Charles in Charge

(Fox News) - A few weeks ago we told you how Democratic House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel had pushed through a $2 million earmark for a building at New York's City College to be named after — himself.

Now Rangel's attorney has asked the Federal Election Commission for permission to use more than $64,000 in campaign funds to commission a portrait of Rangel — to hang in the Ways and Means Committee grand hearing room. The letter says the price tag is consistent with other top portrait artists and includes what it calls "a three-quarter body length size, important details, and a custom frame."