House leader Rangel calls for ethics probe on himself

Nick Langewis
Published: Wednesday July 23, 2008

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has an ethics complaint ... against himself.

As promised Tuesday, Rangel requested that the House open a probe into whether he "inadvertently failed to comply with House Ethics Rules regarding the use of congressional letterhead" in June 2005 and March 2007 to arrange talks with charity leaders and the business community regarding possible donations to the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York.