Jul 21 2008
Charlie Rangel Big Donor to Daniel Johnson
Monday, July 21, 2008
Contact:Â Brent Woodcox, Communications Director, 919-828-6423
Rangel Pays Big for Trial Lawyer Johnson’s Support of Higher Taxes on Middle Class Families N.Y. Congressman under investigation for ethics violation
RALEIGH-North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Linda Daves today called attention to the Federal Election Commission quarterly report of 10th District Democrat Congressional candidate and trial lawyer, Daniel Johnson. Johnson’s report reveals that his biggest individual campaign contributor is New York Congressman Charlie Rangel, who has given $7,000 to Johnson.
Mr. Rangel is the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee which is responsible for establishing tax policy in this country. As a freshman Democrat Congressman, Daniel Johnson can be expected to reciprocate Chairman Rangel’s financial generosity with votes in support of his tax agenda, which includes higher taxes on small businesses, middle class families, and retirement pensions.
“The last thing the families of Western North Carolina need is for Charlie Rangel and Daniel Johnson to enact job-killing tax hikes on small business employers and middle class workers. Western North Carolina simply can not afford trial lawyer Daniel Johnson’s liberal policies,” Chairman Daves stated.
Additionally, Chairman Daves noted that Chairman Rangel recently admitted that he may have violated House ethics rules when he used his official stationery to solicit private donations for a foundation he is
building in honor of himself. Rangel is accused of soliciting financial contributions from businesses with a large stake in the tax policies that his committee writes. Even the liberal advocacy group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, is calling for an investigation of Chairman Rangel’s misconduct. (Retter, Daphne, “Begging Rangel Cops to a Mail Dysfunction
<http://www.nypost.com/seven/07162008/news/nationalnews/_begging_rangel_
,” New York Post, July 16, 2008)
“By choosing to support corrupt D.C. politicians like Charlie Rangel, Daniel Johnson is already making it painfully clear that he does not represent the values of Western North Carolina families,” Chairman Daves concluded.
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