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Friday, July 30, 2010 at 10:14 am
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Following up on the ethics committee’s organizational meeting, in which they officially laid out the charges against Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), The New York Times writes that the committee’s 40-page report substantiated the four major charges against him — improper solicitation of donations for a school named in his honor, failure to pay taxes on his villa in the Dominican Republic, incomplete financial disclosure forms, and improper use of rent-stabilized apartments — while also adding a few juicy details of its own:
The committee said Mr. Rangel not only reached out to corporate executives seeking contributions to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College, but he also personally sought donations from registered lobbyists whose corporations had business before Congress. In some cases, Mr. Rangel asked for contributions of as much as $30 million from businesses with issues before the Ways and Means Committee, of which he was the chairman until March. [...]
In one of the more important allegations against Mr. Rangel, the committee charged him with ethics violations for his solicitation of Eugene Isenberg, the chief executive of Nabors Industries, an oil company that was seeking a tax break from the Ways and Means Committee when he pledged $1 million to the Rangel Center.
Mr. Rangel met with Mr. Isenberg and his lobbyist to discuss the tax break, which the congressman previously opposed, in February 2007 — the day it was being considered by the Ways and Means Committee.
The tax break ultimately passed, with Mr. Rangel’s vote, saving Nabors more than half a billion dollars. Eleven days after the meeting, City College cashed a $100,000 check from Mr. Isenberg.
At last count only four Democrats, none of whom represent leadership, have called for Rangel to resign — indicating that the flood of calls probably won’t materialize. House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), facing challenges from Republicans that she’s not actually made progress in cleaning up Washington’s shady political culture, argued instead that the ethics committee’s handling of Rangel’s case is proof that Democrats had delivered on her famous promise in 2006 to “drain the swamp” in Washington.
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Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
You can't be very indepent with you want people to sign a petition to bar a news organization.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
Did not this man replace Adam Clayton Powell after Powell was “booted” out of Congress? ACP spent more time in Bimini than he did in Washington.
It appears that corruption is the standard by which congress people are elected in that district – the more corrupt the better your chance of being elected. Again and again and again.
Washington is nothing more than a cesspool.
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Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:26 pm
If Pelosi had drained the swamp like she said she would there would not be a Democrat majority. The water will be much clearer in Nov.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:28 pm
If any of us 'commoners' did what Rangle is accused of, we'd be in jail. What's good for the goose…………..
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:29 pm
It is reprehensible that Rangel took bribes for favors. But that pales in the face of the fact that $500,000,000 of tax payer money was not collected from the oil company. The oil company should have paid and did not because Rangel sold them a favor. And the rest of us (law-biding taxpayers) had to make up the difference. Rangel owes us all. And I think the morons that voted his sorry arse into office 20 times should have to pay us all back (1/2 billion) for the criminal behavior they obviously stand behind.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:30 pm
Rangel should be imprisoned and bankrupted. He bartered his office. He bartered the power of the Ways and Means committee for his own profit. End of story.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:40 pm
Clearly he does not pass the smell test. If Pelosi drained the swamp most of Congress would be gone. I am hoping no one votes for an incumbent in 2010, we need new blood in Congress.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:45 pm
$10 bet says Jesse Jackson turns this into a race issue……
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:47 pm
what a joke…very few in Congress or the Senate are not “entangled ” with Lobbyists. this is a travesty. Mr. Rangle must have not have shared his loot with the proper congressional capos.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 3:59 pm
Ya gotta give this diligent old timer credit for using the RACE card to feather his nest for sooo many years. He is truly the best of the farmers of color.
Comment posted July 30, 2010 @ 4:05 pm
My guess is this was not the first time. I would add many zeros to your figure.
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