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Censured Members Of Congress - The House ethics committee recommended Thursday that 20-term Rep. Charles Rangel be censured by the House of Representatives for 11 counts of financial and fundraising misconduct, a punishment milder than expulsion from Congress but harsher than the reprimand many thought he would receive. In a 9-1 vote, the panel also recommended that Rangel, D-N.Y., the former chairman of the powerful, tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, pay back taxes dating to the early 1990s. The committee's recommendation now goes to the full House, which is likely to consider the recommendation after the Thanksgiving holiday. Rangel could be the first member of the House to be censured in almost three decades. Before tearfully placing himself on the mercy of the committee, Rangel insisted he did nothing deliberately wrong or for personal financial benefit. "There has never been any corruption or personal gain in my actions, as the committee's chief coun...