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Charles Rangel: September 2009

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Taking Stock Of The Rangel Probe: What's He Accused Of?

Zachary Roth | September 7, 2009, 1:36PM

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY)

Last week, Republicans intensified their calls for the ouster of Rep. Charles Rangel from his job as chair of the House Ways and Means committee. The Harlem Democrat has been under fire thanks to a string of revelations about irregularities in his personal financial arrangements. But Nancy Pelosi is so far unmoved, with her aides telling Politico she'll wait for the results of a House ethics investigation before taking any action.

The probe has been underway for almost a year, and it's not clear when the results might be made public. So while we all wait, it's worth a quick refresher on what the ethics panel is looking at, and what it might all amount to.

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Charles Rangel

Boehner To Rangel: Step Down Till Ethics Probe Is Complete

Zachary Roth | September 4, 2009, 1:18PM

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY)

Things aren't looking good for Rep. Charlie Rangel.

Last week, we learned that the embattled New York congressman had failed to disclose $600,000 in assets, as well as tens of thousands of dollars in income, on his 2007 financial disclosure forms.