In her speech to the National Black Leadership Commission, Schakowsky praised Rangel as "my leader, Charlie Rangel" and declared, "People may look to see how I vote, but that's 'cause I look first at how Charlie’s voting."
Hey Jan, why not listen to your constitutuents instead of sleazeballs like Rangel?
In 2005, while the Republicans still controllled Congress, Schakowsky gushed in The American Prospect, "Think about what it would mean for progressives if Nancy Pelosi were House speaker and congressional committees were chaired by people like George Miller, John Conyers, Charlie Rangel, and Henry Waxman."
Last fall Schakowsky voted "Yes" on House Vote 759 which defeated a GOP effort to remove Rangel from the chair of the Ways & Means Committee.
Schakowsky's GOP opponent, Joel Pollak, remarks, "Jan Schakowsky has made clear that she votes as Charles Rangel votes." He added, "The people of the 9th district do not want another Charles Rangel in Congress. We need a representative who will fight corruption instead of promoting it. We need a fresh start."
Rangel faces a House Ethics trial for allegedly using a rent-controlled New York apartment for campaign purposes, not paying taxes--he formally chaired the House tax-writing committee--on a rental property he owns in the Dominican Republic, and not reporting $75,000 in income.
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