Ethics Watchdog Wonders Why Rangel was the Only Dem Punished for Caribbean Trip

An outside watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said it did not understand how Mr. Rangel could be rebuked while the other lawmakers were not.

“Each and every member of Congress present was equally as culpable as Representative Rangel, and all should be held to the same standard,” said Melanie Sloan, director of the group.

Read more: (David Kocieniewski and Carl Hulse, “Panel Admonishes Rangel for Taking Trips as Gifts,” The New York Times, 2/25/10)