injuries, remorse, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Rep.Anthony Weiner, Republicans, resignations, responsibility, scandals, trust, trustworthiness, U.S. House of Representatives, vacancies in elected offices

March 31, 2011

The Giffords Fiasco, Continued: “Gaby Giffords For Senator”

The New York Times reports that Giffords’s aides, backers and supporters are seriously laying the groundwork for Giffords—who currently cannot speak, except in short sentences—to run for retiring Senator Jon Kyl’s seat 2012. And I thought keeping her in the House was outrageous…. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Arizona, brain injuries, compassion, Congress, cynicism, Democrats, disability, duty to resign, El Cid, elections, ethics, exploitation, irresponsibility, national priorities, recovery period for head injuries, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Republicans, responsibility, Se. Jon Kyl, synpathy, U.S. House of Representatives, vacancies in elected offices

March 13, 2011

NOW Is It “Too Soon”? Rep. Giffords Needs To Resign

It is irresponsible to allow Congress to operate at less than full strength because of compassion and sympathy for Rep. Gaby Giffords. Nobody is more important than the country. Giffords should resign. She should have resigned in January, when I first raised the issue. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Arizona, brain injuries, compassion, Congress, Democrats, disability, duty to resign, ethics, national priorities, recovery period for head injuries, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Republicans, responsibility, synpathy, U.S. House of Representatives, vacancies in elected offices

January 17, 2011

Unavoidable Ethics: Giffords Needs To Resign

The media shouldn’t be sounding alarms about a state statute that would force Giffords to vacate her seat because of disability. The media, and the rest of us, should be concerned about governing the country with a missing representative from Arizona. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Arizona, Congress, disability, duty to resign, national priorities, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, responsibility, U.S. House of Representatives, vacancies in elected offices

December 27, 2010

Campaign Contributions During Key Votes: Call It Bribery

It isn’t just earmarks our patriotic representatives on Capitol Hill are auctioning off, but the laws themselves. Continue reading →

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Tagged as accountability, breach of trust, bribery, Congress, corruption, cynicism, dishonesty, earmarks, ethics, House Ethics Committee, influence peddling, lies, lobbying, PMA Group, quid pro quo, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, Sen. Max Baucus, U.S. House of Representatives, United States Senate

December 3, 2010

The Depressing Rangel Censure: Unethical Culture on Display

It takes quite a bit of doing for the public punishment of a revered figure for unethical conduct to make an institution appear more unethical itself, but the U.S. House of Representatives was up to the challenge yesterday. Continue reading →

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Tagged as "everybody does it", accountability, betrayal, censure, character, civil rights movement, contempt, corruption, ethics, excuses, ingratitude, mercy, military service, rationalizations, Rep. Bobby Scott, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Peter King. Rep. John Tanner, spin, tax evasion, U.S. House of Representatives

November 18, 2010

Rangel’s Mercy Plea Theory: The Ethics Savings Account

Rangel is as accountable for corruption as any freshman member, and his misconduct is more damaging because of his prominence, not less. A career of accumulated good deeds and admirable works can be fairly used to create trust, but must never be used to excuse the abuse of it. Continue reading →

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Tagged as accountability, betrayal, character, civil rights movement, corruption, ethics, excuses, ingratitude, mercy, military service, rationalizations, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. John Lewis, tax evasion, U.S. House of Representatives

Tag Archives: U.S. House of Representatives

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Return to a Sore Subject

The Giffords Fiasco, Continued: “Gaby Giffords For Senator”

NOW Is It “Too Soon”? Rep. Giffords Needs To Resign

Unavoidable Ethics: Giffords Needs To Resign

Campaign Contributions During Key Votes: Call It Bribery

The Depressing Rangel Censure: Unethical Culture on Display

Rangel’s Mercy Plea Theory: The Ethics Savings Account

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