Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) tried to get out in front of a congressional mob on Tuesday. Democrats in both the House and Senate have been calling for the IRS to use the tax code to recoup bonuses paid out to AIG executives with federal bailout money. Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which writes the tax code, said that the approach was inappropriate.
"It's difficult for me to think of the code as a political weapon," said...
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