nydailynews.com - 11/26/2008
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DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Tuesday, November 25th 2008, 8:01 PM WASHINGTON - Embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel paid $121,000 last month to Bill Clinton 's former Mr. Fix-It for help in navigating a House ethics probe, the Daily News has learned. Rangel cut the check to Lanny Davis , an ex- ...
lawhawk.blogspot.com - 12/1/2008
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I can't say that I'm surprised by any
of this. High-ranking members of Congress were flown to...
a lush Caribbean resort this month for a three-day conference planned and paid for by several of the country's most powerful corporations - a violation of ...
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Shades of Pay to Play
townhall.com - 11/29/2008
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It's Not Easy Defending the Indefensible
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... ] ... but for $121K/month, Charlie Rangel apparently convinced Lanny Davis to give it his best shot. NYDaily News has details, here . ...
CHARLES RANGEL UPDATE: U.S. News: Charles Rangel Looks Like A Tax Cheat.
American Lawyer: Amid E…
Instapundit —
CHARLES RANGEL UPDATE: U.S. News: Charles Rangel Looks Like A Tax Cheat.
American Lawyer: Amid Ethics Questions, Rangel Hires Zuckerman Partner.
MarketWatch: CREW Calls for Ethics Investigation into New Allegations of Wrongdoing by Rep. Rangel.
Gothamist: Another Day, Another Question About Charles Rangel.
New York Daily News: Harlem Rep. Charlie Rangel paid Bill Clinton lawyer Lanny Davis six figures for ethics probe help.
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The Charles Rangel Roundup
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... . He is a tax cheat . He shows a pattern of tax abuse and evasion that has gone on for years on end. Trying to figure out Rangel's tax and legal mess is an expensive task. Rangel first went to Bill Clinton's fixer, Lanny Davis. That was a six-figure sum ($121,000, and the final bill isn't in). He is using his campaign funds to pay Davis, and at least one watchdog group claims that there's nothing wrong with this: Davis' firm received the substantial payout from Rangel's reelection campaign, federal records show. Those fees were for work by the Orrick legal team in July and ...
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More ethical concerns about Charlie Rangel.
wordpress.redstate.com 12/9/2008 — Well, I don’t like revisiting the subject. It’s easily fixed: boot the guy from his committee chairmanship.
Anyway, I missed this latest about Rep Rangel’s murky ways from last week, but (via Instapundit ) the New York Post is ...
Rangel to reintroduce military draft measure
thehill.com 1/15/2009 — Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) likely will introduce his controversial legislation to reinstate the draft again this year, but he will wait until after the economic stimulus package is passed. Asked if he plans to introduce the legislation again in ...
MORE RANGEL MUCK - New York Post
nypost.com 12/8/2008 — Posted: 1:01 am December 7, 2008 The ethical clouds hanging over Rep. Charlie Rangel grow thicker by the day. Thursday, it came to light that Rangel's campaign committee steered some $80,000 to his son's Internet company for work that Politico.com's ...
Chairman Rangel's Intent
wizbangblog.com 12/22/2008 — I wonder what Senator Trent Lott (R- MS, Former Senate Majority Leader) thinks of Representative Charlie Rangel's (D-NY, Chairman House Ways and Means Committee) problems? There is no dearth of...
Can Rangel Survive?
politicalwire.com 12/4/2008 — In a letter to the New York Times , Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) aggressively challenges the newspaper's allegations that he got special real estate deals and tax deals over the years. First Read notes Rangel's political career "may be in more jeopardy ...
Rangel Pays Parking Tickets With Campaign Funds
cqpolitics.com 12/30/2008 — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York has used campaign funds to pay $1,540 in fines from parking tickets in the District of Columbia in the last two years, according to federal campaign finance records and his office. ...
Rep. Charles Rangel denies he made inappropriate pitch for funds
nydailynews.com 1/4/2009 — DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Sunday, January 4th 2009, 4:00 AM Rep. Charles Rangel vehemently denied any impropriety Saturday following a newspaper report chronicling how he sought a donation for a public service center built in his honor from ...
Rangel not stepping down
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 12/8/2008 — Rangel said he is not stepping down from his powerful chairmanship.
(CNN) – Under fire for allegations of ethical violations, New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel told reporters Monday that he has no intention of stepping down as chairman ...
Ethics Panel to Clear Rangel?
realtime.sunlightprojects.org 2/4/2009 — House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel predicted, on C-SPAN’s Newsmakers program that aired Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, that his multitude of ethics woes would soon disappear. “I think that next Tuesday you will see a break in this and as ...
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