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So the Standards and Privileges Committee suggested (suggested!) ...
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Yes, and the House voted to uphold the suggestion. That's the way it works, apparently.
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... you think he's been punished?! ...
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As I've been saying all along, if the S&P Committee spent more time on tightening the rules (and making them more explicit), there would be no need for this "after the fact" punishment.
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...If I'd misused my employer's money like that, I think I might have been treated rather differently. ..
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Well, it all depends on your employer's written rules, doesn't it!
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...And allowing him to stay on until the next election, claiming salary and expenses, is more like a pat on the back. ...
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He still has a job to do, and he does it well, from what I've heard.
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...There are more important things going on in politics, so I think we should move on, but please don't try to play down what he did. ....
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I don't mean to play it down, but I do think this the checks and balances have been applied. Why should this man be punished further because the media chose to make a story about it?