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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 new fundamentally different and environmental solutions agency. >> reporter: many republicans ackno...

Miring his own ethics problem and guess who is running against him in harlem? adam clayton powell jr. son. i don't think he can beat charles rangel, but i share bill's feelings. so sad. rangel is a good guy in washington. >> bret: didn't 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 trial in september. remember, the administration began with the mean that democrat lay taxes but ...

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. we're july 2010. back with the panel. bill? >> i have a soft spot for charles rangel. he is a little corrupt but he doesn't 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 been around 40 years. he came in office replacing adam clayton powell, saying that adam clayton po...

>> reporter: in announcing his candidacy, powell see's wrangle's ethics problem as an opening. >> he's 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 doesn't see him as vulnerable. >> nothing is ever a lock. you still have to make your case to the voters, tell them about what you've done. you've got to remind them of all the things ...

Did they? members of congress don't 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 there's more. now, if it were you or i, if i was in this situation, anybody who is not a member of congress, we might have a tax problem on our hands with this. and, you know, that is what al capone went to prison ...