Charlie Rangel is one Corrupt SOB
This guy really has elevated being a lying, cheating, corruption machine to an art form. The Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes the tax laws that he regularly ignores, is already under probe for ethics violations, and receiving calls to step down from his position there.
House Republicans escalated their attacks on the chairman. John Carter , R-Texas, offered a privileged resolution Wednesday calling on Rangel to step down from his chairmanship of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee while the ethics investigation is ongoing.
“If Mr. Rangel is cleared of wrongdoing, I will be the first to congratulate him back to the chairmanship,” Carter said in a statement. “But we must show we are serious about enforcing the ethics rules of this house, instead of using stall tactics to thwart the process.”
The resolution will be considered, and undoubtedly tabled by the Democratic majority, early next week.
He is also being probed for a lobbyist paid trip to