Hoyer Vows to Block GOP Bid to Ask Rangel to Step Aside

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said Tuesday that he will move to block any Republican attempt this week to push Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel to step aside until an ethics probe is complete.

Rep. John Carter , R-Texas, has said he plans to offer a privileged resolution calling on Rangel, a veteran New York Democrat, to step down from his post at least until an investigation by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is concluded. His effort has the support of the House GOP leadership.

But Hoyer, D-Md., said, “If they bring a resolution, we will move to block it.”

Read more: (Edward Epstein, “Hoyer Vows to Block GOP Bid to Ask Rangel to Step Aside,” CQ Politics, 10/06/09)