A Married Congressman Breaks His Vows For More Than 10 Years

Well, considering the fact that it was public knowledge because they used to hem up in public, I would say the only ones who did not know about the relationship were the media.

I wonder what other revelations of romantic trysts in public office shall be revealed by the absolutely brilliant investigative journalists of the Main Stream & Social Media.

Go forth and google as I await with baited breath, clutching my pearls, sipping on a cocktail, eating popcorn, for the heavens to fall.

#maythehevensfall

Nevada congressman admits to affair with intern after podcast exposé

A married Nevada congressman has admitted having a longstanding affair with a former intern calling herself “Love Jones” — after she exposed him in an explosive series of podcasts.

Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) — who had previously been Nevada’s first African American state Senate majority leader — came forward after Gabriela Linder detailed the affair in a podcast, “Mistress for Congress.”

It started in 2009 when she was a 21-year-old intern at then-US Sen. Harry Reid’s Nevada office — and they only broke ties in April, the same month she started her podcast, she told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

“It is true that I had a previous relationship outside of my marriage, over the course of several years,” Horsford told the paper.

“I’m deeply sorry to all of those who have been impacted by this very poor decision, most importantly my wife and family.

“Out of concern for my family during this challenging time, I ask that our privacy is respected,” he said.

The 47-year-old congressman calls himself a “devoted family man” in his online bio, and has been married since 2000, long before the affair started.

“Rep. Horsford has raised a strong family with his wife, Sonya Horsford, and their three children,” his bio states.

Linder hid behind the name “Love Jones” for her podcast and related social media until coming forward formally to the Vegas paper last week.

Linder said their sexual relationship continued intermittently for a decade until 2019, and they remained in contact until April. Linder never worked for Horsford in any capacity.

She told the Review-Journal that Horsford offered her financial support and ties to political connections — and even used his congressional staff to help film a segment for her young son’s YouTube show.

Linder — who is also planning a book — told the paper she decided to speak out as “an empowering journey,” ending the affair because she “deserved more.”

She says she had only kept quiet until now because she was “loyal to a fault.”

“He knew how in love with him I was, and he knew what he could do and get away with,” she told the Review-Journal. “He never told me to keep quiet. He didn’t have to.”

Despite insisting she does not have political motives in coming forward, she still claims he should not run for re-election now that his affair has been exposed.

“He obtained this position under false pretenses that he was a family man and man of God,” she told the paper. “He should take a step back, atone, and if people are satisfied, then he can come back into politics.”

However, an aide for Horsford insisted, “This was a private relationship of the congressman’s and this was in no way related to his public office.”

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After Failing to Renew Unemployment Insurance, Congress Is a Culprit in Foreclosure Crisis

By Reps. John Conyers Jr., Matt Cartwright and Steven Horsford

In the immediate aftermath of the nation’s 2008 foreclosure crisis, Congress played a constructive role in keeping Americans in their homes.

Lawmakers supported loan modification programs and sweeping financial reforms, and — while many rightfully demanded more action — these efforts eased the effects of the crisis.

Today, the lingering effects of predatory lending and the Great Recession mean that foreclosures remain a serious problem in communities around the country.

But, in the national fight to stop foreclosures, one crucial fact has changed: Congress is now a culprit.

By failing to extend emergency unemployment insurance benefits, House GOP leaders have unnecessarily thrust millions of Americans into financial hardship and many, in turn, into foreclosure.Congress must again be part of the solution.

Lawmakers should immediately extend emergency UI benefits. But, if House GOP leaders continue their obstruction, the absolute least lawmakers can do is pass a measure to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency to impose a six month moratorium on foreclosures for individuals who have lost UI due to congressional inaction.

Because of the GOP’s termination of the federal emergency UI program, more than 2.2 million Americans, including more than 200,000 veterans, have lost access to an essential lifeline that’s rightfully theirs. Unemployment insurance is not a hand-out.

Americans who lost their jobs in one of the toughest job markets in memory have largely paid into the emergency compensation program through payroll taxes.

There’s simply no valid economic argument for failing to renew UI.  The Census Bureau estimates that these benefits enabled 2.5 million people to get out of poverty in 2012 and enabled more than 11 million to do so since 2008.

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, restoring benefits would result in 200,000 additional jobs this year by increasing consumer demand.

The logic is simple: When unemployed Americans receive income, they spend it.

When they can go out and purchase their necessities, they boost the economy and promote job-creation. All this boosts tax revenue and reduces deficits.

When you factor in the foreclosures that result from people unexpectedly losing their basic UI income, the social and economic impacts are immeasurably greater.

Foreclosure and evictions are not only responsible for massive anxiety and suffering but also downward spirals in property values and tax revenue.

Restoring UI is not just a matter of sound policy making. It’s a matter of basic decency.

While the Senate has done what’s right by passing legislation to extend UI, House GOP leaders refuse to even allow a vote.

If this intransigence continues, the newly-confirmed director of the FHFA, Melvin Watt, can take matters into his own hands and impose a moratorium on foreclosures for Americans affected by the cutoff.

Earlier this year, we, along with 74 of our colleagues, sent a letter requesting that he use his authority to do so.

Half a decade after the onset of the financial crisis, it’s unacceptable that tens of millions of Americans are still unemployed or desperately underemployed.

Congress must — at the absolute least — keep these Americans from losing their homes.

John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania and Steven Horsfordof Nevada are Democratic members of the House of Representatives.

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