congress rangel is convicted of using house stationery and staff to solicit money and soliciting money from donors who had interests before the ways and means committee. that s the powerful tax writing committee which congressman rangel used to oversees a chairman. he stepped down from that post last march as the ethics committee admonished him in a separate case. james rosen is in washington tonight. congressman rangel pretty outspoken today. yes. he cited the words of the chief prosecutor in the case who said that rangel wasn t personally corrupt. that in his interview with fox news late tonight the harlem lawmaker claimed he should have been given more time to find new lawyers after he ran out of money to pay his old ones and that yesterday s proceeding, which he walked out on in protest should not have continued in his absence. they know that my counsel have withdrawn. and it would appear to me that i should have had the opportunity, one, to have counsel. let s talk with 40 wit
as for republicans, they were already planning to push for rangel s resignation and now that he is gone, they won t have to do that he will be off the panel for at least the time being. shepard: this caribbean trip issue is really just one of several investigations this congressman rangel is facing. right. the ethics committee still looking into a variety of things. they are investigating allegations that he is accused of failing to pay taxes on a vacation villa he owns in the dominican republic. also, under fire for some rent controlled apartments he uses in harlem. some fundraising that used house stationery. and a broken down mercedes he stored in a house parking garage. shep? shepard: the ways and means committee makes decisions about some of the biggest programs really in all of america. social security, unemployment benefits. there are some ramifications from this move. yeah there are, of course, and the chairmanship of course stays in democratic hands so it doesn t chang
representative charles rangel of new york be censured. the representative charles b. rangel, will present himself in the well of the house for the pronouncement of censure. that representative charles b. rangel be censured with the public reading of this said resolution by the speaker. shepard: you ll recall members of the house ethics committee convicted rangel on 1 e 1 counts of breaking ethics rules in a series of hearings that at one point left him in or near tears. the violations included failure to disclose to congress at least $600,000 in assets. failure to tell the irs about rental income from a home in the dominican republic. using house stationery and house staff to solicit money and trying to get money from donors who had interest before the committee over which he s well, that he oversaw. the ethics committee recommended the full house censure for congressman rangel. censure is one of four forms of punishment in the house. it s a step below expulsion, kicking him out bu