Yesterday, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct voted unanimously to expand the jurisdiction of the committee's investigation of Rangel.
http://ethics.house.gov/Media/PDF/Ra...Oct_8_2009.PDF
IMO, that is how the process should work...and in the meantime, there is nothing in the current rules/standards that allow for removal from a chairmanship during that process.
What is so wrong about following the rules?