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kattsmeow
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi paid her husband's real estate and investment firm nearly $100,000 from her political action committee over the past decade, a practice that she voted to ban last year and that her party condemned as part of the "culture of corruption" when Republicans did it.
The Washington Times is reporting that the California Democrat's husband, Paul F. Pelosi, owns Financial Leasing Services Inc., which has received $99,000 in rent, utilities and accounting fees from the speaker's "PAC to the Future" over the PAC's nine-year history.
Last year, Pelosi supported a bill that would have banned members of Congress from putting spouses on their campaign staffs. The bill banned not only direct payments by congressional campaign committees and PACs to spouses for services including consulting and furndraising, but also "indirect compensation," such as payments to companies that employ spouses.
The bill passed the House in a voice vote but died in a Senate committee.
Last week, Pelosi's office defended the payments, saying they were legal because she is compensating her husband at fair market value for the work his firm has performed for the PAC.
Ethical watchdogs called Pelosi's arrangement "problematic."
Ah yes,,,,,how sweet it is!!!
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| Oct 1 @ 12:45 PM |
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Loreli
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but Republicans aren't innocent either
EXCLUSIVE:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has directed nearly $100,000 from her political action committee to her husband's real estate and investment firm over the past decade, a practice of paying a spouse with political donations that she supported banning last year.
Financial Leasing Services Inc. (FLS), owned by Paul F. Pelosi, has received $99,000 in rent, utilities and accounting fees from the speaker's "PAC to the Future" over the PAC's nine-year history.
The payments have quadrupled since Mr. Pelosi took over as treasurer of his wife's committee in 2007, Federal Election Commission records show. FLS is on track to take in $48,000 in payments this year alone - eight times as much as it received annually from 2000 to 2005, when the committee was run by another treasurer.
Lawmakers' frequent use of campaign donations to pay relatives emerged as an issue in the 2006 election campaigns, when the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal gave Democrats fodder to criticize Republicans such as former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas and Rep. John T. Doolittle of California for putting their wives on their campaign and PAC payrolls for fundraising work
Wrong is wrong....but they're all doing it... 
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| Oct 1 @ 1:11 PM |
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redhairNfreckles
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....and that's why I don't do "campaign" donations.....
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| Oct 1 @ 1:15 PM |
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Gman762
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DeLay and Doolittle are real old news.
Funny that the lower class would somehow prefer to make excuses for the one person that should be the example-setter...the person that whined at the top of her lungs about the "party of bad guys" and then the bitch gets caught herself 
Pelutsky should resign... 
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| Oct 1 @ 1:16 PM |
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vinnytmd
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good - no we can get rid of Pelosi and Rangel all at once. What a schmuck.
Loreli - two wrongs make a right?
When the Botox Queen was made Speaker she promised to "Clean up" DC.
Time for this moron to go.
Maybe she can be a cell buddy with Charlie (I don't pay Taxes you do) Rangel.
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| Oct 1 @ 1:40 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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legal is legal.. and so..your problem with this is???
remember that....
Last year, Pelosi supported a bill that would have banned members of Congress from putting spouses on their campaign staffs. The bill banned not only direct payments by congressional campaign committees and PACs to spouses for services including consulting and furndraising, but also "indirect compensation," such as payments to companies that employ spouses.
The bill passed the House in a voice vote but died in a Senate committee.
Last week, Pelosi's office defended the payments, saying they were legal because she is compensating her husband at fair market value for the work his firm has performed for the PAC.
Ethical watchdogs called Pelosi's arrangement "problematic."
taken out of context to allude to it meaning more than what it is...
define problematic in this circumstance...
to me it just means that there is no rubber stamping of the payment.. that it required closer scrutiny...
bottom line is.. I have no problem with her actions as presented here...again.. she is following the law..and is not hiding behind doublespeak... 
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| Oct 1 @ 2:08 PM |
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Loreli
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Thank you for adding that Gallow. 
The point I was making is WRONG should be taken care of, whatever party.
My reference was within the last 2 years. 
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| Oct 1 @ 2:19 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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I agree Lori..that it seems to be a bad practice... and I would go as far as to say that it seems just wrong to allow this practice to happen... but to single out Pelosi as a bad apple because of it... is even worse... 
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| Oct 1 @ 2:33 PM |
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Gman762
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but to single out Pelosi as a bad apple because of it
Don't be a complete maroon for once...she's f-ing guilty and she deserves her fate.
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| Oct 1 @ 2:50 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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why do you feel the need to imitate Iam ?? he is a loser...always was..always will be...
edited...
a worthless post (er) with no redeeming qualities...
vvvvvvv just ban him vvvvvvvvv
[Edited on 10/1/2008 3:07 PM]
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| Oct 1 @ 2:51 PM |
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Gman762
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Like Pelutsky you mean?
She's a scabby old lyin' Botox whore...
[Edited on 10/1/2008 3:08 PM]
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| Oct 1 @ 3:07 PM |
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kattsmeow
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The point I was making is WRONG should be taken care of, whatever party.
I agree, this though was in the news today and I didn't realize it was a common thing people did. Guess my head has been in the sand..
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| Oct 1 @ 3:18 PM |
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vinnytmd
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No katt your head is not in the sand. Apparently our Democrat apologists did not read the article.
What Pelosi did was set up a PAC - and paid he husband. It was NOT from campaign contributions.
Last year, Mrs. Pelosi supported a bill that would have banned members of Congress from putting spouses on their campaign staffs. The bill - which passed the House in a voice vote but did not get out of a Senate committee - banned not only direct payments by congressional campaign committees and PACs to spouses for services including consulting and fundraising, but also "indirect compensation," such as payments to companies that employ spouses.
"Democrats are committed to reforming the way Washington does business," Mrs. Pelosi said in a press release at the time. "Congressman [Adam] Schiff's bill will help us accomplish that goal by increasing transparency in election campaigns and preventing the misuse of funds."
"It's problematic," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a nonprofit ethics and watchdog group. "From what I understand, Mr. Pelosi doesn't need the money, but this isn't the issue. ... As speaker of the House, it sends the wrong message. She shouldn't be putting family members on the payroll."
A senior adviser to Mrs. Pelosi described the payments to FLS as "business expenses."
Pelosi - GONE
Rangel - GONE
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| Oct 1 @ 3:22 PM |
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Gman762
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When the GOP did it, the Dems hung them out to dry. The one that screamed loudest was Pelutsky herself.
Now that a Dem does it, the Dems say..."oh, well the GOP did it too".
So, now it is somehow OK??
Un-fookin'-believable the depths that the Dem party will slither to... 
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| Oct 1 @ 3:29 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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Now that a Dem does it, the Dems say..."oh, well the GOP did it too".
I sincerely hope that no reader here is stupid enough to fall for your attempt to discredit other posters...
no one said this..
Now that a Dem does it, the Dems say..."oh, well the GOP did it too".
what was said was that she tried to fix it.. but ...it died in commitee on the senate side.. so therefore ...she is not obligated to "just say no" to a perfectly legal (but imho possibly...morally wrong - if done for the wrong reasons) ......practice .......
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| Oct 1 @ 3:30 PM |
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vinnytmd
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Rangel is chair of Ways and Means - Doesn't pay taxes - free Apartments - No Problem
William (Refrigerator) Jefferson is under indictment - NO PROBLEM
Now Nancy BOTOX Pelosi is cheating - NO PROBLEM
Change we can believe in!
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| Oct 1 @ 3:32 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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Now Nancy BOTOX Pelosi is cheating - NO PROBLEM
prove it.... ( the rest of your post is off topic....  )
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| Oct 1 @ 3:48 PM |
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vinnytmd
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GH - you wouldn't know a topic if it crawled up your hind end.
Just like Rangel - the Republicans have a target on Pelosi's back right now. Her ignorant incoherent little tirade on Monday sealed her fate. We will not let up until the little moron is gone.
She is dead meat.
You will see more in the next 4 weeks.
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| Oct 1 @ 3:52 PM |
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Angel54214
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Isn't her time up as house speaker in January?
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| Oct 1 @ 3:59 PM |
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Gallows_Humor
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Just like Rangel - the Republicans have a target on Pelosi's back right now. Her ignorant incoherent little tirade on Monday sealed her fate. We will not let up until the little moron is gone.
She is dead meat.
You will see more in the next 4 weeks.
so since your party.. lost the presidential race (imho... as soon as McCain picked pailin - it was over...)
... you now want to pick on Pelosi again??.....  it does look like you just might win this battle by default....
( does her term expire in Jan. ???
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