Rangel Censured

The House voted 333 to 79 on Thursday to censure Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) after the long-serving member was found guilty of 11 ethics violations.

Not long after the vote, Rangel offered short, optimistic remarks on the floor, wherein he explained that he was comforted by the notion that he would be ultimately be judged for his life efforts as a whole.

Rangel ended his statement by saying “compared to where I’ve been, I haven’t had a bad day since,” a signature phrase for Rangel that references an attack the 80-year-old Congressman survived while serving in the Korean War.

Rangel’s charges included failing to pay taxes on property he owned in the Dominican Republican and improperly using Congressional resources to fund a center that bore his name.

In his Proclamation of Censure, it was stated that Rangel will be required to pay restitution for his unpaid taxes.

The Harlem Democrat is the first Congressman to be censured since 1983.