Charles Rangel

Charles Rangel

  • WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 06: Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) (C) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) participate in a House Rules Committee meeting on Capitol Hill November 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee met to discuss a rule on the H.R.3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act.

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  • House passes bill stopping Medicare premium hikes

    ...monthly premium is $96.40 this year."Our nation's seniors are already experiencing difficult financial times," said Rep. Charles Rangel , D-N.Y., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, which oversees Medicare. "The prospect that some may face a disproportionate... |more

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  • Doctor Right: Fairy Tales

    ...Budget Office (CBO) Director, Douglas Elmendorf, sent Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, tax cheat Charles Rangel, a letter on October 29, 2009. That letter included a preliminary analysis on the cost of H.R. 3962 the Affordable Health Care for... |more

  • What became of 'Mr. Smith' ?

    ...watchdogs - the Ethics Committee and the Office of Congressional Ethics - include not only the highly placed Murtha but also Charles Rangel, the chairman of the important House Ways and Means Committee, who has been the subject of a long running inquiry into... |more

  • Charlie could catch a break

    ...-- Rep. Charles Rangel is likely to be cleared on one of a half-dozen ethics charges, it was reported yesterday. Rangel and four other members of the Congressional Black Caucus may be exonerated of allegations of rule violations stemming from a 2008 trip to... |more

  • Pelosi vows ObamaCare ram-through by Saturday

    ...of ObamaCare appears very dire for and to the American people. In letters to both Senator Orin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Charles Rangel (M/D-NY) the CBO stated: "Among other things, H.R. 3962 would establish a mandate for most legal residents of the United States... |more

  • RACIAL DISPARITY IN HOUSE ETHICS PROBES: All active investigations just so happen to target black lawmakers.

    ...Ways and Means Committee in 2006, and some have argued that race plays a role in the ongoing efforts to remove Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) from his chairmanship of that committee.               Last week’s actions by the House ethics committee are sure to... |more

About Charles Rangel

Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York (map). Rangel's district, the smallest in the country in geographic size, encompasses Upper Manhattan and includes such neighborhoods as Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and part of the Upper West Side, as well as a small portion of Queens in the neighborhood of Astoria. In January 2007, he became chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. He is the first African-American to chair the committee. Rangel earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his service in the Korean War.

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