PAGE 8 Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan ■ Tuesday, July 27, 2010 www.yankton.net Black Caucus Chair On Rangel: Don’t Presume Guilt BY LARRY MARGASAK week announced that it was charging ciple of the presumption of innocence.” with the Democrats’ embarrassment People familiar with the allegations Associated Press Writer Rangel with unspecified violations of Rangel is the former chairman of the over the forced resignation of an against Rangel, who cannot be named standards of conduct. The charges will House Ways and Means Committee. He Agriculture Department employee, because the allegations are not yet pub- WASHINGTON — The leader of the be publicly read Thursday at the first stepped down from the post last March Shirley Sherrod. lic, said some of the charges are related Congressional Black Caucus warned fel- proceeding of a separate panel of four after the ethics committee found he The resignation followed a mislead- to: low Democrats on Monday against rush- Democrats and four Republicans. The should have known that corporations ing video posted by a conservative —Rangel’s use of official stationery ing to judgment and pressuring New eight lawmakers will judge whether the paid for two trips to Caribbean confer- blogger, in which Sherrod said she did- to raise money for the Charles B. Rangel York Democrat Charles Rangel to admit allegations can be proved by clear and ences. n’t initially give a white farmer as much Center for Public Service at City College ethical misdeeds. convincing evidence. He has been the congressman repre- help as she could have 24 years ago. of New York. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said mem- Lee said in a written statement: “Any senting Harlem for some 40 years, but President Barack Obama and others in —His use of four rent-subsidized bers of both parties should not pre- rush to judgment to short-circuit the he has opposition in his mid-September the administration have since apolo- apartment units in New York City. sume Rangel’s guilt. However, her mes- ongoing review of Congressman Rangel primary. gized, saying they didn’t realize the —Rangel’s failure to report income sage is aimed at Democrats who may by the Committee on Standards of Several Democrats have returned video took her remarks out of context. as required on his annual financial dis- want Rangel to admit to the allegations Official Conduct will do a disservice to money Rangel raised for them. “Haven’t we learned anything this closure forms. The committee had against him to avoid an election-season the well-established processes of the Democrats are concerned about an week about jumping to conclusions? investigated his failure to report income ethics trial. House of Representatives. Attempts by ethics trial while they are campaigning The railroading of Shirley Sherrod at from the lawmaker’s rental unit at the The strong statement makes it Republicans and Democrats to presume for re-election and while the party faces USDA should be a lesson learned about Punta Cana Yacht Club in the Dominican unlikely that the House Democratic guilt before the Committee on a serious Republican challenge to the hasty judgment and action based on Republic. Rangel also belatedly dis- leadership would act against Rangel and Standards of Official Conduct completes Democratic majority. inadequate, even false, information,” closed hundreds of thousands of dollars risk losing support of the 42-member its review of the facts, which are only On Friday a member of the Black Fattah said. “That lesson must be in investment assets. Black Caucus for legislative initiatives. known to them and Congressman Caucus, Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., com- applied to current case of Congressman —His failure to pay taxes on all his A House investigative panel last Rangel, violates the core American prin- pared a rush to judgment on Rangel Charlie Rangel.” income from the resort unit. Obama Calls Obama: Things Could Be Worse House To Improve Internet BY ERICA WERNER chance at the wheel, too, and history,” said Obama senior On Senate Associated Press Writer haven’t gotten very far. adviser David Axelrod. “This is “From the American public’s about history repeating itself.” Access For Disabled WASHINGTON — President point of view, the people in Will the strategy work in an BY JIM ABRAMS require manufacturers and serv- Barack Obama, who rocketed to charge at this point are the peo- election year roiling with anti- Associated Press Writer ice providers to install particular To Pass the White House promising ple who own the problem,” said incumbent sentiment? That’s not technology, but it does set new “change you can believe in,” is Andrew Kohut, head of the non- yet clear, though it hasn’t WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal standards that the now telling voters they shouldn’t partisan Pew Research Center. appeared to boost Democrats’ House on Monday celebrated the telecommunications industry will Campaign change a thing. Obama’s challenge for the standing much so far. Midterm 20th anniversary of the follow. His message for the fall elec- next four months is to turn that elections typically deal a drub- Americans with Disabilities Act The House took up the meas- tions, which are looking ominous perception around. bing to the president’s party by approving legislation assuring ure immediately after paying trib- for his Democrats, is that So he’s traveled, from Buffalo, anyway, and for Democrats it that the disabled have full access ute to the achievements of the Money Bill Republicans caused the nation’s N.Y., to San Francisco, reminding could mean losing control of the to the Internet and television. Americans with Disabilities Act, economic troubles, but he and voters of the mess he faced House. “The ADA mandated physical the landmark bill ensuring the WASHINGTON (AP) — the Democrats are starting to fix when he took office: a shrinking Republicans say they intend ramps into buildings,” said Rep. disabled equal access to public President Barack Obama is them. So stick with the economy, lost jobs, weak mar- to keep the focus on Obama’s Edward Markey, D-Mass., sponsor places that President George H.W. imploring Republican senators to Democrats and don’t go back to kets, an economic crisis becom- policies, which they cast as of the bill. “Today, individuals Bush signed into law two decades allow a vote on new campaign the GOP. ing international in scope. deficit-busting, big-government with disabilities need online ago. finance disclosure requirements, “This is a choice between the Now, even though unemploy- boondoggles. “Democrats can ramps to the Internet so they can “Fifty million Americans have warning them not to resort to policies that led us into the ment hasn’t dropped to the 8 attempt to spin it any way they get to the Web from wherever taken advantage of the ADA’s political delaying tactics that mess or the policies that are percent level the administration want, but unfortunately for them they happen to be.” promise and have lived richer would block the legislation. leading out of the mess,” Obama once projected, the economy is this election is going to be a ref- The bill, which passed 348-23 lives as a result,” said House erendum on the president and his Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D- Speaking in the Rose Garden said recently in Las Vegas. gradually picking up and adding and now moves to the Senate, Trouble is, it’s a tough sell to jobs, the president says. Putting party’s failed economic policies,” takes such steps as making it eas- Md. on Monday, Obama said that by said Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, Presiding over the debates in standing in the way of the bill, voters who’ve seen little Republicans in power, he con- ier for the blind to access the tends, would reverse the chairman of the National Internet from smart phones, pro- the speaker’s chair was Rep. Republicans would be giving spe- progress. Republican Congressional Unemployment is stuck near momentum. viding deaf people with the ability James Langevin, D-R.I., the first cial interest groups increased But the White House knows it Committee. to watch new TV programs online quadriplegic to serve in the sway in Washington. double digits and polls show But Obama’s pickings were many voters have decided can’t just be about blaming with captions included, and House. It was the first time “Corporate lobbyists will be George W. Bush, though the for- slim when it came to campaign requiring that telecom equipment Langevin, a five-term congress- able to tell members of Obama’s policies are to blame, themes. not his predecessor’s. mer president’s enduring unpop- used to make calls over the man, had served as speaker pro Congress, if they don’t vote the ularity helps Obama’s case. The narrative that worked so Internet be compatible with hear- tempore. Obama often frames the argu- well when Obama was a presiden- right way, they will face an ment by saying that Republicans Obama must try to take it a step ing aids. At the White House, President onslaught of negative ads in their tial candidate offering himself as Barack Obama marked the had their chance to drive, then further and get voters to view a transformational figure who The measure also: next campaign,” Obama said. drove the car into a ditch and Republicans now running for —Gives the blind a fuller TV anniversary by promising to “And all too often, no one will could change Washington is no boost government efforts at shouldn’t get the keys back. But office as little more than exten- longer at his disposal. He can experience through audible actually know who’s behind voters may be concluding that sions of Bush who would descriptions of on-screen action. recruiting, hiring and retaining hardly claim to have delivered on people with physical and mental those ads.” Democrats, who control the advance the ex-president’s same that promise because he hasn’t —Makes cable TV program The bill would impose new White House and both chambers policies. guides and selection menus limitations. He signed an execu- changed Washington, at least not tive order requiring the federal donor and contribution disclo- of Congress, have had their “This isn’t about relitigating much, as he’s acknowledged. accessible to people with vision sure requirements on nearly all loss. personnel agency to develop organizations that air political —Mandates that remote con- model guidelines for hiring peo- ads independently of candidates trols have buttons or similar ple with disabilities. or the political parties. The legis- devices to easily access the Obama also announced that closed captioning on broadcast the Justice Department is pub- lation would require the sponsor lishing stronger rules to prevent of the ad to appear in it and take Langevin Presides Over House and pay TV. discrimination against people responsibility for it. Obama —Provides financial support to help the low-income disabled with disabilities by state and argued that the bill would also BY ANDREW MIGA teen. The Disabilities Act opened 16-year-old Boy Scout cadet local government agencies and reduce foreign influence over buy accessible Internet technolo- Associated Press Writer access to public places and to working with police in Warwick, gy. private businesses. American elections. employment for people with R.I. He was in a locker room The legislation does not “You’d think that making WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim physical and mental handicaps. watching officers examine a gun these reforms would be a matter Langevin, who is paralyzed from Langevin said his temporary they thought was unloaded, of common sense, particularly the chest down, presided over turn wielding the gavel marks an when the weapon accidentally Get Fuzzy, Yankton Area! since they primarily involve just the House for the first time on important step for people with fired. A bullet ricocheted off a making sure that folks who are Monday to commemorate the disabilities and he hopes it metal locker and severed Start recycling financing these ads are dis- 20th anniversary of the inspires others. Langevin’s spinal cord. #1 & #2 plastics, closed, so that the American Americans with Disabilities Act. “What a powerful symbol of The lawmaker recalled lying corrugated cardboard, people can make up their own The Rhode Island Democrat, inclusion and opportunity for in a hospital bed after the shoot- tin and aluminum cans minds,” Obama said. “Nobody is who in 2000 was the first quadri- anyone who wants to serve in ing and wondering what his life and foil, newspaper, saying you can’t run the ads; just plegic elected to the House, used the United States Congress,” he would be like from then on. magazines and slicks. make sure the people know who a newly installed mechanical lift said in a telephone interview “I know the inspiration I took Details can be found at in fact is behind financing the system to gain access to the with the Associated Press on from other people and how www.cityofyankton.org ads.” speaker’s podium in his motor- Monday. Congress has become they overcame their chal- or by calling 668-5211. The House narrowly passed a ized wheelchair. increasingly accessible in the lenges,” said Langevin, a similar bill last month. Senate Langevin, 46, has used a past decade for people with dis- leading advocate in Congress Majority Leader Harry Reid, D- wheelchair since being para- abilities, he added. for people with disabilities. Nev., wants to begin debate on lyzed in a shooting accident as a Langevin was paralyzed as a the bill Tuesday, but he faces Republican delaying tactics. RIVERBOAT DAYS 2010 PARADE ENTRY The Senate bill, proposed by Entries are now being accepted for the 2010 Riverboat Days Parade, to be N R IV E Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., O O N R held on August 21st. The parade starts at 9:30 AM. Advance registration T T B removes from the House bill an K K O n A iia A exemption for transfers between is required. Deadline August 2, 2010. The parade size may be limited. N a It’s not just a body shop, its... 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