Friday, December 16, 2005

News to watch next week: Cong. Schakowsky's husband to be sentenced by federal judge on Wednesday

Not that I forgot about this event, but I posted on Illinoiz, a blog I contribute to, alerted me to next week's sentencing date, Dec. 21, for Robert Creamer, who pleaded guilty this summer to charges largely involving kiting checks while heading the goo-goo organization Illinois Public Action Council.

Although she has not been implicated in any crimes, it's curious that Jan was serving on the board of directors of this self-appointed consumer watchdog group while her husband was shepherding the financial improprities at IPAC.

This August 31 USA Today article has more details on Creamers transgressions.

Congresswoman Schakowsky, a quite-liberal Democrat from Evanston, IL, is politicking the Dem politicos in the House--in spite of this impending bad news--with the goal of her becoming the vice chair of the House Democratic caucus, which would make Jan the fourth-ranking member of the House Democratic leadership. This write-up from The Hill explains it all. Two northeasterners, Joe Crowley of New York and Ruben Hinojosa of Connecticut, are also candidates for that position. As far as I know, they don't have spouses awaiting sentencing.


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