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keroro gunsou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Fri Oct-30-09 12:25 AM
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California Rep. Waters is under investigation
Source: AP by way of Yahoo

WASHINGTON – The House ethics committee said Thursday it's investigating whether California Rep. Maxine Waters used her influence to help a bank in which her husband owned stock — and whether the couple benefited as a result.

Waters is the No. 3 Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee and chairwoman of its subcommittee on housing. She has been an influential voice in the committee's work to overhaul financial regulations.

Waters came under scrutiny after former Treasury Department officials said she helped arrange a meeting between regulators and executives at OneUnited Bank last year without mentioning her husband's financial ties to the institution.

Her husband, Sidney Williams, holds at least $250,000 in its stock. He previously served on the bank's board. Waters' spokesman, Michael Levin, said Williams was no longer on the board when the meeting was arranged.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_go_co/us_wate...
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   This is why most leave richer than when they started. nt  WriteDown   Oct-30-09 12:26 AM   #1 
   Former officials, are whom?  rwheeler31   Oct-30-09 12:38 AM   #2 
   probably all Bush appointees ...  zbdent   Oct-30-09 07:20 AM   #9 
   I say before Waters gets investigated Cheney and Haliburton no bid contracts should be investigated.  Xicano   Oct-30-09 12:46 AM   #3 
   investigations  maglatinavi   Oct-30-09 01:05 AM   #4 
   suspicious timing imho (nt)  comtec   Oct-30-09 03:06 AM   #5 
   I LOVE Maxine but  Le Taz Hot   Oct-30-09 05:05 AM   #6 
   And it's not likely that any kind of influence could do much for a bank  Demeter   Oct-30-09 05:58 AM   #8 
   I wish Maxine the best.  Vidar   Oct-30-09 05:48 AM   #7 
 
WriteDown (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 12:26 AM
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1. This is why most leave richer than when they started. nt
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rwheeler31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 12:38 AM
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2. Former officials, are whom?
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 07:20 AM
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9. probably all Bush appointees ...
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Xicano Donating Member (817 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 12:46 AM
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3. I say before Waters gets investigated Cheney and Haliburton no bid contracts should be investigated.
I am not giving Waters a pass, I am just saying...
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maglatinavi (445 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 01:05 AM
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4. investigations
So, what else is new??? :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :eyes: :eyes:
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comtec Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 03:06 AM
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5. suspicious timing imho (nt)
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Le Taz Hot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 05:05 AM
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6. I LOVE Maxine but
her shady activities have been going on for years. Everybody pretty much knows about it and accepts it. I agree with the poster above, could we FIRST investigate Cheney, *, Rumsfeld and all the other corrupt sons o bitches that got us into an illegal war (which Maxine voted AGAINST) and raped the country of the treasury? As far as I know her stuff never got anyone killed or depleted their life savings.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri Oct-30-09 05:58 AM
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8. And it's not likely that any kind of influence could do much for a bank
under the chaos of what passes for high finance in this country. Unless you are Goldman Sachs, that is.
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7. I wish Maxine the best.
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