Category: House

Rep. Rangel subject to expanded jurisdiction of inquiry

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 8, 2009
Categories In House

The House Ethics Committee issued a press release regarding its inquiry into Rep. Rangel.

Rangel effort fails

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 8, 2009
Categories In House

The Times reports on an effort to remove Rep. Rangel from his post on the Ways and Means Committee. Two Democrats, Representatives Travis W. Childers and Gene Taylor of Mississippi, voted with 151 Republicans in seeking to remove Mr. Rangel; 6 Republicans voted with 240 Democrats in sending the resolution to the ethics committee. Among […]

Rep. Rangel and ethics rules

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 6, 2009
Categories In House

Politico reports on controversy surrounding Rep. Rangel. Rangel has admitted failing to report to the Internal Revenue Service income from Dominican rental property for two decades. In addition, he is accused of improperly using official letterhead to solicit contributions for an earmark-created education center named for him — and of violating New York City regulations […]