Thread: NBC: Rangel to step down as Ways and Means Chairman (obamaca

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NBC: Rangel to step down as Ways and Means chairman
posted at 8:20 pm on March 2, 2010 by Allahpundit
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I’ll take this as an omen for the ObamaCare vote, but what kind of omen is it? Proof that some Dems, a.k.a. Rangel, are willing to commit kamikaze for the greater good?

Or proof that that the caucus is no longer listening to Madam Speaker?

After being admonished by an ethics panel for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., will give his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means committee, NBC News has learned.

The top spot may temporarily go to Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., according to leadership sources, or to Rep. Pete Stark of California, the committee’s second-ranking Democrat.
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Sources indicated Tuesday to NBC that Rangel had been encouraged to step aside before the House voted on a bill to strip him of his chairmanship.

“We don’t have the votes to save him,â€

CHARLIE HAS MADE HIS BED , JUST LIKE BILL CLINTON AND HILLARY , JUST LIKE BOTH SHOULD HAVE REMOVED THEM SELFS FROM POLITICS , POLITICS AT ONE TIME HAD HONOR AND HONESTY , NOW WE HAVE CRIMINAL MINDS , CHANGING LAWS AND UNDERCUTTING OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM AND MAKING BACK ROOM DEALS RUNNING AMERICA ... WE HAVE A DOUBLE SET OF STANDARDS IN AMERICA , WE HAVE LITTLE HONESTY , TRANSPARENCY , AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLITICS , LOTS OF SMOKE SCREENS TO COVER BACK ROOM DEALS , AND FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS ITS ALWAYS THE TAX PAYER WHO HAS TO PAY FOR IT ALL , AND THEY WALK FREE , HOW BLIND IS AMERICA , REALLY BLIND WE ALL SHOULD HAVE WALKING CANES AND SEEING EYE DOGS TO LIVE IN AMERICA . SO MUCH CORRUPTION ...

CHARLIE HAS RAISED SO MUCH MONEY FOR HIS RE ELECTION AND HAS ALREADY SPENT OVER 1.6 MILLION ON ATTORNEY FEES TO WORK ON HIS BACK ROOM DEALS ... WELL WHAT WE OUR REALLY SEEING IS THIS IS THE REAL AMERICA , THEY DONT TEACH US THIS IN SCHOOL , WHY IS THAT ? , THEY WANT US TO BE HONEST AND PAY ALL THE BILLS WHILE THEY DO ALL THE SPENDING AND STEELING , THEY SHOULD TEACH KIDS IN SCHOOL THE DOUBLE SET OF STANDARDS SYSTEM THEY USE , SO WE CAN ALL LIVE LIKE THE REST !