Ethics Committee Votes to Censure Rangel

After about three hours of private deliberation, the vote came back 9-1. Apart from expulsion, censure is the most serious penalty Rangel could receive. If the full House affirms the recommendation when the chamber returns after Thanksgiving, Rangel will get a formal rebuke from the Speaker in front of his colleagues, a public sanction that would mark a low point in the New York Democrat’s four-decade career.