Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., has served in Congress for more than 40 years. The chairman of the powerful tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee is currently the target of a far-ranging investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The committee is looking at whether Rangel protected an oil company from a major tax bill when the head of the company made a donation to a college center named after the congressman. The Ethics Committee also is looking at whether Rangel paid appropriate taxes for a beach home he owns in the Dominican Republic. Rangel maintains he has done nothing improper.
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