WASHINGTON – A House ethics panel has found Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York guilty on 11 counts of breaking House rules. The full ethics committee will next conduct a hearing on the appropriate punishment for the former chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. The committee will then make a recommendation to the House. Possible punishments include a House vote deploring Rangel's conduct, a fine and denial of privileges. The eight-member ethics panel had sat as a jury to judge Rangel's conduct. The 80-year-old congressman from Harlem was charged with 13 counts of financial and fundraising wrongdoing. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_rangel_ethics_trial;_ylt =AleaaVi2SSQhHrE2pktDR9Ws0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNtNG83Y2pkBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAxMTE2L3VzX3JhbmdlbF9ldGhpY3NfdHJpYWwEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMzBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNmdWxsbmJzcHN0b3I- added by: JohnA
