Ethics Panel Finds Rangel Broke Rules

The findings are certain to raise questions of whether Rangel, a New York Democrat, can continue as Ways and Means Committee chairman in an election year. Democrats took over the House in 2006 on a campaign promise to “end a culture of corruption” in Congress that they blamed on 12 years of Republican rule.

Read more: (Larry Margasak, “Ethics Panel Finds Rangel Broke Rules,” Associated Press, 2/25/10)