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发帖数: 61690 | 1 (CNN) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fired back Sunday at a CBS News'
"60 Minutes" report that highlighted several instances of what it suggested
could be "soft corruption."
The show looked at the investments of various lawmakers -- including Pelosi,
House Speaker John Boehner and Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama --
who reportedly bought stocks around the same time legislation involving
those investments was being discussed.
Pelosi and her husband participated in an initial public offering of Visa in
2008, according to CBS. They bought 5,000 shares at the initial price of $
44; two days later, shares were trading at $64, CBS said.
The network reported the investment came at the same time a piece of
legislation that was opposed by credit-card companies was making its way
through the House.
"Congress has never done more for consumers nor has the Congress passed more
critical reforms of the credit card industry than under the Speakership of
Nancy Pelosi," Pelosi spokesman, Drew Hammill, said in a statement soon
after the report aired Sunday night.
"It is very troubling that 60 Minutes would base their reporting off of an
already-discredited conservative author who has made a career of out
attacking Democrats," he added.
CBS said it used as a starting point for its story the research of Peter
Schweizer, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank at
Stanford University.
About a year ago, he began work on a book about "soft corruption" in
Washington, CBS reported. The network said it had independently verified the
material it used.
Pelosi's spokesman criticized the CBS story for failing to note that the "
legislation in question was reported out of the Judiciary Committee on
October 3, 2008 -- the day the House was consumed in passing TARP and also
the last day the House was in session before the November election."
It also failed to note that in September 2008, the House passed the Credit
Cardholders' Bill of Rights, Hammill said.
"In the next Congress, the House and Senate passed and President Obama
signed the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights and the Dodd-Frank legislation
, which included a stronger, more direct approach to addressing swipe fees,"
the spokesman said.
In addition to Pelosi, the CBS report took a look at the investments of of
Bachus and Boehner.
In mid-September 2008, Bachus, then a ranking member on the House Committee
on Financial Services, met with then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson,
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and lawmakers about the imminent
collapse of the global economy, CBS reported.
At the same time, Bachus bought options funds, betting markets would go down
, CBS said. He also traded General Electric stock, and roughly a third of GE
's business is in financial services, CBS reported.
Bachus declined to talk to CBS, but his office provided a statement that
said the representative never trades on non-public information, or financial
services stock.
Meanwhile, Boehner, who in 2009 was the House Minority leader, bought health
-insurance stocks during the health care debate, all of which increased in
value after the so-called public option was killed, CBS reported. Boehner
was very much against the public option.
He also declined to be interviewed, but spoke to CBS' Steve Kroft at a press
conference.
"I have not made any decisions on day-to-day trading activities in my
account -- and haven't for years. I don't -- I do not do it, haven't done it
and wouldn't do it," he said.
A senior House GOP aide told CNN that Boehner's financial adviser bought a
range of blue chip stocks around the same time -- not just health care
stocks -- after he closed out the retirement account from his small business.
"The idea that the Republican leader in the House opposed the public option
-- policy favored by the left of the left -- for personal profit is, frankly
, stupid," said the aide. | w********t
发帖数: 12853 | 2 美国政客不是雷锋，而是和中国官员一样的潜在蛀虫。这个不是秘密，请问中国 CCTV
什么时候敢于出一个 60 分钟焦点访谈，以中国 Pelosi 那样地位的中央首长作为批评
或者怀疑对象？
我本人觉得 CBS 的指控很靠谱， Perosi 等人做法有 insider trading 嫌疑。
News'
suggested
Pelosi,
【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】
: (CNN) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fired back Sunday at a CBS News'
: "60 Minutes" report that highlighted several instances of what it suggested
: could be "soft corruption."
: The show looked at the investments of various lawmakers -- including Pelosi,
: House Speaker John Boehner and Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama --
: who reportedly bought stocks around the same time legislation involving
: those investments was being discussed.
: Pelosi and her husband participated in an initial public offering of Visa in
: 2008, according to CBS. They bought 5,000 shares at the initial price of $
: 44; two days later, shares were trading at $64, CBS said.
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发帖数: 4378 | | H*********S
发帖数: 22772 | 4 差距还是有的，中国有相当数量的贪官污吏被处决，美国，或其它所谓“成熟民主体制
”国家，大不了鞠躬下台让民主胜利就可以罪恶清零。
中国被处决的最高官员是人大副委员长成克杰，“党和国家领导人”级别。
我一直认为美国该借鉴中国的中纪委。
CCTV
【在 w********t 的大作中提到】
: 美国政客不是雷锋，而是和中国官员一样的潜在蛀虫。这个不是秘密，请问中国 CCTV
: 什么时候敢于出一个 60 分钟焦点访谈，以中国 Pelosi 那样地位的中央首长作为批评
: 或者怀疑对象？
: 我本人觉得 CBS 的指控很靠谱， Perosi 等人做法有 insider trading 嫌疑。
:
: News'
: suggested
: Pelosi,
| l*******g
发帖数: 28502 | 5 中国首长是真的大佬，美国议长就是一个经理级的打工仔而已。
CCTV
【在 w********t 的大作中提到】
: 美国政客不是雷锋，而是和中国官员一样的潜在蛀虫。这个不是秘密，请问中国 CCTV
: 什么时候敢于出一个 60 分钟焦点访谈，以中国 Pelosi 那样地位的中央首长作为批评
: 或者怀疑对象？
: 我本人觉得 CBS 的指控很靠谱， Perosi 等人做法有 insider trading 嫌疑。
:
: News'
: suggested
: Pelosi,
| m********c
发帖数: 13337 | 6 法治国家，人人在法律下生活。
只要没有触犯法律，就可以。
【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】
: (CNN) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fired back Sunday at a CBS News'
: "60 Minutes" report that highlighted several instances of what it suggested
: could be "soft corruption."
: The show looked at the investments of various lawmakers -- including Pelosi,
: House Speaker John Boehner and Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama --
: who reportedly bought stocks around the same time legislation involving
: those investments was being discussed.
: Pelosi and her husband participated in an initial public offering of Visa in
: 2008, according to CBS. They bought 5,000 shares at the initial price of $
: 44; two days later, shares were trading at $64, CBS said.
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