The powerful chairman of the tax-writing committee of the U.S. House is being urged to step down from his post for, among other things, failing to pay taxes.

The House Ethics Committee is continuing its 16-month investigation into House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-New York), who is accused of failing to disclose more than $600,000 in previously unreported assets, and tens of thousands of dollars in unreported income. He also failed to pay taxes on $75,000 in rental income on his villa in the Dominican Republic. Those are just a few of the 14 allegations of tax or ethics violations by Rangel the committee is looking into.

All but two Democrats in the House (Gene Taylor and Travis Childers, both of Mississippi) recently voted against a resolution that called for Rangel to step down from his position on the Ways and Means Committee. The unsuccessful resolution was brought by House Republican Conference Secretary and former judge John Carter (R-Texas), who sees Rangel getting special treatment...