EDITORIAL: Ditch Rangel

Are congressional Democrats truly committed to dealing with the economic and fiscal policy challenges they face next year? The answer will be seen in how they address their increasingly problematic Charlie Rangel situation.

Scarcely a day goes by without yet another ethical impropriety coming to light regarding the chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee.

Last Wednesday, the DC-based National Legal and Policy Center urged the House Ethics Committee to expand its ongoing Rangel probe to include the recent revelation that he took a “homestead” tax deduction meant for year-round DC residents – though he legally resides in New York.

Read more: (Editorial, “Ditch Charlie,” New York Post, 11/30/08)