Posted on 10/08/2009 11:31:57 PM PDT by South40
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.
The move comes a day after House Democrats defeated a Republican attempt to force the removal of Mr. Rangel, a Democrat, from the chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee pending the outcome of the investigation.
The move seemed intended to show that the ethics committee was conducting a serious and wide-ranging investigation, listing the number of witnesses the committee had interviewed (34) and the number of subpoenas it had issued (150) in the case.
But Republicans were not mollified, with Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, issuing a blistering call for Mr. Rangel’s removal as chairman of the committee, which oversees tax legislation and helps shape policy on major issues, like health care reform.
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damn, I would love to see him get what he deserves, but I know it won’t happen and am not holdin’ my breath waitin’.
Is that criminal in jail yet?
Stall tactic number 254!
“Ethics inquiry”?
Where the hell is the FBI? The IRS??
Oh yeah... they’re Ubama’s dirt soldiers now.
Right about now readers of the NYT are probably scratching their collective head and wondering, “Gee, what kind of trumped up charges are the Republicans bringing?” if the Times coverage of Rangel has been as thorough as their coverage of ACORN.
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