Ethics Committee: Censure Rangel

The House Ethics Committee voted nine to one Thursday to recommend censure for embattled New York Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY).

“We have worked together in this matter in a way that has been quite wrenching and we’re satisfied with our conclusion,” Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.),the chair of the special ethics panel tasked with investigating Rangel, said.

The full House will now determine whether Rangel will receive the rarely used reprimand.

If the House votes in favor, Rangel will be the first Congressman censured since 1983.

Rangel, who maintains that his conduct was misguided but not corrupt, was found guilty this week of 11 ethics violations, including failure to pay taxes on his vacation home in the Dominican Republic and using Congressional resources to secure funds for a center that bore his name.