Rangel Steered Campaign Money to Son
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) steered nearly $80,000 in campaign cash to a company run by his son to develop web sites, according to Politico. ...

Rangel keeps cash in the family
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Charlie Rangel already faces some serious questions about his taxes, and now he may face even more about the use of his campaign donations.  Politico reports that Rangel directed over $80,000 of contributions to his son to create two web sites, which hardly reflected the money spent on them: Between 2004 and 2007, Rep. Charles Rangel steered nearly $80,000 in campaign cash to an Internet company run by his son – paying lavishly for a pair of political Web sites so poorly designed an expert estimated one should have cost no more than $100 to create. The payments are apparently ...

Report: Rangel Paid Son's Company For Shoddy Web Design
TPMMuckraker — ... Now, Politico reports that, between 2004 and 2007, Rangel paid nearly $80,000 in campaign funds to a company run by his son, Steven Rangel, for two poorly designed websites that, according to an expert, should have cost no more than $900. ...

Cash in the Family
A Blog For All — Rep. Charles Rangel continues to show that he is tone deaf to swirling charges of ethical impropriety and legal troubles. The latest problem for the Harlem Democrat? He steered a lucrative contract for designing and maintaining a poorly designed website to his son's company that should have cost a fraction of that amount. Between 2004 and 2007, Rep. Charles Rangel steered nearly $80,000 in campaign cash to an Internet company run by his son – paying lavishly for a pair of political Web sites so poorly designed an expert estimated one should have cost no more than $100 to ...

The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Charles Rangel paid more for his websites than any other House member from 2004-2006...to a web firm founded by his son. ...

Daily Digest: Conservatives Planting Early Flags in Twitterland
techPresident — ... Err, let's dial back that sweeping statement about the bells tolling for brochureware, shall we? That seems to be exactly the sort of 1.0 website that troubled Congressperson Charles Rangel paid his son's firm just under $80,000 for, reports Politico's Luke Rosiak and Glenn Thrush. That sum represents the very most any member of the House of Representatives spent on web work during the 2004-2006 cycle. Did Rangel get his money's worth? ...

MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... poses Democrats’ economic stimulus plan as a solution to the nation’s employment woes. Already facing a congressional ethics investigation into his finances, Rangel may be in more hot water after a report that he paid $80,000 to an Internet company run by his son between 2004 and 2007, ...

Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... . * Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) has some more explaining to do . * In light of his presidential inauguration, Barack Obama has decided to finally ...

More ethical concerns about Charlie Rangel.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... the New York Post is happy to highlight it for our attention: MORE RANGEL MUCK 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 Luke Rosiak and Glenn Thrush describe as “poorly designed” and shoddy. The Politico article referenced above: Tangled Web: Rangel son got campaign ...

Rangel Defends Son in Letter to Supporters, Reporters
News — ... Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), besieged with financial scandals during the 110th Congress, issued a letter to supporters and reporters yesterday defending himself and hitting back at a story that suggested the longtime congressman channeled excessive amounts of campaign cash to his son's website management business. Politico reported on Thursday that Rangel had paid nearly $80,000 to his son's business to manage and promote two of Rangel's political websites. "As far as the recent smears against my son Steven," Rangel wrote, "a Marine Corps veteran who earned his law degree ...