Read more House Ways and Means Committee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13273/house-ways-and-means-committee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:40:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71188/dems-block-move-to-oust-rangel-from-tax-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse 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...http://www.newser.com/story/71188/dems-block-move-to-oust-rangel-from-tax-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 15:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53809/13-bailed-out-banks-owe-back-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least 13 of the firms that got billions of dollars from the federal government owe back taxes, and their tab exceeds $220 million, Rep. John Lewis said today. What's more, that could be just the tip of the iceberg, the AP reports. The House Ways and Means subcommittee, which...http://www.newser.com/story/53809/13-bailed-out-banks-owe-back-taxes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Mar 2009 11:25:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52895/top-dem-dogs-ready-to-retool-obamas-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo 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. “The legislative...http://www.newser.com/story/52895/top-dem-dogs-ready-to-retool-obamas-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 10:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44939/rangel-inquiry-expands-to-donor-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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 like...http://www.newser.com/story/44939/rangel-inquiry-expands-to-donor-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Dec 2008 14:57:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37596/rangel-wont-step-down-from-tax-panel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew 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, not innuendo...http://www.newser.com/story/37596/rangel-wont-step-down-from-tax-panel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Sep 2008 15:34:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37533/pelosi-asks-rangel-to-step-down-as-tax-panel-chair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse 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...http://www.newser.com/story/37533/pelosi-asks-rangel-to-step-down-as-tax-panel-chair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Sep 2008 7:51:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37174/language-barrier-not-tax-evasion-rangel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. 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 sort out his paperwork. The...http://www.newser.com/story/37174/language-barrier-not-tax-evasion-rangel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Sep 2008 10:15:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36707/rangel-didnt-pay-taxes-on-dominican-villa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. 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. “This...http://www.newser.com/story/36707/rangel-didnt-pay-taxes-on-dominican-villa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 10:01:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34915/rangel-denied-chance-to-speak-in-denver.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Rangel won’t be speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Politico reports. Representatives made a pitch for an address by the House Ways and Means Chairman, but the Obama campaign told them that Rangel’s early support for Hillary Clinton had given him low priority—even though the congressman played a...http://www.newser.com/story/34915/rangel-denied-chance-to-speak-in-denver.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:00 CDT