Rep. Charles Rangel signed an agreement with the House ethics committee but Republicans nixed the deal, the Harlem congressman told supporters yesterday.

Rangel, 80, made the comment at a breakfast yesterday at Sylvia’s, according to Politico.com. State Assemblyman Keith Wright told Politico that Rangel, a Democrat, had signed off on a deal with the ethics panel, but GOP members refused to go along with it.

“He said that, basically, the Republicans said no,” Wright told the Web site.