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This Is What It Looks Like to Get Censured by Nancy Pelosi [VIDEO]

(Dec. 3) -- Standing in the well of the House last night, Rep. Charles Rangel faced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and got a formal rebuke over his ethical violations. She read aloud a resolution of reproach resolving that the former Ways and Means Committee chairman endure the "ritual of public humiliation" known as...

House Censures Veteran Rep. Rangel for Misconduct

WASHINGTON (Dec. 2) -- Veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, the raspy-voiced, backslapping former chairman of one of Congress' most powerful committees, was censured by his House colleagues for financial misconduct Thursday in a solemn moment of humiliation in the sunset of his career. After the 333-79 vote, the Democrat from New...

Charlie Rangel Punishment Vote: Public or Private Slap on the Wrist?

(Dec. 1) -- Will justice be served? For all the hoopla and media attention Democrat Charles Rangel has received over the past year, his punishment for House ethics violations comes down to one of two options: 1. Censure If the House votes for censure, Rangel will be publicly scolded in the House chamber by his...

What Is the Mysterious New Evidence That Halted the Maxine Waters Investigation?

(Nov. 19) -- For now, it's a secret. Fresh off its recommendation of censure for Rep. Charles Rangel, the House ethics committee abruptly postponed a hearing for another Democratic member, California Rep. Maxine Waters. In a statement released today, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct announced the...

Maxine Waters' Ethics Trial Put On Hold

On the day after the House Ethics Committee recommended a censure for Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), the committee announced Friday that it will not hold the trial of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on Nov. 29, as scheduled.