While the commentariat is gripped by discussion of whether Gov. Sarah Palin should have cut personal travel expenses only by 68 percent compared with her predecessor as Alaska’s chief executive, or by some higher amount, maybe it’s worth pausing a moment to note that the dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the most powerful figure in Congress in charge of tax legislation! — has just been caught not paying his taxes.
Republican leaders on Tuesday called for a powerful Democrat to step down as chairman of an influential tax-writing committee until ethics charges against him could be resolved.
For a party that is so heavily vested in ending the Republican culture of corruption the Democrats are off to a really bad start.
Republican leaders on Tuesday called for a powerful Democrat to step down as chairman of an influential tax-writing committee until ethics charges against him could be resolved.
For a party that is so heavily vested in ending the Republican culture of corruption the Democrats are off to a really bad start.
