Dems Disgorge $500K In Rangel Cash

House Dems have returned $503K in contributions from embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) after a week-long offensive by GOPers to paint the cash as tainted.

The former chair of the Ways and Means Committee stepped down last week after the House ethics committee found he violated the chamber's ban on accepting gifts from corporations. Now, a total of 36 members have given back some or all of the contributions the influential Rangel handed out.

Rep. John Hall (D-NY) became the latest to return Rangel's cash when he spread $21K among 10 charities in his Westchester-based district.

The NRCC has been hounding incumbents to return or donate the money they received from Rangel, generating significant local news coverage as vulnerable members have raced to return the money.

Most of the 36 members have returned direct donations that came from Rangel's campaign account or his PAC. But the NRCC has hit others, including Reps. Mike McMahon (D-NY), Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) and Walt Minnick (D-ID) for profiting from joint fundraisers with Rangel. Those 3 have returned the direct contributions.

All told, the 20-term NY Dem contributed more than $1.5M to current incumbents, not counting the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, he has given to the DCCC over the years; as chair of a top committee, his dues this year are set at $500K, though FEC records show he has only given $150K so far this cycle.

Coming alongside ex-Rep. Eric Massa's (D-NY) resignation amid an ethics scandal, Rangel's fall has given the GOP the chance to dust off a favorite quote from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On election night '06, after Dems won back control of both chambers, Pelosi promised "the most open and most ethical Congress in history."

The RNC is using the comment in a new ad that seeks to tie Rangel and Massa to the rest of the Dem caucus. The ad is playing on DC cable stations

After the jump, a full list of members who accepted contributions from Rangel, and what they've done -- or haven't done -- with the money.

                       MONEY FROM
MEMBER                   RANGEL      RETURNED?
Altmire (D-PA)            $21K       
Arcuri (D-NY)             $14K       Charity
Barrow (D-GA)             $33K       
Bean (D-IL)               $28K       
S. Bishop (D-GA)           $6K       
T. Bishop (D-NY)          $15K       Returning^
Boccieri (D-OH)           $59K       No decision yet
Boswell (D-IA)            $53K       
Boyd (D-FL)                $9K       
Braley (D-IA)              $7K       
Bright (D-AL)             $14K       
Cardoza (D-CA)             $7K       Charity
Carney (D-PA)             $21K       Charity
Chandler (D-KY)           $10K       
Connolly (D-VA)            $7K       Charity
Costa (D-CA)               $2K       
Courtney (D-CT)           $25K       Charity
Cuellar (D-TX)             $8K       Charity
Dahlkemper (D-PA)         $14K       No comment
A. Davis (D-AL)            $1K       Charity
L. Davis (D-TN)           $15K       
Donnelly (D-IN)           $21K       Charity 
Driehaus (D-OH)           $12K       
Edwards (D-TX)            $42K       
Foster (D-IL)             $14K       Charity
Giffords (D-AZ)           $21K       Charity
Hall (D-NY)               $21K       Charity
Halvorson (D-IL)          $60K       Charity
Heinrich (D-NM)           $12K       
Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)    $17K       Charity
Higgins (D-NY)            $11K       
Hill (D-IN)               $26K       
Himes (D-CT)              $16K       Charity
Holden (D-PA)             $19K       
Israel (D-NY)              $9K       
Kagen (D-WI)              $21K       
Kanjorski (D-PA)          $21K       
Kilroy (D-OH)             $22K       Returning
Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)        $14K       Charity
Kissell (D-NC)            $23K       Partly returning
Klein (D-FL)               $9K       Charity
Kosmas (D-FL)             $14K       Charity
Larsen (D-WA)             $24K       
Maffei (D-NY)             $82K       Not returning
B. Markey (D-CO)           $7K       
Marshall (D-GA)           $29K       
Massa (D-NY)              $74K       
Matheson (D-UT)           $45K       
McMahon (D-NY)             $1K       Returning
McNerney (D-CA)           $21K       Charity
Michaud (D-ME)            $12K       
Minnick (D-ID)            $55K       Charity
Mitchell (D-AZ)           $28K       Returning
C. Murphy (D-CT)          $21K       Returning
P. Murphy (D-PA)          $19K       
Nye (D-VA)                $14K       Charity
Perriello (D-VA)           $7K       Charity
Peters (D-MI)             $16K       Charity
Pomeroy (D-ND)            $30K       
Rodriguez (D-TX)          $21K       
Ross (D-AR)               $19K
Schauer (D-MI)            $14K       Charity
Schrader (D-OR)            $7K       
Shea-Porter (D-NH)        $14K       Returning
Shuler (D-NC)             $14K       
Space (D-OH)              $21K       Charity 
Spratt (D-SC)             $18K       
Sutton (D-OH)              $7K       Charity
Stupak (D-MI)              $7K       
Teague (D-NM)              $4k       
Titus (D-NV)              $15K       Partly returning
Tsongas (D-MA)             $7K       Charity
Walz (D-MN)               $21K       Charity
C. Wilson (D-OH)          $12K       Charity
Wu (D-OR)                  $5K       
Yarmuth (D-KY)            $12K       Charity

Note: Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) told the New York Post he would return $15K from Rangel after a spokesperson told Hotline OnCall last week the money had been spent.