Rangel Should Be Censured, House Ethics Panel Says
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The U.S. House ethics committee today recommended the full chamber censure Democratic Representative Charles Rangel, who admitted mistakes while seeking “fairness and mercy” for violating House rules.
The 9-1 recommendation by the committee, which is equally split between Democrats and Republicans, goes to the full House for action after the Thanksgiving holiday. Rangel, of New York, was found by an ethics subcommittee to have committed 11 violations of House rules. Censure is a mid-level form of punishment.