Other than Rangel, I didn't pay attention.
It's just especially ironic in his case.
Believe me, this kind of crap is bipartisan.
The rulemakers rarely bother to follow the rules themselves. It wasn't that long ago (before the early 1980s) that congressmen didn't pay Social Security taxes.
You can bet that if energy, medical care, or any other resource is rationed under future Brilliant Government Solutions, Washington will always have plenty of what it needs.