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Rangel: Investigate Me
This must be a first. Congressman Charlie Rangel is asking the House ethics committee to investigate... Charlie Rangel. The Democrat has been under fire over allegations that he misused his office and, well, Rangel appears want to get to the bottom of it. It's certainly a great bit of politicking. House rules require the ethics committee to initiate an investigation if a sitting House member files a formal complaint with the panel. Fearing political retribution, members rarely file complaints against each other, and ethics experts say they have never heard of a lawmaker filing a complaint against himself.Rangel is accused of shady fund raising for a college center in Harlem bearing his name. He insists he didn't break any ethics rules and promises the probe will prove it.
But there's a catch. Another Rangel scandal is brewing and oddly enough the congressman doesn't seem to want that one investigated at all. If he's got nothing to hide, while he's at it why not ask for a probe into the other accusations? That issue, raised by the New York Times, centers around Rangel using a rent-controlled NYC apartment as office space. The ethics committee could choose to conduct that investigation on its own.
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 1)boomer8:23PMJul 23rd 2008
the man is a waste of oxygen and carbon . he is a political whoare , nothing more . the man has no charactor , the man has no honor , no class , no integrity ; he cares only about staying in office so he can continue to slop out of the taxpayer's money trough for personal gain and recognition .
mcgarbage3:46AMJul 24th 2008
can you smell the fear tonight?...
mcgarbage3:46AMJul 24th 2008
can you smell the fear tonight?...
Peggy4:32AMJul 24th 2008
Interesting. The politics of diversion. Charlie says: "hey, check out this one. I already covered my rear on this one".
And don't pay any attention to the other ethics problem because I could get in big trouble for that one. Just pay attention to one problem at a time."
Ken Mcaaleer5:14PMJul 24th 2008
Take him up on it. Investigate him now!
JUDY fERGUSON9:42AMJul 27th 2008
They are all corrupt and crooket in Washington. The reason for the challenge is that Charlie knows they will not investigate because they are all doing it.
Lets unseat these career pocket filling jerks with some honest young blood.
Timothy Williams10:53AMAug 8th 2008
follow your conscious on this matter, there is merit to the notion that there are corrupt politicians, career politicians seeking their own personal gains. Term limits would help in this dilemna. check this idea out....bewize
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bob wong7:09PMJul 23rd 2008
Rangel should be Obama's VP! A marriage of corruption made in ......!