Rangel Keeps Committee Chairmanship (Again)

Representative Charles Rangel kept his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee after his fellow Democrats voted down a Republican-backed measure that would have removed him from his post. Rangel is the subject of a House ethics investigation, after reports of his four rent-stabilized apartments, use of House letterhead to solicit donations for a graduate center being named after him and various tax issues. The AP reports, "The House ethics committee voted to reauthorize a subcommittee of three Democrats and three Republicans to investigate Rangel, a New York Democrat who has served in Congress for nearly 40 years. The investigation began last year — at Rangel's request — but the subcommittee needed reauthorization because a new Congress was sworn in last month."

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By Jen Chung in News on February 11, 2009 9:38 AM

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books

our goverment is corrupt. thers no accountabilty. what can we do besides chatter on blogs about it.

Tgirl

stop drinking the Kool-ade, for one thing

Dirk

This man is an embarrassment.

verbal

this walking skeleton, who knows where all the skeletons are hidden, is proof that only the good die young.

Tgirl

blame his clueless constituents.

ides_of_march

They don't care as long as he can gorge himself silly on their behalf at the federal pig trough.

What was that Nancy Pelosi said about having the most ethical congress in history when she was made Speaker of the House?

glennQNYC

What was that Nancy Pelosi said about having the most ethical congress in history when she was made Speaker of the House?

That was the "Queen Bee" feeding her followers the bullshit they need to justify not paying attention.