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The House ethics committee on Thursday expanded its investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel to include his belated financial disclosure of hundreds of thousands of dollars in previously unreported assets and income.
Rep. Charlie Rangel, the latest congressional titan with ethics problems, is described by a longtime House colleague as the guy who would make sure everyone put on oxygen masks during a flight emergency, but would have to be told to put on his own.
Rep. Charles Rangel's disclosure of previously unreported assets sparked a new Republican demand Friday for the House Ways and Means chairman to relinquish his post while his conduct is investigated.
The chairman of the House tax-writing committee says he thinks President Barack Obama can keep his promise not to raise taxes on most people and still overhaul health care.
One of the principal authors of health care legislation taking shape in the House accused drug companies and other medical providers Wednesday of stealing, and said they are now offering concessions in the hopes the bill that emerges will not demand too much of them.
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel says it was "entirely inappropriate" that he made a comment about President Barack Obama needing to be careful when visiting Harlem, where a black police officer was fatally shot by a white colleague last week.
House Democrats voted down an attempt Tuesday to remove Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee during an ongoing ethics investigation.
- In spite of the Nov. 4 presidential election, Congress is still Congress.
House Republicans were heading toward a down-in-the-dumps holiday. Then the House ethics committee handed them a gift.
The House ethics committee is expanding an investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The ethics panel issued a statement Tuesday saying it had voted to expand an already far-ranging probe into the New York Democrat to examine whether he protected an oil drilling company from a big tax bill when the head of that company pledged a $1 million donation to a college center named after the congressman.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the far-reaching ethics investigation into Rep. Charles Rangel will conclude by early next year.
Rep. Charles Rangel helped preserve a tax loophole for an oil drilling company at the same time the company's executive pledged $1 million to a school to be named in the congressman's honor, according to a published report.
New York Rep. Charles Rangel has hired an accountant to pore over his personal finances as he faces an ethics committee investigation.
The House ethics committee said Wednesday it was establishing an investigative panel to determine whether Rep. Charles Rangel, the influential chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, had broken House rules as a result of several reported lapses in his personal affairs.
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., already in trouble for tax problems, called Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin "disabled" on Friday, and then quickly retreated and said he misspoke saying he meant "disadvantaged."
The Democratic congressman who writes the tax code will be meeting the tax collector. Republicans couldn't be happier.
Rep. Charles Rangel wrote six checks for about $10,800 in back taxes, and then penned an open letter to New Yorkers Friday, saying he has done nothing dishonorable and is the target of a GOP "guerrilla war."
Even when Rep. Charles Rangel tries to explain how he got into his tax mess, he mangles the facts so much it's easy to see how his accounts — and accountants — are muddled. And this from the lawmaker who has such a big say in determining who pays taxes and how much.
The head of the House tax-writing committee admitted Wednesday that he owes about $5,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report income on his returns.
House Democrats voted down a public reprimand Thursday that Republicans sought against influential Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., over a questionable housing arrangement that he insists violated no laws.
Rep. Charles Rangel asked the House Ethics Committee on Thursday to investigate his fundraising for a college research center named after him, saying a probe would prove he did nothing wrong.
A newspaper reports that U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel will move his campaign office out of one of four rent-stabilized apartments he leases in Manhattan.
WASHINGTON - It’s a barrel of “pork” worth some $17.2 billion.
The illness that put Rep. Charles Rangel in a New York City hospital earlier this month was a brain-swelling virus, not the flu, a spokesman said Thursday.
Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, has been hospitalized in New York with the flu.
Under Scrutiny, Rangel Is Frayed but Defiant I have respect for Rep. Rangel. I respect him for his service to the country while serving in the Armed Forces. He is a decorated combat veteran and deserves that. But I do not respect him for the mockery he has made of his service to the country as a Member of Congress.
The NY Times Finally Discovers Charlie Rangel's "ethical messes" WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it had expanded its investigation into a series of questionable financial dealings made by Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York.
NLPC's Peter Flaherty: Charles Rangel 'Dirty Even After Coming Clean'COOPER: Peter, does it make any sense to you that this Ethics Committee has taken a year so far? FLAHERTY: Well, the problem is that every time a new issue is stuffed into the Ethics Committee, something else comes out.
House ethics panel to expand Rangel probeThe House panel investigating alleged ethics violations by Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, said Thursday it voted unanimously to expand the probe.
House Committee To Expand Rangel InvestigationThe House Ethics Committee is expanding its investigation into embattled New York Congressman Charlie Rangel.
Pelosi: Democrats consider windfall tax on insuranceDemocrats are looking at the possibility of a windfall profits tax on insurance companies as part of healthcare reform, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.
Congressional Black Caucus Blasts 'Partisan Attempts' to Oust RangelAttempts' to Oust Rangel House Republicans on Wednesday tried to pass a resolution to oust Rangel from his chairmanship pending an Ethics Committee investigation into a long list of alleged wrongdoings.
GOP Fails in Third Try to Remove RangelThe House voted 246-153 along mostly partisan lines to refer a GOP resolution to remove Rangel to the House ethics committee.
Charlie Rangel retains Ways and Means gavelDemocrats easily rebuffed another Republican attempt to remove Rep. Charles Rangel from his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday.
Rangel Should Just Resign AlreadyGiven the revelations and his recovered memory, if Rangel had any sense of duty, let alone honor, he'd give up the Ways and Means gavel on his own.
Democrats defeat GOP attempt to remove Rangel. Wagons Circle, Disperse BuzzardsHouse Republicans have failed for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
House Considers Resolution to Oust Rangel From Chair of Tax-Writing CommitteeThe House is voting on a resolution to remove Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., from his chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee following the reading of a long and stinging list of his alleged wrongdoing.
Charlie Rangel rides out storm -- so far Rangel still has his gavel, and Democratic insiders say that the lobbyist's rumors — and a new Republican resolution aimed at ousting the chairman — will remain wishful thinking until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decides that it's time for Rangel to lose his chairmanship.
Dems Discussing Plan To Have Embattled Harlem Congressman Resign So Gov. Paterson Can Run For His SeatAnd here's a new twist. Highly placed Democratic sources told CBS 2 HD they have discussed the possibility of using one damaged New York politician to get rid of another.
Ways and Means Chair: 'Illegal Aliens – I Mean They Do Get Health Care'Watch the video... I guess Charlie didn't get the memo not to reveal that Obama lied in his speech...more "Lies you can believe in".
You might be a racist if ... Now some politicians and pundits are trying to get in on the act. Members of Congress, a New York Times columnist and even a former president are sharing their one-liners. Only, unlike Foxworthy, the jokes this group of clowns is telling aren't funny.
Stephenville Empire-Tribune - Stephenville, TX > Archives > Opinion > For Democrats, a serious Charlie Rangel problemIt turns out Rangel had a credit-union account worth at least $250,000 and maybe as much as $500,000 -- and didn't report it. He had investment accounts worth about the same, which he also didn't report. Ditto for three pieces of property in New Jersey.
Congressional SclerosisBut he suffers from the degenerative disease called Congressional Sclerosis. Its symptom is the belief that the rules, especially the petty ones, no longer apply to you. This happens over time.
House Democrats to Discipline Wilson for 'You Lie!' OutburstHouse Democratic leaders have decided to formally discipline Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., on Tuesday for his jeer last week at President Obama during a joint session of Congress.
Rep. Charles Rangel -- Sign of the TimesRep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is becoming a metaphor for almost all the sins of our age. Let us count the ways.
Charlie Ups The Race-card Ante First it was Gov. Paterson. Now the dean of New York's congressional delegation has played the race card -- and just as the governor did, he's using President Obama to do it.
Rangel-ing: Charlie Pays 'Angels' In Ethics ProbeCBS 2 HD has learned of more alleged back-door dealings and political power peddling by Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel. The reigning member of Congress' top tax committee is apparently "wrangling" other politicos to get him out of his own financial and tax troubles.
Rangel Failed to Disclose More Income and Assets, Forms Show Mr. Rangel, who is facing investigations by two House subcommittees into his personal finances and fund-raising, filed amended financial disclosure forms on Aug. 12 acknowledging that he had omitted an array of assets, business transactions and sources of income.
OOPS! CHARLIE Rangel, (D) NY Forgot, this $1M dollar House Until He had a Democrat led CongressDo as I say, not as I do. I know why he delayed his disclosures. He wanted to wait for a friendly democratic led congress that would not throw his sorry rear end in jail.
Rangel Failed to Disclose $500,000 in Assets for '07 United States Representative Charles B. Rangel, whose personal finances and fund-raising are the subject of two House ethics investigations, failed to report at least $500,000 in assets on his 2007 Congressional disclosure form, according to an amended report he filed this month.
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