Rep. Maxine Waters: *many* Congressman as bad as Charlie Rangel.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 7th at 08:47 PM  | 

Do tell. “Many members” of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose sources of income and pay taxes on some properties, saying that many lawmakers suffer from innocent lapses in judgment when filing mandatory financial disclosure forms. “I | Read More »

Rep. Maxine Waters (D): Let’s primary Blue Dogs.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 29th at 08:05 AM  | 

This throwaway line in a Hill article (“Dem healthcare infighting intensifies”): And on Tuesday it prompted Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) to hint that more liberal members of the party should consider challenging centrist Blue Dogs in next year’s primaries. …eventually led me to this (via The Patriot Room: he also has a related video there) article about what has to be one of the more, | Read More »

Maxine Waters (D-CA) Insists on a Monument to Herself

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  June 15th at 04:03 PM  | 

An incredibly arrogant, venal and stupid move from an incredibly arrogant, venal, and stupid Member of Congress: A plan by House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) to ban “monuments to me” in this year’s appropriations bills has been sharply criticized behind closed doors by a senior Democrat who wants to direct $1 million to an employment center in her district bearing her name. Rep. Maxine | Read More »

Tim Geithner Gets The Full Maxine Waters Experience

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  March 24th at 04:08 PM  | 

Most of us have had the experience at one point or another in our lives of getting stuck in a conversation with someone who is irrational and full of conspiracy theories. If you are particularly unfortunate, that person is a member of your family, your boss, a judge, or otherwise someone you can’t afford to just blow off. But pity poor Tim Geithner as it | Read More »