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Ethics problem dogged speaker good rich and he he resigned leaving congress in some disgrace. but then a comeback. gingrich spent a decade writing books, pushing his endless stream of policy ideas. sometimes those ideas square with tea party values. >> i think that you have to migrate to a system that is social security and based on personal contributions. >> reporter: but not always. >> in order to have an american energy policy we immediate to replace the environmental protection agency with a...

Miring his own ethics problem and guess who is running against him in harlem? adam clayton powell jr. son. i dont think he can beat charles rangel, but i share bills feelings. so sad. rangel is a good guy in washington. >> bret: didnt take taxes on his vacation home and a long list of things, including some rent control issues in new york. if that all pans out, charles. >> if all that is true, but if he gets a bill and juan on the jury he will be acquitted. the democrats are very afraid of this ...

Speaker nancy pelosi in september of 2008 said these charges and all the investigation will be finished by the end of this congress. that was 2008. she was talking about january of 2009. were july 2010. back with the panel. bill? >> i have a soft spot for charles rangel. he is a little corrupt but he doesnt do as much damage for other big-spending democrats that wasted money. >> bret: you had them at the tea party thing. i think you lost them there. >> he is a revered member of congress. he has ...

>> reporter: in announcing his candidacy, powell sees wrangles ethics problem as an opening. >> hes no longer chairman of ways an means. >> reporter: rangel stepped down temporarily as the chairman in charge of taxes as an investigation continues into his failure to pay taxes on a home in the dominican republic and other issues. through his office, he declined requests for an interview. his campaign spokesman doesnt see him as vulnerable. >> nothing is ever a lock. you still have to make your ca...

Did they? members of congress dont have to release their tax returns this group of pastors would like the irs to find out. if c street is indeed charging a below market rate, in effect subsidizing the rent for the members of congress who live there and the residents are not including the value in taxable income the members may have significant unreported income tax liabilities. and theres more. now, if it were you or i, if i was in this situation, anybody who is not a member of congress, we migh...

The devils spawn, he would sell his own mother to get a vote. absurd on its face, especially. what do we make of all of this, this guy who had his own ethics problem, who had to resign in the face of the ethics investigation, now trying to put it back on the white house. >> i think its a problem for both sides, both parties, andrea. to chucks point, conservatives and republicans are playing a dang dangerous game by sort of embracing massa even to the extent they have. we dont know that the whole...

For getting branded with all the scandals and all the resignations and all the lobbying, abramoff. is there a fear of this sort of ethics problem hanging over the partys brand? >> yeah, theres a fear of that and there is also a fear of crossing president trump, you know. and also angering constituents. so, its fascinating because republican congressmen these days have had two sets of anger constituents at home. the trump supporters, but also tons of progressives and others who have been coming t...

Getting branded with all the scandals and all the resignations and all the lobbying, abramoff. is there a fear of this sort of ethics problem hanging over the partys brand? >> yeah, theres a fear of that and there is also a fear of crossing president trump, you know. and also angering constituents. so, its fascinating because republican congressmen these days have had two sets of anger constituents at home. the trump supporters, but also tons of progressives and others who have been coming to th...

Extraordinary financial gifts from the government, and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> isnt that cute? in other words, its not democracy, parker. its not any -- i mean, ashley, this isnt democracy, this isnt actually saying and doing things people like. it isnt like voting democratically. its like putting the money in the jukebox and out comes the money. what kind of game is he proposing here? >> well, i think the thing you need to keep in mind about governor romney is, ...

Politics, the mutuality -- people that have a little problem wethics always kutz other pers accuse the other person of ethics problem. someone who bought everything he ever got including his highly paid staff in the campaign. everybody was happy with using money on that side. he assumes he must have been outbid. >> thats exactly what someone who thinks he can buy votes was in fact doing. this guy is a salesman, chris. he doesnt know anything about making decisions based on whether or not its som...