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Home Front: Politix
Ethically-challenged Rep. Charles Rangel in campaign debt
2013-02-02
[WASHINGTONTIMES] In a case of the mighty having fallen, the campaign of Democratic Rep. Charlie Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Rangel
Congressman-for-Life from Harlem, who became what 20 terms in Congress turns you into ...
, the dean of the New York Congressional delegation and a man who was for decades untouchable in his Harlem district, is $35,000 in debt but has only $5,000 in the bank and has received handouts from other House members.
Sounds like it's time for another "birthday party"...
Mr. Rangel faced his first serious primary challenge in years, spending nearly a half-million dollars to fend off the son of the man he first deposed decades ago.

And ethics charges have worn him down, forcing him to fundraise separately for a legal defense fund. His campaign donated the maximum allowed, $5,000, to the legal fund, disclosures showed Thursday.

Mr. Rangel, who long helped other colleagues raise money, more recently has found himself on the receiving end of charity, as his colleagues in the House donated money to him through their leadership PACs, an act that had never before been necessary.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Time to write some checks from that Cayman Islands account Charlie.

You know, your "Retirement Fund". (wink, wink)
Posted by: bigjim-CA   2013-02-02 11:34  

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