Rep. Charles Rangel, shown leaving his office for a vote at the Capitol in July, is accused of 13 ethics violations. Among them: that he lied about his finances in his personal disclosure filings and dodged taxes on rental income from a vacation home in the Dominican Republic.
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People search for jobs in an employment office in El Centro, Calif. More than 6 million people in the U.S. have been out of work for six months or longer.
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Bishop Gerald Kicanas after a hearing on Capitol Hill in July. Some conservative Catholics are leery of Kicanas' progressive views.
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Jim Cole, shown in 2000, has been waiting more than 63 days for a confirmation vote in the Senate after being nominated by President Obama to be deputy attorney general.
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