Rangel Escapes with his Job

Business came to a standstill on Wednesday as House Democrats and Republicans battled it out over whether to remove embattled Congressman Charles Rangel from his post of a powerful tax committee.

Rangel is the fourth most senior member of the House, so it must have been acutely embarrassing to have all his dirty laundry aired before Congress. Allegation after allegation took a full 17 minutes to read, and that was just the first time.

“The man who is in charge of writing the nation’s tax laws doesn’t pay his federal income or property taxes,” said Rep. John Carter, R-Texas.

Read more: (Marcia Kramer, “GOP Thwarted; Rangel Escapes With His Job,” WCBS-TV, 10/08/09)