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Rangel: Gimme Just a Little More Time

15 November 2010

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) asked for more time today to prepare for his ethics subcommittee hearing. Rangel told the panel that he has not had enough time to hire new legal counsel to address the numerous allegations of ethics violations. Rangel’s last legal team, Zuckerman Spaeder, reportedly gave him the heave-ho in September and Rangel [...]

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What’s Next for Rangel?

30 July 2010

So what’s the punishment for Rangel’s numerous ethics violations, including financial wrongdoing and “harming the credibility of Congress”? A stern reprimand of course. That’ll teach him. CNN is reporting that House ethics committee investigators are recommending that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) be reprimanded as punishment for 13 ethics violations. Rangel, for his part, says the [...]

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Oops, He Did It Again: More Rangel Tax Blips

28 August 2009

Last year, United States Representative Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), who heads up the powerful Ways and Means Committee, found himself in hot water when it came to light that he “forgot” to report some rental income on his personal taxes. Apparently, Rangel’s memory hasn’t gotten any better. In an effort to comply with an ethics [...]

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Rangel Refuses to Give Up Chair Despite Tax Probe

17 September 2008

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) has announced that he will not step down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, despite an ethics investigation into his personal finances. Instead, according to his lawyer, Rangel will hire a “nationally renowned forensic accounting firm” to review and report his finances. After the review, the report will [...]

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You Mean the IRS is Going to Collect Taxes?

19 July 2007

What? You think that’s crazy talk? You would if you have been following the debacle that is allowing private debt collectors to pursue the collection of taxes even though it is more expensive and is expected to collect fewer tax dollars. Government at its finest, no? Concerns about privatizing tax collections have included privacy issues, [...]

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