Rangel’s Benz Hauled Off as Pols Bid to Take His Committee Spot

Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel’s Mercedes-Benz was towed yesterday from the House of Representatives parking space he had been using for years in violation of congressional rules.

As a tow truck pulled away the 1972 silver sedan under the watchful eyes of five Capitol police officers, House Republicans voted almost unanimously to oust the Harlem Democrat from his chairmanship of the powerful Ways and Means Committee in the midst of several ethics scandals.

The measure, however, failed.

Read more: (Daphne Retter, “Tow-Nailing Charlie ‘Parker’ – Benz Hauled Off as Pols Bid to Take His Committee Spot,” New York Post, 9/19/08)