WASHINGTON — Embattled Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel was meeting with the head of the House ethics committee and other top Democrats amid rumors he may try to work out a deal rather than face a full vetting of the charges he is now facing.
A settlement would mean Rangel must admit he committed some ethical misconduct.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday that “everyone would like for the Rangle issue to go away” and that the ethics process with Rangel is not a pleasant one.
Ethics committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren has been preparing to launch a rare, public ethics inquiry on Thursday into alleged misdeeds by the New York Democrat.
Lofgren will chair an “adjudicatory subcommittee” that will present its case against Rangel. An investigative panel reported last week that it had found ethics violations by Rangel.
For nearly two years, the ethics committee has probed Rangel on a host of issues, ranging from tax evasion to improper use of Congressional stationery to raise money for a school of public affairs in the Congressman’s name at City College of New York.
It was recently reported that Afghanistan solders are starting to fray after multiple tours of duty and not being allowed discharge on time. Like Vietnam, Americans are getting sick of a war that is going nowhere. Recruiting offices are not getting the influx they would like.
Since it is an undeclared “war,” it is a misuse of the armed forces and almost certainly unconstitutional.
Section 102 of the bill defines such service as:
(1) as a member of an active or reserve component of the uniformed services; or
(2) in a civilian capacity that, as determined by the President, promotes the national defense, including national or community service and service related to homeland security.
Section 103(d) allows:
(2) CIVILIAN SERVICE- Persons described in section 102(a) who do not volunteer to perform military service or are not inducted for military service shall perform their national service obligation in a civilian capacity pursuant to section 102(b)(2).
Basically the bill is an “indentured servant” bill. A kind way of saying slavery. It will, undoubtedly, require another bureaucracy to administer, but it should be simple since the health care legislation requires registration of all Americans except Congress and their staff.
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