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Charles Rangel

Concern for the Attacks on Rangel

David Jones | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Government, Elected Official, Congressman Rangel, Congress, Charles Rangel, New York City, New York News
David Jones

It seems to me that a whole generation of elected black officials is under scrutiny for financial improprieties and missteps. Woven into some of these attacks is a much less savory motivation of moneyed elites.

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What Should Charlie Do?

Jim Lichtman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ways and Means Committee, Merrill Lynch Global, Representative Peter King, Representative John Carter, Charles Rangel, Honesty, House Ethics Committee, Ethics, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

Would you side with those who favor Rangel stepping down (or being removed) from his committee assignments until the ethics investigation is completed? Or should he stay put until found guilty?

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Cadillac Tax: Congress Is Split On Reform Effort To Tax Costly Health Care Plans

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, White House, Cadillac Tax, Senate Finance Committee, House, Charles Rangel, Cbo, Afl-Cio, Obama, Reform, Democrats, Health Care Bill, Health Care Tax, Pelosi, Rangel, Nancy Pelosi, Public Option, Baucus Bill, Health Care Reform, Tax, Republicans, Health Care, Senate, Politics News

A proposed tax on high-cost, or "Cadillac," health insurance plans has touched off a fierce clash between the Senate and the House as they wrestle ove...

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Oct. 12, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: McDonald's, Nasa, Nobel Peace Prize, Charles Rangel, Tiger Woods, President Obama, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

President Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize. Shock and awe or shocking and awful? Also, NASA sends two rockets to explode on moon. Luckily, the moon does not fire back.

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Oct. 12, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: McDonald's, Golf, Nobel Peace Prize, Charles Rangel, President Obama, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

President Obama wins Nobel Prize. Shock and Awe or Shocking and Awful? And NASA sends two rockets to explode on moon. Luckily, moon did not fire back.

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Charlie Rangel May Be Step Aside For Paterson: Report

newsday.com | Dan Janison | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Governor David Paterson, Governor Paterson, David Paterson, Charles Rangel, New York Governor Paterson, New York, New York News

One interesting notion drawing chatter on the political circuit: That Rangel would retire midterm, with party leaders paving the way for a poll-vexed ...

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Rangel: Obama Speech Made Health Bill Harder

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama Rangel, Charlie Rangel Obama, Obama Health Care Speech, Charlie Rangel, Charlie Rangel on Obama, Rangel Obama Spech, Charles Rangel, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Caught off guard, congressional Democrats are grappling with President Barack Obama's unexpected call for immediate access to insur...

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The Impact of the Economic Crisis on New York City Business

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Kathy Wylde, Harlem, Retail Sales, Financial Services, Urban Policy, New York Real Estate, Charles Rangel, David Paterson, Lehman Brothers, Economic Crisis, Fiscal Crisis, Financial Crisis, Harlem New York, Partnership for New York City, New York City, New York News
Kathryn Wylde

For small business, the recession will be a difficult trial, but it may turn out to provide the wake up call that New York City and State needed to support entrepreneurial companies.

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Charlie Rangel's Wealth Jumps After Disclosure

CQ Politics | Richard Rubin | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Financial Disclosures, Rep. Charlie Rangel, New York, House Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel, Rangel Money, Charles Rangel, Transparency, New York News

House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel , already beset by a series of ethics investigations, has disclosed more than $500,000 in previously u...

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AMA Endorses House Health Reform Bill

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sustainable Growth Rate, House of Representatives, Ama, Health Care Reform, Chuck Rangel, American Medical Association, Medicare, Charlie Rangel, Health Care, House Health Care Bill, Charles Rangel, Politics News

CHICAGO — The American Medical Association on Thursday endorsed a liberal health overhaul bill that includes a public insurance option, a bold s...

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Ryan Grim

CBO: House Bill Would Cover 97 Percent Of Americans And Cost $1 Trillion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cbo Estimate, Cbo, Range, Charlie Rangel, Co, Cbo House Estimate, Congessional Budget Office, Charles Rangel, Politics News

The Congressional Budget Office estimated in a letter to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday that the House health care reform proposal would redu...

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Time to Talk Tax Hikes

Jim Jaffe | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Taxes, Health Insurance, House Ways and Means Committee, Tax Hikes, Charles Rangel, Politics News
Jim Jaffe

As the crisis in California illustrates, waiting for the arrival of the revenue fairy or outlawing waste, fraud and abuse are faux strategies that deflect attention from tough decisions.

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Bill Clinton To Fundraise For Gillibrand Challenger Carolyn Maloney

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Carolyn Maloney, Charles Rangel, Bill Clinton, Carolyn Maloney Senate Run, Steve Israel, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a New York congresswoman challeng...

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Local Politics: The Rich Get Richer

Warren Goldstein | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Charles Rangel, Campaign Contributions, Drug Companies, Health Care Reform, Hiram Monserrate, Pedro Espada, Single Payer Healthcare, Domestic Workers, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Insurance Companies, Same-Sex Marriage, New York News
Warren Goldstein

"All politics is local," the late Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil opined famously. And New Yorkers have been getting a large dose of the maxim in rec...

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Rangel To Obama: Stay Out Of New York Politics

NY1 | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charles Rangel, New York Politics, New York, Barack Obama, Politics News

In an interview with NY1, Rep. Charles Rangel warns state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo not to challenge Gov. David Paterson in a Democratic primary n...

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Obama Might Need to Show ID in More Places than East Harlem

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nypd, Nypd Omar Edwards, Black Cops, President Obama, Police Shooting, African-Americans, Racial Profiling, Charles Rangel, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The wishful thought was that Obama's election buried once and for all negative racial typecasting and the perennial threat it posed to the safety and well-being of black males. It did no such thing.

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Jeff Muskus

Rangel Wants Health Care Before Climate Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Energy and Commerce Committee, Charles Rangel, Climate Change, House Ways and Means Committee, Henry Waxman, Charlie Rangel, House Climate-Change Bill, Politics News

Don't even think about climate change before health care, Charlie Rangel said Wednesday night. Long on the periphery of the climate-change debate, Ra...

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Blue Dog Democrats Complain Of Being Shut Out Of Health Care Debate

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Health Care Legislation, Blue Dog Health Care Reform, Health Care System, Henry Waxman, Blue Dog Democrats, Charles Rangel, Politics News

Forty-five House Democrats in the party's moderate-to-conservative wing have protested the secretive process by which party leaders in their chamber a...

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A Crime to Make Money

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fed, Taxes, Rush Limbaugh, Charles Rangel, Connecticut, Chris Dodd, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, New York City, Chas Freeman, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Elections, Aig, Andrew Cuomo, Bailout, Countrywide, Finance, Tim Geithner, Citibank, Israel, Treasury, Ben Bernanke, Housing Crisis, Wall Street Bonuses, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Madoff, Republican Party, Senate, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

It seems to have finally dawned on government leaders that bonus recipients are not the only ones who should be afraid.

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Jason Linkins

Lawrence O'Donnell Reduces Eric Cantor To Babbling (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig, Video, Charles Rangel, Media Monitor, Lawrence O'Donnell, Eric Cantor, Politics News

Media Monitor Brian Cohoon drew our attention to this clip from MSNBC's Morning Joe, where Lawrence O'Donnell subjects Eric Cantor to some sort of rep...

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Ryan Grim

House Passes Bill Taxing AIG Bonuses, Republicans Switch Votes In Droves

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig, Charles Rangel, Aig Bonuses, Bonus Tax Vote, AIG Bailout, Bonus Tax House Vote, Bonus Tax, Aig Bonus Tax, Rangel, Bonus Outrage, Politics News

The House overwhelmingly passed legislation on Thursday to tax bonuses paid out by AIG and other bailed-out firms at a rate of 90 percent. "We want ou...

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Rangel Investigation Expanded By House Ethics Panel

AP | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Local Politics, Ethics Violations, Charles Rangel, New York, House of Representatives, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee is expanding an investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committ...

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Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Turkey Slaughter, Leadership, Turkey, Leadership Battle, John Dingell, Media, Charlie Rangel, Waxman, Chairman, Bush, Lieberman, Television, Pelosi, Last-Minute, Video, Midnight Regulations, Clinton, Regulations, Networks, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Turkeys, Palin Turkey, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Leadership Fight, Reid, Detroit, Committee, Butcher, House, Framing, Charles Rangel, Homeland Security, Rules, 60 Days, Dingell, Democrat, Henry Waxman, Democrats, 2008 Election, Interview, Slaughterhouse, Rangel, Mddotw, Hillary, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sarah Palin, Leak, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, News, Meat, Leaks, Secretary of State, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

While today is not officially Turkey Day, I will warn you in advance that it's going to be a theme running through today's column, like gravy through ...

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Lobbyists, Cindy McCain, Mccain, Campaign, Mark Penn, Sarah Palin, Obama Sex, 2008, Midotw, Craig Ferguson, Liar Liar, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Per Capita, Real Estate, Alaska, Trust, 3:00 AM, Felon, Joe Biden, 08, Rant, Pants on Fire, Lie, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Late Late Show, Elections, Martin Luther King, Mddotw, Obama, Maverick, Arizona, Media, Anniversary, Charlie Rangel, Friday Talking Points, Governor, King, Party Hack, Holiday, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Keating Five, Keating, John McCain, Charles Rangel, Obama Virus, 2008 Elections, 2008 Election, Lobbyist, Rangel, 08 Campaign, Earmarks, Tax, Virus, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Charles Keating, Mccain Lies, Earmark, Ferguson, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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Rep. Charlie Rangel On Clinton Supporters: "They'll Be Overwhelmingly Supportive Of Obama"

Brad Listi | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Obama DNC, Charles Rangel, Congressman Rangel, Hillary Clinton, Dnc, 16th Street Mall, Clinton Delegates, Charlie Rangel, Denver, Barack Obama, New York, Home News
Brad Listi

I ran into Congressman Rangel on the 16th Street Mall here in Denver. He was was looking dapper in a royal blue blazer, perspiring heavily an...

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