Better to be a tax cheat in congress than a fellow who truthfully exclaims "You Lie!"

Rep. John Carter (R-TX) sent this release...

(WASHINGTON, DC) - The 111th Congress could go down in American history as the "House of Hypocrisy" after Democrats today followed months of ignoring potentially criminal tax evasion by U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), while scheduling an immediate vote against Republican Congressman Joe Wilson for an inappropriate verbal outburst during last week's Joint Session of Congress.

"We are witnessing perhaps the most blatant display of moral and legal hypocrisy in the history of this body," says House Republican Conference Secretary John R. Carter of Texas. "Speaker Pelosi and President Obama have allowed Democrats at the highest levels of the federal government to violate the tax laws of the United States with impunity, blocked all attempts by this body to hold them accountable, and have made a mockery of our system of justice and the Rule of Law. Yet they find it important to hold a vote against a Republican for two words blurted out during a speech by the President, for which he has already apologized. We are witnessing truly malignant partisanship of historic proportion." Carter has joined other Members of the House in support of Wilson's apology being adequate to address any breach in House rules for his comment.

Carter introduced a privileged resolution earlier this year calling for removal of Rangel as Chairman of House Ways and Means, the House committee that oversees the IRS, while Rangel remained under investigation for tax violations, among other ethics charges. The resolution was blocked from consideration or debate on a party line vote by Democrats, in spite of the removal being supported by the editorial boards of the New York Times, Washington Post, and numerous other major daily newspapers historically favorable to Democrats.

Carter also introduced the Rangel Rule legislation that would provide the same waiver of penalties and interest on back taxes for all Americans as that enjoyed by Rangel. That measure has also been blocked by House Democrats.

"It is becoming increasingly apparent that the only way this House will restore the Rule of Law is for the American people to overthrow it," says Carter. "It is time for a revolution at the polls in November 2010.

Since the Democrats are making a big spectacle of Wilson with a vote, Republican's ought to bring up Rangel every time they get an open mike on the Hill.