Posted on 03/02/2010 4:59:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
Harlem Democrat Charles Rangel now says he will step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, NBC News has learned.
He may make the move as early as tonight and Michigan Democratic Rep Sander Levin will temporarily take over the committee.
Some details still need to be ironed out, but sources said Rangel has been pushed to step down before the House voted on a bill to forcefully strip him of the coveted chairmanship.
Rangel has been under fire ever since an ethics committee released a report Thursday that found that he violated House rules by accepting two corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean.
Rangel countered Friday that the ethics report "exonerates" him because it says there is no evidence that he knew the trips were sponsored by corporations. The report said his staff knew who paid for the trips. Following the report, even Democrats began asking Rangel to step down.
The citizens of his home state sent him here, that's their decision," said Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Mississippi), who lead the charge in asking Rangel to relinquish his post. "But members of the [Democratic Caucus] made him chairman of that committee, and he should step down until all this is resolved.
Thanks for the laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Temporarily.
Too good to be true!
You guys are to funny! LOL
Too bad. He was really stinking up the joint. I wish he’d’a stayed at least until Labor Day.
Ping for later...
“Now if they can only find someone to chair that committee who actually pays taxes.”
BADA BING!!!
Yeah, it’s gettin’ uglier over on the ugly side of the aisle.
Hmmm—wonder what the Black Caucus is going to say about this? /s
“Why cant we take Nance down with all her entitlement expenditures?”
I couldn’t agree more. C’mon Republicans! The tip of the iceberg we know about establishes that she has been using US military jets to move her extended family around the country at her pleasure. That and the underlying good stuff should sink the bitch if someone will just do the job.
Well now, what will Nazi Plotsie do. Pete Stark is next in line. He’s certifiable and white. I hope he makes her life just miserable.
LOL!!
Can someone please organize a farwell party for Charlie? BYOB of course!
Like to see Charlie wrangle himself into jail?
ditto
Not good enough. He needs to resign his seat and spend time in jail.
Sander Lenin is a d@amned pinko just like his idiot brother. If the dems see him as some kind of asset, they really are up the proverbial creek.
National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC)
If he was a republican, they would be demanding that he resign his seat and go home.
Sander Levin, fcol!
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