Mark Udall

For Immediate Release:                                                                  Contact: Press Office
September 28, 2008                                                                                     (202) 479-7070

Rep. Mark Udall Calls for Rangel to Resign As Shea-Porter Remains Silent
Will Shea-Porter Finally Call for his Resignation and Return his Tainted Cash?

Washington – Today, during a debate on Meet the Press, Congressman and Democratic Senate candidate, Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO) called on Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) to step down as Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee in light of his three ethics investigations for questionable practices. This past week, Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA), gave up his $5,000 in Rangel contributions and newspaper editorial boards all across the country have called on Rangel to resign and for Democratic candidates to give back his contributions. All that’s left is for Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) to echo Udall’s call for Rangel to resign and for her to return the $14,000 she’s received from Charlie Rangel’s fundraising accounts.

The fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, with a theme of "Change You Can Believe In."

The final day's events will take place at INVESCO Field at Mile High, where over 70,000 people are expected to attend.

Featured speakers will include Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D), former Vermont Gov. and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean (D), New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D), U.S. Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall (D-Colo.), Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D), former Vice President Al Gore (D) and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D).

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), the Democratic presidential nominee, is scheduled to address the convention at 10 p.m. EST.

The full schedule is below.