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Charlie Rangel Steps Down as Ways and Means Chairman
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) has temporarily given up his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee, days after being admonished by an ethics panel for taking two corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean in violation of House rules. In remarks Wednesday morning in a House press gallery, Rangel said he had sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi "asking her to grant me a leave of absence" until the ethics committee completes its investigation. The announcement leaves the door open for Rangel, 79, to reclaim the position if he is eventually cleared by the ethics committee. The panel ...
Nancy Pelosi Stands By 'Admonished' Rep. Charlie Rangel
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) today when she was asked if he should resign as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in light of the House ethics committee's admonishment of the congressman. "No," she said. "They did not take action against him. They just said he did not willfully break the rules." The ethics committee issued a report Friday finding that members of Rangel's staff knew that several trips the congressman took to the Caribbean in 2007 and 2008 were indirectly funded by private corporations, which is against House rules. The committee ...
More Calls for Charlie Rangel to Step Down
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyThe Washington Post Editorial Board called for embattled Democratic Chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charlie Rangel, to step down while investigations into alleged unethical dealings by the 19-term Congressman from Harlem. Rangel has had a cloud over his head since the New York Times revealed that Rangel paid below market rates for four rent stabilized apartments, one of which he was using as a campaign office in apparent violation of New York State law. Rangel claimed he had done nothing wrong and he has since given up the office apartment.Now Rangel stands ...
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