Rangel Says Tax Liability Totals About $10,000
- By Tory Newmyer
- Roll Call Staff
- Sept. 10, 2008, 12:31 p.m.
Embattled Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) Wednesday acknowledged he owes about $5,000 in back taxes to the federal government and a similar amount in state and city taxes on rental income from a vacation property. But he pushed back against Republican demands he give up his gavel while the ethics committee probes the issue, along with two others involving the veteran Harlem legislator.
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