Pelosi Asks Rangel To Step Down From Committee Chair

nypost.com ^ | September 15, 2008 | REBECCA ROSENBERG, DAPHNE RETTER and CHUCK BENNETT

[Free ThinkerNY]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Monday night called embattled Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel to her office for a personal confrontation and asked him to step aside from his powerful tax-writing post due to the exploding scandal over his murky personal finances.

Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, had been resisting growing calls for him to step down from his leadership position in the wake of revelations by The Post that he owes thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes on his Dominican Republic vacation home and has major discrepancies on his personal financial-disclosure statements.

Rangel declined comment but was huddling with Pelosi and fellow committee members last night to discuss his options.

[Cheerio]

DemonRATs - PARTY OF CORRUPTION

[anniegetyourgun]

Took them long enough....this obviously has plenty of ways and means to cheat.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Nancy always said that the Republicans have a culture of corruption.

Say it’s ain’t so, Charlie!!! A good Democrat who is caught in a web of ethical and legal problems????? I can’t believe it!!!!

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Really? I will believe it when it happens.

[tet68]

Eeeeuwwwww, I thought it said he was “cuddling” with Nancy.

[umgud]

I thought she just said that she did not ask him to step down. Of course if she had any gonads, she order him to step down.

[fuzzthatwuz]

...huddling with Pelosi and fellow committee members last night to discuss his options."

What options? The guy is a dirt bag just like his predecessor. Hit the road Charlie!

[berdie]

If this actually happens, I will fall out of this chair.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It’s about time! Chuckie ticked me off when he referred to 40 million taxpayer dollars as “chump change.” It may be “chump change” but it’s MY “chump change.” He needs to take some time off and pay his own taxes.

[hsalaw]

Rangel declined comment but was huddling with Pelosi and fellow committee members last night to discuss his options.

His "options" are jail time and/or fines, penalties, and community service. Oh, and payment of all back taxes, of course. What crooks the dems are if even the NYSlimes points it out. And whatever happened to William Jefferson, D-Freezer, and his 90K graft money?

[chaos_5]

He needs to resign, not step down.

[FlyVet]

Step down? How 'bout massive fine and jail time, like the rest of us Little People?

Culture of Corruption.

Most Ethical Congress in History.

Right, Queen Nancy?

[Jet Jaguar]

On the way home from work, I heard it was not asked and he did not offer...

The heat is on, I guess.

[Dustbunny]

Interesting!!!

I’d like to see proof that he has stepped down.

[martinidon]

how long before the race card is played?

[Godwin1]

She had no choice: a tax cheater writing tax legislation for the rest of us? Not even the democrats have the gall to try that out.
When will Reid have the courage to fire Senator Dodd from the banking committee? He received sweetheart loans from banks over which he supposedly had oversight. He received hundreds of thousands in campaign donations—more than any other senator— from Fannie Mae and Fannie Mac. He needs to leave that committee. The corrupt son of a corrupt father.

[Darkwolf377]

Eeeeuwwwww, I thought it said he was “cuddling” with Nancy.

I'm seeing an image of Jabba the Hut and that laughing little bugeyed thing that sat on his couch.

[anniegetyourgun]

Only R’s do that. I called for Bill Clinton to resign too....but lib/dems just circle the wagons, lie, defend, and wait for the clock to run out.

[FlyVet]

Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

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