twa
July-22nd-2010, 10:24 PM
About time
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38367462/ns/politics-capitol_hill/
The investigation of Rangel has focused on:
* His use of official stationery to raise money for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York.
* Whether he had the Ways and Means Committee consider legislation that would benefit donors to the Rangel Center at the same time the congressman solicited donations or pledges.
* Preservation of a tax shelter for an oil drilling company, Nabors Industries, which has a chief executive who donated money to the center while Rangel's committee considered the loophole legislation.
* Use of four rent-controlled apartment units in New York City, when the city's rent stabilization program is supposed to apply to one's primary residence. This raises the question of how all the units could be primary residences. One was a campaign office, raising the separate question of whether the rent break was an improper gift.
* Whether Rangel, as required, publicly reported information on the financing and rental of his ownership interest in a unit within the Punta Cana Yacht Club in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Rangel also had to pay back taxes on the rental income.
* Whether he intentionally failed to report — when required — hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in assets. The amended disclosure reports added a credit union IRA, mutual fund accounts and stock.
Priceless Rangel:pfft:
Russert: "Are you worried about losing your job?"
Rangel: "What are you talking about? Are you just trying to make copy? What job? The one I got?"
Russert: "Yeah, these are potentially very serious violations."
Rangel: "How do you think I got my job? I was elected. How do you think I lose it?"
Russert: "There are two ways, you can lose it if your colleagues voted you out of here because of ethics violations or if your constituents don't support you."
Rangel: "What station are you from?"
Russert: "NBC, MSNBC."
Rangel: "Well you're young, I guess you do need to make a name for yourself, basically you know it's a dumb question."
Russert: "How is it a dumb question?"
Rangel: "It's allegations made by some people."
Russert: "Sir, you did not file taxes on your properties in the Dominican allegedly, if that comes to be true, is that not a problem?"
Rangel: "It doesn't really sound like NBC asking these dumb questions. It just shows what happened to a channel that did have some respect."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38367462/ns/politics-capitol_hill/
The investigation of Rangel has focused on:
* His use of official stationery to raise money for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at City College of New York.
* Whether he had the Ways and Means Committee consider legislation that would benefit donors to the Rangel Center at the same time the congressman solicited donations or pledges.
* Preservation of a tax shelter for an oil drilling company, Nabors Industries, which has a chief executive who donated money to the center while Rangel's committee considered the loophole legislation.
* Use of four rent-controlled apartment units in New York City, when the city's rent stabilization program is supposed to apply to one's primary residence. This raises the question of how all the units could be primary residences. One was a campaign office, raising the separate question of whether the rent break was an improper gift.
* Whether Rangel, as required, publicly reported information on the financing and rental of his ownership interest in a unit within the Punta Cana Yacht Club in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Rangel also had to pay back taxes on the rental income.
* Whether he intentionally failed to report — when required — hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in assets. The amended disclosure reports added a credit union IRA, mutual fund accounts and stock.
Priceless Rangel:pfft:
Russert: "Are you worried about losing your job?"
Rangel: "What are you talking about? Are you just trying to make copy? What job? The one I got?"
Russert: "Yeah, these are potentially very serious violations."
Rangel: "How do you think I got my job? I was elected. How do you think I lose it?"
Russert: "There are two ways, you can lose it if your colleagues voted you out of here because of ethics violations or if your constituents don't support you."
Rangel: "What station are you from?"
Russert: "NBC, MSNBC."
Rangel: "Well you're young, I guess you do need to make a name for yourself, basically you know it's a dumb question."
Russert: "How is it a dumb question?"
Rangel: "It's allegations made by some people."
Russert: "Sir, you did not file taxes on your properties in the Dominican allegedly, if that comes to be true, is that not a problem?"
Rangel: "It doesn't really sound like NBC asking these dumb questions. It just shows what happened to a channel that did have some respect."