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As Charlie Rangel Awaits Ethics Charges, Pelosi Says, 'We Drained the Swamp'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Thursday that Democrats have lived up to their promises to create the most ethical Congress in history, even as Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) awaited word on the formal charges against him coming Thursday from the House Ethics Committee. "Drain the swamp we did," Pelosi said. "Will there be individual issues to be dealt with? Yes. I never said there wouldn't be." The speaker, who served seven years on the Ethics Committee before she joined the House leadership, would not comment on Rangel's situation specifically. Republican Leader John Boehner contended ...

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