Things you can do on Thursday – but not on Monday

Four days after U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, announced his resignation from Congress, his Republican colleague, Paul Broun of Athens, offered up this suggestion in a press release:

In light of recent allegations surrounding several lawmakers, U.S. Representative Paul Broun, M.D. (GA-10) today introduced a resolution, H. Res.1135, that would require members of Congress to fulfill the same ethics training requirements that senior Congressional staffers complete.

“Ignorance of the law is not a valid excuse for accused criminals, and it cannot be an excuse for members of Congress. The American people expect their Representatives to play by the same rules, but in order to do so, they must first learn them. The House rules already require senior staff to complete ethics training, it only makes sense that their bosses should too.”

Deal’s resignation put an end to an ethics inquiry over whether he used his office to help protect his business interests in north Georgia.

But with Deal now out of the congressional picture, it’s clear that Broun is talking about Charlie Rangel, the New York Democrat.

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