Charlie Rangel Walks Out of Ethics Trial
Filed under: The CapitolistThe trial goes on without the embattled congressman, who told the House Ethics Committee he had no money to pay for legal counsel. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Ethics Trials for Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters Will Be After Election
Republicans have accused House Democrats of deliberately delaying the trials to avoid bad publicity for the party before Election Day. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Obama Says Rangel at End of Career; Rep. Maxine Waters also Facing Ethics Woes
Filed under: House, Democrats, Barack Obama, Scandal, Investigations, Taxes, Obama Administration, 2010 Elections, Congress, LawPresident Obama says Rep. Charles Rangel is "at the end of his career." Now a second Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters, is also i...
White House: Rangel Charges ‘Very Serious,’ Trial is ‘Right Course’
Filed under: Senate, House, Democrats, Republicans, Nancy Pelosi, Scandal, Investigations, Predictions, Obama Administration, 2010 Elections, EthicsAfter earlier conceding Democrats could lose the U.S. House, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs now says...
Charlie Rangel: A Relevant Question, At Last
Filed under: House, Democrats, Chaos Theory, Congress, EthicsMSM smackdown Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Does a Defense Lobbying Investigation Put Charlie Rangel at Risk?
Filed under: Democrats, Scandal, Investigations, National Security, Deep Background, Congress
Bad news for Rep. Charles Rangel, the powerful Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee: The Washington Post obtained a copy of a House document showing that seven members of the...Charlie Rangel Should Step Down as Committee Chairman, Post Editorial Says
Filed under: Democrats, Breaking News, Scandal, Gaffes, Investigations
In an editorial in Friday's paper, the Washington Post called amended tax documents released by Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) a "treasure trove of outrage," and reiterated its call for Rangel to step down as chairman of the House...
Rep. John Carter Finds His Missing $300,000 in Exxon Profits
Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Economy, Investigations, Taxes
Hypocrisy is a cheap commodity in Washington.
Texas Republican John Carter is the latest member of Congress to accuse a fellow member of wrongdoing while being guilty of essentially the same offense.
After initially denying...
Percy Sutton, Pioneer in Civil Rights, Politics and Business, Dies at 89
Percy E. Sutton, the youngest of 15 children whose father was born at the end of the slavery era, died Saturday in New York after a lifetime of achievement in politics and business. Sutton, a Freedom Rider during the early 1960s, rose to prominence as a lawyer whose clients included Malcolm X. He was a...
Nancy Pelosi Stands By ‘Admonished’ Rep. Charlie Rangel
Filed under: Taxes, The Capitolist
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) today when she was asked if he should resign as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee in light of the House ethics committee's admonishment of the congressman."No," she said. "They did not take action...
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