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From: LindyBill10/8/2009 7:50:57 AM
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The Democrats vote to make Charlie Rangel a poster-boy for the 2010 elections

The Democrats were able to squelch a move to remove Charlie Rangel from the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee. Jennifer Rubin reminds us of his history of sleaze.

If you have lost track of the Rangel scandal, the collection includes failure to report $75,000 in rental income on a villa in the Dominican Republic on federal and state tax returns, pushing through a tax loophole for an oil-drilling company whose CEO pledged $1 million to a City College of New York school in Rangel's name, using congressional letterhead to solicit support for his Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York (which also snagged a $1.9 million earmark), using rent-stabilized apartments that evaded the residency requirements, improperly funding trips to the Caribbean in possible violation of House rules, and failing to disclose $1.3M in income.

But the Democrats were able to band together to protect his chairmanship on the committee that writes our nation's taxes.

The Republicans will now have the face for when they run an ad campaign next year about cleaning out the Democratic culture of corruption. Thanks, Democrats.
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