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Charles Rangel stories: 34 news summaries

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 GOP Slow-Pedals Effort 
 to Oust Rangel 

New York Dems nervous as ethics probe drags on

Oct 19, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Charlie Rangel, the ethically challenged head of the House Ways and Means Committee, has become yet another millstone for New York Democrats, whose electoral chances are already sagging under an unpopular governor. Several candidates want him gone, and are tacitly supporting GOP efforts to get him booted from his... More »

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ethics • Congress • New York • Charles Rangel • House Ethics Committee

 New Trouble for Rangel: 
 Ethics Panel Widens Probe 

Investigation will cover amended financial reports

Oct 8, 09 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House ethics committee is expanding its yearlong investigation of Charles Rangel to look at amended financial disclosure forms he filed earlier this year. Rangel, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, filed the reports in July to account for $600,000 in previously undisclosed assets, reports Politico. The development... More »

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ethics • taxes • House of Representatives • Democrat • Charles Rangel

Dems Block Move to Oust Rangel From
Tax Post

GOP keeps his ethics trouble in spotlight

Oct 7, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(AP) - House Republicans failed today for a third time to oust Charles Rangel as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee—but they kept the spotlight on his ethical problems. Instead of removing him, the House voted 246-153 along mostly partisan lines to refer the GOP resolution to the House ethics... More »

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House of Representatives • Democrat • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • House Ethics Committee

Island Rum
Fight Fattens Rangel's Coffers

Campaign cash pours in from Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Oct 6, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Rangel’s campaign coffers are bulging with campaign cash from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but he insists that’s in no way influencing his decision on the competing rum tax bills each territory is pushing. “Besides Puerto Rico, you are the only one who has asked... More »

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taxes • Charles Rangel • Puerto Rico • rum • Virgin Islands • subsidies

ANALYSIS

 Pumped-Up Dems 
 Fall Into Line 
 on Health Reform  

Obama's speech changed tone on Hill, but GOP votes still elusive

Sep 11, 09 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a dispiriting summer for the Democrats, Barack Obama's address has energized the majority party, with progressives to Blue Dogs lining up behind the president. As Politico notes, the greatest change in tone came from Nancy Pelosi and other legislators who had insisted on a public option, many of whom... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Charles Rangel • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • George Voinovich

 Pelosi Lets 
 Rangel Slide...for Now 

Nancy Pelosi is better off doing nothing than punishing Charlie Rangel, aides say

Sep 6, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stripping ethics-challenged Charlie Rangel of his Ways and Means Committee chairmanship would create more problems for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi than it would solve, reports Politico, citing current and former House aides. Punishing Rangel would mean having to fill his seat—with one of several less-than-stellar replacements—and infuriating the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • Charles Rangel • Congressional Black Caucus

Rangel Sorry for Obama 'Life in Danger' Crack

It was 'entirely inappropriate,' says Harlem congressman

Jun 2, 09 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel has apologized for saying that President Obama should watch his back during a planned visit to New York, reports the New York Daily News. Rangel made the crack as he commented on the accidental shooting death of black police officer Omar Edwards by a fellow white... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • New York • Charles Rangel • assassination • Omar Edwards

ANALYSIS

Top Dem Dogs Ready to Retool Obama's Budget

Prez lets lawmakers take the lead—and they have their own ideas

Mar 10, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - To clear Congress, President Obama’s budget is going to have to survive committee turf wars and parochial interests—and that’s just the Democrats. The New York Times reports that key committee chairmen in the House and Senate have ideas of their own on health care, energy, and taxes.... More »

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Congress • Henry Waxman • Ted Kennedy • Charles Rangel • Senate Finance Committee • House Ways and Means Committee • House Energy and Commerce Committee • Max Baucus • House Budget Committee • federal budget • Kent Conrad • President Obama

Stanford Spent Millions to Lobby Congress

$8B scammer's island junkets helped push anti-tax agenda

Feb 18, 09 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Billionaire R. Allen Stanford has spent millions of dollars in attempting to enlist high-powered Washington officials in his anti-tax efforts, reports the Wall Street Journal. Stanford’s investment companies spent over $5 million on lobbying, $2 million on campaign contributions, and thousands more on flying members of Congress to the... More »

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fraud • SEC • Charles Rangel • Antigua • Ponzi scheme • Virgin Islands • Gregory Meeks • securities fraud • defrauding investors • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford

analysis

 Forget 
 Blago: 
 Rangel 
 Plagues Obama 

Key congressman's probe could hurt Obama's agenda

Dec 12, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Blagojevich mess may appear more damaging, but the bigger concern for Barack Obama is the scandal surrounding Charles Rangel, who is under scrutiny for a number of questionable dealings, writes Gerald Seib in the Wall Street Journal. Blago may soon be out of Obama’s hair, but Rangel's status... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • New York • corruption • Charles Rangel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal • President Obama

Rangel Inquiry Expands to Donor Concerns

Rep. faces allegations he fought tax loophole in funding tradeoff

Dec 10, 08 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - A House ethics committee broadened its probe into Charles Rangel over concerns the New York Democrat fought a tax loophole in exchange for a $1 million donation to his policy institute. The subcommittee has been investigating Rangel’s personal finances since September over several other corruption allegations; now, it looks... More »

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Congress • investigation • Charles Rangel • donation • House Ways and Means Committee • payoffs • House Ethics Committee • Eugene Isenberg • Nabors

ANALYSIS

Blago Scandal Will Test
Obama's Cred

How fast, and how bluntly, will he move to censure corrupt pols?

Dec 10, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s first test was supposed to come from somewhere like Iran. Instead, write Charles Mahtesian and Jonathan Martin at Politico, it sneaked up from his home turf in the form of Rod Blagojevich—not to mention blossoming charges against Rep. Charlie Rangel. If Obama wants his change message... More »

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Barack Obama • corruption • Charles Rangel • Illinois • governor • Rod Blagojevich • political scandal

 Rangel Fights 
 New Ethics Charges 

Republicans complain that Harlem rep's getting a free pass

Dec 2, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The ethics problems are piling up for Charlie Rangel, Harlem’s veteran congressman and the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, reports Politico, but Rangel's not ceding anything. Instead, he's planning a counterattack on the New York Times, which alleges he worked to save a tax loophole worth... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Charles Rangel • political scandal

Rangel Saved Loophole that Aided $1M Donor

Oil-drilling company helped finance NY rep's legacy project

Nov 25, 08 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - As questions swirl over the methods Charles Rangel used to raise funds for a school in his name, a New York Times investigation finds that the New York representative and chair of the House Ways and Means committee fought to save a tax loophole that benefited one of the school's... More »

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school • Charles Rangel • corporate tax • loopholes • political scandal • fundraising • tax shelter

Lobbyists Lavish Gifts on Lawmakers' Fave Charities

More than $13M donated to charities and nonprofits in name of House, Senate members

Oct 19, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - New congressional ethics rules are showing the public for the first time how much money lobbyists and companies are donating to charities and nonprofits to woo lawmakers, the New York Times reports. Companies and interest groups donated more than $13 million to such groups associated with more than 200 House... More »

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ethics • Congress • John Murtha • Tom DeLay • charity • Charles Rangel • lobbyists • James Clyburn

Rangel Won't Step Down
From Tax Panel

Says Pelosi in favor of him staying as chair
of Ways and Means

Sep 16, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Rep. Charles Rangel will remain in his post as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee while an ethics investigation takes place, the New York Times reports. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi supports the move, said his attorney, and Rangel "believes that the facts should prevail,... More »

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ethics • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • political scandal • chairman

Pelosi Asks Rangel to Step Down as Tax Panel Chair

Tax committee boss dogged by questions over own returns

Sep 16, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has privately asked New York Rep. Charles Rangel to step down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee after it emerged that his personal tax filings neglected to report income from a rental property for some 20 years, says a source to the New ... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • political scandal • tax records

 'Language Barrier', 
 Not Tax Evasion: Rangel 

Powerful congressman sorry for screw-up

Sep 11, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Charles Rangel blamed his failure to pay taxes on his rental income from a Caribbean villa to “cultural and language barriers,” reports the New York Times. “Every time I thought I was getting somewhere, they’d start speaking Spanish,” Rangel said of his attempts to... More »

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taxes • tax evasion • Charles Rangel • Dominican Republic • House Ways and Means Committee • tax dodge • Villa • political scandal

Rangel Didn't Pay Taxes on Dominican Villa

Chief of tax-writing panel fails to report $75,000 in income

Sep 5, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-code-writing Ways and Means Committee, failed to report more than $75,000 in rental income from a Dominican villa he purchased in 1988, the New York Times reports. But Rangel never noticed the error, his lawyer says, because his wife handles his finances.... More »

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tax evasion • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • Villa • political scandal

 Rangel
 Wrangles DNC
 Speaking Gig

Dems cave to pressure from boosters of powerful NY Rep.

Aug 26, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Rangel, the Harlem Democrat who chairs the House Ways and Means committee, will speak at the party’s convention after all, the New York Post reports. Rangel was originally denied a spot, angering his boosters, but his surrogates got organizers to shoehorn him in today. Rangel is scheduled to... More »

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Democratic National Convention • Dennis Kucinich • Charles Rangel

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