For embattled Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), is time running out?
Byron York thinks it is. He notes that Congressman John Carter (R-TX) has introduced the “Rangel Rule”: “The brainchild of Rep. John Carter, a Texas Republican who spent two decades as a judge before coming to the House in 2002, H.R. 735 would require the IRS to give everyone the same kid-glove treatment it gave Rangel.” There’s no chance that will pass.
The New York Post notes in an editorial, “All of which makes Rangel’s continued role as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee — Congress’ primary tax-writing body — a mockery.”
Glenn Thrush, writing in Politico, notes that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is very unlikely to remove Rangel as Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee as it would cause even more problems for her.
That said, Democrats ran successfully against Republican corruption in 2006 and 2008. It now appears certain that Republicans will run successfully against Democratic corruption in 2010. Speaker Pelosi and other Democrats would be wise to ditch the corruptocrats…but perhaps that’s just not possible for a Congresscritter.