Posted on 09/24/2008 3:33:02 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON, (AP) --
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.
Rangel, D-N.Y., has urged the ethics committee to look into questions surrounding his finances while rejecting Republican demands that he step down as head of the tax-writing committee.
House Republican leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, welcomed the investigation and renewed his call for Rangel to vacate his chairmanship.
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Charlie ain’t gonna quit, he’s got a “Get Out Of Trouble Free” card, just like every ‘Rat in Congress.
I’d laugh, but it’s not funny.
It’ll be a cold day in hell before a democrat is ever stepping down from a power position...Not that the media would report it even then!
Do the honorable ting Charlie... resign.
Rostenkowski redux....I hope!
Hey! C'mon, everybody does it. Why not me?
The perky Katie just reported this. No mention of the party affiliation though. weird
Why do they need an investigation? Hell yes he broke the rules...just kick him out.
“Do the honorable ting Charlie... resign.”
He can’t. He’s got no honor to begin with. These people are shameless.
I rally wanted tosay commit Hari kari But I did not want to look up how to spell it.
“I rally wanted tosay commit Hari kari”
LOL! Even hari kari is done to preserve honor, so Rangel can’t even do that. Maybe he can go flush himself instead.
Rangel, 78, last week wrote six checks for back taxes totaling $10,800 while stressing in a letter to New Yorkers that he had done nothing dishonorable and was the target of a GOP “guerrilla war.”
“guerrilla war” Ha Ha Lol
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