Charles Rangel

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks to the media after he was censured by the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks to the media after he was censured by the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., waves as he leaves after speaking to the media after he was censured by the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., listens to House ethics committee chairman Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., as she reads the punishment from the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. The committee recommended censure for Rangel, suggesting that the New York Democrat suffer the embarrassment of standing before his colleagues while receiving an oral rebuke by the speaker for financial and fundraising misconduct. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. arrives to appear before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., arrives to appear before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., right, talks with his Chief of Staff George Henry, as Rangel appeared before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., listens as left, as Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., right, speaks on behalf of Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., center, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the House Ethics Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. goes over his notes while appearing before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. appears before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. speaks before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. appears before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, right, reaches out to shake hands with Blake Chisam, chief counsel for the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Mr. Rangel was convicted earlier Tuesday on 11 counts of breaking ethics rules and now faces punishment. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, appears on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, before the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct as he faces charges of violating House ethics rule. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, listens to Caucus chair Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., speak during a news conference on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)