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GOP gets wish: Rangel case in campaign season

July 30, 2010 By The Associated Press LARRY MARGASAK (Associated Press Writer)

(AP) — Republicans wanted an election-season ethics case against Democratic powerhouse Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. And now, it looks like they have one.

A House ethics panel of four Democrats and four Republicans, who will determine Rangel's guilt or innocence on 13 ethics charges, held its organizational meeting Thursday. The message going forward, from the top Republican on the panel,...

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