http://www.nypost.com/seven/0915200..._asks_rangel_to_step_down_from_com_129228.htm
PELOSI PUSHES RANGEL TO STEP DOWN FROM COMMITTEE CHAIR
September 16, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday privately pushed Rep. Charlie Rangel to give up his chairmanship of the influential House tax-rules committee amid explosive revelations that his personal tax filings were riddled with errors and omissions, a wellplaced source said.
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One member of the New York congressional delegation who supported Pelosi's decision said, "You have to have one standard - you can't have one for [Republicans] and one for us."
Pelosi Pushes Rangel To Step Down From Committee Chair
Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by carpro, Sep 16, 2008.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
I guess people are too busy trying to convict Palin of some supposed crime, and the real criminals skate.
Consistence is so hard to achieve, when yer a partisan hack. -
Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Finally someone is actually addressing the culture of corruption in the Democratic party.
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Why bother with a tax cheat when Palin's teen age daughter is pregnant?
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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/conten...x?RsrcID=35815
Despite His Tax Problems, Democrats Keep Rangel as Tax-Writing Chairman
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
By Matt Cover
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters after a meeting of the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday, Sept., 15, 2008, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)(CNSNews.com) – The embattled chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), is involved in what may be the most important fight of his political career.
Rangel met privately Monday night with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and discussed the status of his chairmanship of the committee that oversees the nation's tax laws.
In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, according to the New York Times, Rangel's lawyer, Lanny Davis, said that Pelosi supported Rangel staying in the chairmanship. -
Revmitchell Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
It was sarcasm. That was the rallying cry for the Dems with regards to the Republicans. -