Mahoney Votes to Give Rangel Ethical Pass
September 21st, 2008 at 10:40pm Boru
Blocks House Ethics Investigation into Rangel’s Mounting Tax Scandal
Washington- Despite overwhelming evidence that Rep. Charlie Rangel may have broken multiple local, state and federal laws; and despite the fact that Rangel has violated House Ethics rules; and despite Rangel’s own admission that he failed to pay taxes for as many as twenty years, Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL) stubbornly voted against a House Resolution today that would have launched a much needed House Ethics Committee investigation to get to the truth of Rangel’s ethical dilemma (House Roll Call 609).
Mahoney’s defense of embattled Rangel, and his refusal to hold Rangel accountable for his actions, is further proof that Mahoney is more interested in defending the status quo in Washington than he is in being an independent voice for his district. Apparently the $21,000 that Tim Mahoney has received from Charlie Rangel’s campaign accounts was enough to buy Mahoney’s vote to give him an ethical pass.
Perhaps Mahoney doesn’t want to know the truth about Charlie Rangel and how many laws he’s violated while serving as Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, responsible for writing tax codes in the country, but Americans deserve better. Mahoney’s vote today only further alienates voters from their elected representatives by signaling that the rules Americans follow don’t apply to politicians in Washington.
“Tim Mahoney turned his back on an opportunity today to fulfill his promise to change the way business is done in Washington, and instead chose to embrace the same corrupt behavior he once campaigned against,” said NRCC Spokesman Ken Spain. “While the financial market is in peril, Tim Mahoney is voting to prop up an ethically-challenged Congressman who has not only circumvented the very tax hikes he has written, but who has admitted he is incapable of keeping his own financial house in order. Tim Mahoney hasn’t changed Washington because Washington has already changed him.”
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