Read more Charles Rangel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5443/charles-rangel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:39:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72015/gop-slow-pedals-effort-to-oust-rangel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. 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...http://www.newser.com/story/72015/gop-slow-pedals-effort-to-oust-rangel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 8:04:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:05:08 CDThttp://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/71065/island-rum-fight-fattens-rangels-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles 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 about it,” he...http://www.newser.com/story/71065/island-rum-fight-fattens-rangels-coffers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 13:30:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69142/pumped-up-dems-fall-into-line-on-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter 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...http://www.newser.com/story/69142/pumped-up-dems-fall-into-line-on-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 7:05:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68729/pelosi-lets-rangel-slidefor-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStripping 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...http://www.newser.com/story/68729/pelosi-lets-rangel-slidefor-now.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 9:28:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60730/rangel-sorry-for-obama-life-in-danger-crack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarlem 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...http://www.newser.com/story/60730/rangel-sorry-for-obama-life-in-danger-crack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 4:46:02 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/51158/stanford-spent-millions-to-lobby-congress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBillionaire 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 Caribbean,...http://www.newser.com/story/51158/stanford-spent-millions-to-lobby-congress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 10:39:52 CST