House Democrats continued to struggle with how to handle the pending ethics trial of Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), returning to the Capitol on Monday as unclear on the matter as when they left last week.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Monday that they had not spoken to Rangel about the matter. Neither indicated any knowledge of how the former Ways and Means Committee chairman plans to handle the potentially explosive ethics trial. It is slated to begin Thursday with a hearing, at which the corruption allegations will be detailed.

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