Rangel, Facing Trial, Also Faces Unprecedented Opposition
A two-year investigation into allegations that Rep. Charlie Rangel violated congressional ethics rules by failing to properly account for his finances and assets was forwarded on Thursday to bipartisan...
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WNYC political reporter, Azi Paybarah, and Capitol Hill bureau chief for Politics Daily, Patricia M. Murphy, talk about what Representative Charlie Rangel's (D-NY) trial before the House ethics...
View ArticleNY Rep. Rangel, Facing Trial, Also Faces Unprecedented Opposition
A two-year investigation into allegations that Rep. Charlie Rangel violated congressional ethics rules by failing to properly account for his finances and assets was forwarded on Thursday to bipartisan...
View ArticleRep. Charlie Rangel to Face House Ethics Panel
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) may face the biggest fight of his long political career when he faces a public ethics hearing on Capitol Hill later this afternoon. At the heart of the hearing are...
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Liz Benjamin, host of Capital Tonight, blogger, and Daily News columnist, talks about the latest with Governor Paterson and the budget, Representative Rangel, and the Republicans vying for the...
View ArticleHouse Accuses Rangel of 13 Violations
House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising...
View ArticleRangel's Q&A: 'Not One Scintilla of Evidence'
The only thing better than hearing Rep. Charlie Rangel go back and forth with reporters about his ongoing ethics trial is hearing him do it as he refers to himself in the third person.After appearing...
View ArticleRangel Defends Himself Against Ethics Charges
He rambled. He challenged. He even said death may come sooner than he’d like. But Rep. Charles Rangel’s 30-minute speech on the House floor today was the most detailed and passionate defense he’s...
View ArticleNY Rep. Charles Rangel Defends Himself Against Ethics Charges
New York Congressman Charles Rangel delivered a twenty-minute speech on the floor of Congress Monday afternoon, defending himself against thirteen charges of violating ethics rules. He told colleagues...
View ArticleRangel, The Campaigner
David Dinkins' middle-finger to hecklers sums up how Rep. Charles Rangel feels about the ethics probe, the 80-year-old congressman said at a press conference this morning, where he sought to put the...
View ArticleRangel Wins Democratic Nomination, Defying Detractors
Incumbent Congressman Charlie Rangel triumphed over state Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV and three other challengers to win the Democratic nomination for his seat in New York's 15th district. The...
View ArticleOpen Phones: Rangel's Punishment
A House Ethics Panel has found Charlie Rangel guilty of violating 11 Congressional ethics rules. Now the committee is meeting to decide what punishment it will recommend.What do you think should happen...
View ArticleWhy Rangel Walked Out
An ethics panel of eight House members deliberated over two days before delivering a sad but unsurprising blow to 20-term New York congressman Charles Rangel. The 80-year-old democratic representative...
View ArticleEthics Panel Considers Rangel Punishment Today
Rep. Charlie Rangel is expected to appear in person when the ethics panel reconvenes today at noon to decide what punishment the 20-term lawmaker should face for violating 11 congressional ethics...
View ArticleEthics Committee Chief Counsel Recommends Censure for Rangel
The House ethics committee's chief counsel has recommended censure, to punish Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel for violating House ethics rules."I respectfully submit that this committee should recommend to...
View ArticleRangel Apologizes for Embarrassing Colleagues, Chief Counsel Recommends Censure
Updated 3:15pm Nearly in tears, Rep. Charlie Rangel asked members of the ethics panel to treat him fairly.“What the press has done to me, my family and my community is unfair,” said Rangel, saying news...
View ArticleEthics Panel Recommends Censoring Rangel
The House ethics committee is recommending that 20-term Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel be censured. They deliberated for about three hours before reaching their decision. The final vote was...
View ArticleIn Rangel's Defense
I began working for Charlie Rangel in his now infamous rent-controlled campaign office in the summer of 2006 as an intern still in high school. I have continued to proudly work for him, as well as...
View ArticleTop of the Hour: Censure for Rangle, Morning Headlines
His peers in the house have voted to censure New York Congressman Charlie Rangel; is the long drama finally over?
View ArticleMy List of 2010's Most Fascinating
With just a few hours to go this year, let me add my picks for the most fascinating people of 2010 to the mix:10. President Barack Obama, because he's the most successful president of the 21st...
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