House Speaker Nancy (San Fran Nan) Pelosi is standing by her efforts to "drain the swamp" of corruption in the House as one of her Tammany hangers-on awaits word of ethics charges.
When Republicans controlled the House in 2006, Pelosi argued that Democrats should be in charge so that she could root out corruption. Asked whether New York Rep. Charlie (Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers!) Rangel's ethics problem indicate she did not succeed, Pelosi told reporters Thursday that she was referring to reforms she has since put in place to make the ethics process more independent and effective.
| When the process catches her, then we'll know it works. |
| I'd settle for them catching anyone ... |
Rangel, who has represented Harlem since the upper Paleolithic, is steeling himself for the tax and disclosure charges against him to be made public for the first time Thursday. |