For Rangel, a Downward Path, With Destination Uncertain
(New York Times) — For the last eight months, Representative Charles B. Rangel has been circling in an ever-descending spiral. In March, he relinquished the chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee, the job of his career. In July, after two years of internal investigation, the House ethics panel accused him of violating Congressional rules. This week, a jury of his peers decided he was guilty of most of the accusations, concluding he had wrongfully had access to a subsidized apartment and had failed to pay taxes on the rental income on his Caribbean vacation home.
