Report: Rep. Rangel Uses Office to Solicit Donations to Academic Center in His Name

WASHINGTON (Fox News) — The powerful House Democrat Rep. Charles Rangel is facing new ethical questions in a report that says he used his congressional office to solicit $30 million in donations to an academic center bearing his name.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Rangel has sought money from companies that have business before the committee he chairs -- the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee -- and has used his congressional stationary and other amenities available to him as a congressman to do so.

Rangel already has secured federal funds for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York, including a $1.9 million earmark last year, and $690,500 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Post writes.