Republican leaders on Tuesday called for a powerful Democrat to step down as chairman of an influential tax-writing committee until ethics charges against him could be resolved.
The letter targeted Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, who has been under intense scrutiny in the aftermath of reports about financial arrangements involving rental properties in New York and a beachfront villa in the Dominican Republic.
Basically, in NY he has been accused of renting office space in a building meant for low income housing, and in the Dominican Republic he owns a house with a 0% mortgage and has never claimed the rental income from that property on his US Income Taxes.
OUCH.
Filed under: General Politics | Tagged: Dominican Republic, Ethics, rangel, Ways and Means
And would it surprise anyone if it came to light that Obama is the one who blew the whistle on Rangel for not kissing his ring prior to June 3rd?
well… obama did uninvite Rangel to the Convention….
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