At least three Democratic congressmen have given to charities $26,000 in campaign contributions they received from embattled House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel of New York following inquiries by this newspaper.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., appeared Feb. 23 in The Washington Examiner’s “Dirty Money Watch” but had declined to say what he would do with $2,000 he’d received from Rangel for the 2010 campaign cycle.