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Rangel Adamant He's Staying in House Leadership Post
Rangel Adamant He's Staying in House Leadership Post
“You bet your life on it,” Rangel said when asked again if he would remain the head of the panel. “And I don’t lie to the press.”
But Pelosi was noncommittal about Rangel’s future of the Ways and Means Committee.
“No comment,” #xPelosi said as she slipped into another elevator at the conclusion of the conclave.
Rangel’s future atop his perch of the panel remains in doubt as House Republicans ready a formal resolution to strip the Harlem Democrat of his chairmanship as early as Wednesday.
The House Ethics Committee issued Rangel a formal "admonishment" last Thursday for accepting donations from a private corporation to pay for two trips to Caribbean. The ethics panel has not yet weighed in on a host of other probes it launched into the Congressman's conduct starting in 2008.PVC covers Those ethics complaints include his failure to pay taxes on a villa in the Dominican Republic, his use of Congressional stationary to help raise money for City College of New York and his improper storage of a broken-down Mercedes-Benz in a House garage.
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) Tuesday became the first member of the Congressional Black Caucus to demand that Rangel resign as Ways and Means chairman.
"Representative Rangel has had a long and distinguished career and I respect his leadership. But I believe Congress needs to do more to restore the public trust," Davis said in a statement obtained by Fox. "An Ethics Committee admonishment is a serious event and Representative Rangel should do the right thing and step aside as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee."
Davis went on to say that he "will consider returning the $1,000 contribution he made to my 2008 re-election campaign."
Davis is the first and only CBC member to call for Rangel's ouster.
Davis is running for governor of Alabama and is not standing for re-election to the House this fall.
Although other CBC members disagreed with Davis about Rangel's future, PVC coversseveral defended his position.
"Our caucus is just like any other caucus,"#x said CBC member Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA). "We don't have 42 members in lockstep."
Fellow CBC member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) agreed.
"I think everyone is entitled to his opinion," PVC coversCummings said,Diamond blade, who noted that "it's a little early" to relieve Rangel of his chairmanship.
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