Facing ethics probes, Rangel drops tax leadership (AP)

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. is seen in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, to attend a memorial service for the late Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP – Buffeted by ethics inquiries, 20-term Rep. Charles B. Rangel of New York stepped down Wednesday as chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, delivering a heavy new political jolt to a Democratic Party already facing angry voters.


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