Also, Gov. Paterson may still face fines, ethics violations.
View full sizeRep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., enters his office after going for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.From N.Y. Daily News:
Charlie Rangel's 40-year legacy of service to the people of Harlem was shredded Thursday by a scathing ethics rebuke from his House peers.
Rangel, still in disbelief Thursday night, was holding out hope for a plea deal.
"They're still talking," Rangel said of his lawyers and the staff of the ethics committee on a possible deal to head off a messy public trial in September on charges he abused his office and brought disgrace on Congress.
A hopeful Rangel source said: "Just because [the ethics charges] happened doesn't necessarily mean the deal is dead."
» Read the full story: Rep. Charles Rangel still holding out hope as messy public trial on ethics charges looms
More on Rangel's ethics charges
» Harlem to Rangel: Resign [N.Y. Post]
» Dems in a blue state over disgraced "dean" [N.Y. Post]
» Rangel case poses test for Democrats as elections near [New York Times]
» Press Secretary Gibbs: Rangel ethics trial "right course" [ABC News]
In other state news
» Gov. Paterson could still face civil ethics violations, fines and the boot [N.Y. Daily News]
» Paterson predicts "at least 1,000" state employee layoffs [Times-Union]
» House approves safety rules sought by Flight 3407 families [Buffalo News]
» Marcellus Shale: Compulsory integration allows gas companies to drill sideways under your land for a fee [Press & Sun Bulletin]