A Republican Congressman is given credit for initiating a move in the House to investigate claims of Nancy Pelosi that the CIA misled her on enhanced interrogation techniques during briefings in 2002. The Democrats in the House can be given credit for defeating the measure in order to protect Pelosi from the truth. Other accounts in the news suggest the GOP is not done chasing this illusive disclosure. But what demonstrates the real nonsense surrounding the missteps by the first woman Speaker of the House in United States history is her own words as immortalized in many press releases from her time as the leading House Democrat.
Below the news stories presented here are press releases from Nancy Pelosi touting her manufactured concern about ethics. She pounded the idea of a New Direction for America she claimed was the mandate from the public after Dems defeated the GOP in midterm elections in 2006. Among the never ending diatribe from this Speaker of the House was a constant reminder that Washington would be transparent, there was an end to a culture of corruption and that liberals had passed the strongest ethics legislation in a generation. Why Rep Rob Bishop needed to introduce a measure to investigate Pelosi when there is a mechanism for this within Congress seems to indicate what one might expect. Pelosi was talkin’ stupid since the beginning and only now do her words place her in serious jeopardy. But the outcome in Congress reported here only demonstrates that Dems will talk ethics but not conduct themselves in an ethical manner.
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Boston Globe -
House Democrats today rebuffed the latest bid by Republicans to pummel Speaker Nancy Pelosi over what she knew about waterboarding and her accusations that the CIA misled her. The House voted 252-172 to block a GOP measure that would have created a …
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican push to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claims that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whether waterboarding had been used against terrorism suspects. The House voted 252-172 to …
CQPolitics.com - ?27 minutes ago?
By Bennett Roth and Alan K. Ota, CQ Staff The House rejected a Republican resolution to investigate Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’s assertions that the CIA misled her during a 2002 classified briefing on interrogation techniques. The debate over the resolution …
Deseret News -
By Lee Davidson Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, unsuccessfully attempted Thursday to convince the House to order an investigation into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s claims that the CIA lied to her about whether it used torture. He introduced a resolution …
FOXNews -
by Mosheh Oinounou House Republicans will continue to push for an investigation into Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s intelligence briefings despite failing Thursday to muster the necessary support for the effort. “I would expect to see more resolutions like …
The Pelosi Papers……
For Immediate Release
09/14/2007
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement this afternoon after President Bush signed into law the Honest Leadership, Open Government Act of 2007:
“Last November, the American people spoke clearly for change in the way business is done in Washington. And with the toughest lobbying and ethics reform in a generation signed into law today, we have delivered that change.
“The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 meets Americans’ demand for high ethical standards, transparency, disclosure, and accountability.
“Among many stringent provisions, it requires unprecedented levels of disclosure on the interactions between lobbyists and legislators; it bans gifts from lobbyists and limits privately-funded travel; it ends the pay-to-play scheme known as the ‘K Street Project’; and it closes the revolving door between Congress and lobbyists.
“Honest leadership is not a partisan goal. It is the key to putting the interests of all Americans ahead of the special interests.”
For Immediate Release
01/31/2007
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Minority Leader John Boehner announced today a special task force on ethics enforcement. The task force will report to the House by May 1 to consider whether the House should create an outside enforcement entity, based on examples in state legislatures and private entities.
“In the first days of 110th Congress, a bipartisan majority passed landmark reforms to restore accountability, honesty, and openness to the House of Representatives,” Pelosi said. “We broke the link between lobbyist and legislators and set our country back on a path to fiscal discipline. These strong rules are significant steps toward honest leadership; enforcing these rules is critical to ensuring every Member of Congress lives up to the highest ethical standard.”
The Members of the task force are:
* Congressman Michael Capuano (D-MA), Chairman
* Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX)
* Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI)
* Congressman Dave Hobson (R-OH)
* Congressman Marty Meehan (D-MA)
* Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA)
* Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-KS)
* Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN)
For Immediate Release
01/05/2007
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the passage of Congressional ethics reform and pay-as-you-go budget rules.
“House Democrats got straight to work this week by passing the toughest Congressional ethics reform in history. We have broken the link between lobbyists and legislation: banning gifts and travel from lobbyists and organizations that retain or employ them, banning travel on corporate jets, shutting down the K Street project, subjecting all earmarks to the full light of day, and reinstating the strict rules of pay-as-you-go budgeting.
“But these reforms are just our first steps. In the coming months, we will propose legislation to close the revolving door between government officials and lobbying firms and shine a light on lobbyists’ efforts to influence legislation. We will also require a bipartisan task force to report out recommendations on the creation of an outside entity to uphold the highest ethical standards here in the House.
“Honest leadership is not just a partisan goal. It is the key to putting the interests of all Americans ahead of the special interests. It is what the American people sent us here to do, and House Democrats are proud to have taken serious and substantive steps to ensure Congress governs with the highest ethical steps.”
For Immediate Release
11/27/2006
“Democrats will pursue an aggressive legislative agenda during the first days of the new Congress that serves the public interest rather than the special interests. An integral part of restoring integrity to Congress is ensuring that legislative decisions are made for the common good. The People’s House should not be an auction house, with legislation being sold to the highest bidder. For that reason, the first order of business will be ethics reform.
“The American people have continued to pay the price for the Republican culture of corruption – through a complex prescription drug bill that explicitly prohibits the government from negotiating lower prices due to intense lobbying from the pharmaceutical industry and billions of dollars in giveaways for large oil companies that were already raking in record profits.
“The Democratic ethics package will break the link between lobbyists and legislation, where well-connected special interests write legislation that cost consumers more at the pharmacy and gas pump.
“The American people want greater integrity in Washington, and Democrats pledge to make this the most honest, ethical and open Congress in history.”
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May 24th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
she is a horror…thats about all I have to share!
Blessed Memorial day my friend!:)