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WASHINGTON - A House subcommittee has approved the city's 2011 budget that includes a bill allowing the District of Columbia to have autonomy over its budget.

WASHINGTON — The subcommittee that investigated Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., has recommended that the embattled lawmaker face just a "reprimand," a mild form of punishment similar to that given to Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., when he was rebuked in 1997.

House Democrats are pushing this year to give the District full control over how it budgets and spends city revenue, severely limiting opportunities for Congress to intervene in local decisions such as support for same-sex marriage, needle-exchange programs and medical marijuana. Government - United States - Catalonia - Foreign Affairs - Spain

The subcommittee had expected to finish their investigation by the end of 2008, though Rangel's lawyers seem to have drawn the process out as it evolved.

WASHINGTON - A House investigator says the panel handling Rep. Charlie Rangel's ethics case has recommended a reprimand by the full House — but that decision could be months away.

House ethics investigators recommended that New York Representative Charles Rangel be reprimanded for ethical violations, the chairman of the investigative subcommittee said today.

WASHINGTON — A special House of Representatives subcommittee on Thursday outlined 13 counts of ethics violations against Rep. Charles Rangel, the former chairman of the powerful tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The charges place his political career in jeopardy and could put Democrats on the defensive as November's elections approach.

WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- A House ethics subcommittee charged U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., Thursday with 13 counts of violating House rules and U.S. laws. Charles B. Rangel - United States House of Representatives - WASHINGTON - United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct - Democratic

A House ethics subcommittee Thursday charged influential Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., with 13 violations of congressional ethics, although recent reports suggest that he has reached a plea deal.

U.S. House ethics investigators recommended that New York Representative Charles Rangel be reprimanded for ethical violations, the chairman of the investigative subcommittee said today.