House ethics committee to look at Rangel's financial disclosure amendments

Posted by LegiStorm on Thursday, October 08, 2009

The House ethics committee has expanded its existing investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to include possible improprieties related to financial disclosure amendments he filed in August, The Associated Press reported this afternoon.

Those amendments revealed several assets that had previously been undisclosed, including a previously undisclosed account valued at least $250,000 with the Congressional Federal Credit Union.

Rangel was already the subject of two separate House ethics subcommittee investigations. Among other things, Rangel has been accused of improperly maintaining multiple rent-controlled apartments in New York, failing to report rental income to the IRS and taking part in a trip to St. Maarten that may have been paid for by companies which employ lobbyists, a potential violation of House rules.

See LegiStorm's previous posts about Rangel's ethics problems here.

 

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Posted by Bob Mortland on 10/23/2009 01:41 PM EDT
I would like to nominate Rangel for the poster child position on the reason for term limits.
Posted by azjenn on 10/20/2009 07:59 PM EDT
Two wrongs do not make a right. Just because everyone does it..doesn't make it right for Congress to turn their head when it comes to Rangel.
Posted by john de rosa on 10/13/2009 10:57 PM EDT
if the house ethics comm. keeps looking at this issue by the time they get around to taking action we;ll forget whats it was all about.then give rangel a slap on the hand.
Posted by Mary Costas on 10/12/2009 04:39 PM EDT
Rep. Barbara Lee said investigation of Rangel was nonsensical, because many on the hill have done similar things. Well there is a rational for you: Maybe it is time to clean out the rat's nest. The corruption has to be direct and swift. Mary Costas
Posted by art wehl on 10/11/2009 03:14 PM EDT
The House Ethics Committee? Isn't this the fox guarding the hen house?

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