New York Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel and a group of religious leaders have called on Congress to “protect the vulnerable.” Alluding to the Occupy Wall Street protesters, Rangel said his fellow Democratic lawmakers have the “prayers and support of the clergy” to protect the poor and those in the middle class that are slipping into poverty. (more)
It’s a unique event in American politics when you have three separate factions – the anti-war left, small government libertarians, and now a liberal urban Democrat – agreeing on the same thing, that is questioning President Barack Obama’s use of military force against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. (more)
Would someone tell New York Democrat Charlie Rangel that describing Tea Partiers as “tea baggers” is so 2009? (more)
The Federal Election Commission is investigating a complaint that Rep. Charles Rangel improperly used his National Leadership PAC to fund his legal defense on ethics charges for which he was censured Thursday, The Post has learned. (more)
Rep. Charles Rangel, following censure by the House, lashes out at a Washington Times reporter for asking what everybody and their mother has asked about his failure to pay taxes. What if he was an average American citizen? (H/T to Hot Air) (more)
Rep. Charles Rangel, following censure by the House, lashes out at a Washington Times reporter for asking what everybody and their mother has asked about his failure to pay taxes. What if he was an average American citizen? (H/T to Hot Air) (more)
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to censure U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) for ethics violations today ranging from failure to disclose his finances to failure to pay taxes. Getting censured is just one step shy of getting expelled from Congress. Only 22 members—including two members who were censured in 1983 for improper, um, contact with congressional pages—have been censured before. (more)
So what’s the angle on Rangel? (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charles Rangel has his swagger back, but not his power. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has been censured by the House for financial and fundraising misconduct. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, the raspy-voiced, backslapping former chairman of one of Congress’ most powerful committees, was censured by his House colleagues for financial misconduct Thursday in a solemn moment of humiliation in the sunset of his career. (more)
At one point I served as an attorney for Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.). So I am only going to stick to published facts in this column. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of Congress’ most likable veterans, Rep. Charles Rangel, would become the 23rd House member in the nation’s history to be censured if the House goes along with a recommendation of its ethics committee. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House ethics committee on Thursday recommended censure for longtime Rep. Charles Rangel, suggesting that the New York Democrat suffer the embarrassment of standing before his colleagues while receiving an oral rebuke by the speaker for financial and fundraising misconduct. (more)
In the wake of New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel’s ethics trial, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is calling on the congressman to resign. (more)
A House ethics panel has found Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York guilty on 11 counts of breaking House rules. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Once one of the most powerful members of Congress, veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of New York was reduced Monday to pleading with colleagues for more time to raise money for a lawyer before they took up misconduct charges against him. No, they said, and quickly began deliberations, saying the facts were so clear they didn’t need to call witnesses. (more)
A new poll found that residents in battleground districts believe congressional ethics have declined the last two years. The Hill/ANGA 2010 Midterm Election Poll reveals that in the 12 districts surveyed, 57 percent of likely voters think Congress as a whole has been less ethical since President Obama was sworn in. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ethics trials for two prominent House Democrats were set Thursday for after the midterm elections, depriving Republicans of headlines that could become campaign ads. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised four years ago that Democrats would lead “the most honest, most open, most ethical Congress in history.” (more)
