Charles Rangel
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) participates in a television interview before the House went into recess for the Thanksgiving break on November 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. With a deadline looming, the JointÊSelect Committee onÊdeficitÊReduction will continue working to cut trillions of dollars from the budget before the Thanksgiving deadline.
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It is not progressing. We don’t know who’s in charge, we don’t know who’s going to make the decision and it’s a rough decision getting 27 into–after losing two seats. We’ve got to expand, to expand you’ve got to push somebody aside
There are a lot of close friendships and, you take a guy like Senator Orrin Hatch, if he was in the House he couldn’t afford to sit next to me ... I’m the first guy he looks for when we have the joint sessions, but if indeed they say, ‘You’re supposed to sit next to Charlie,’ his answer would be, ‘Charlie would understand why I would love to sit next to him.’ And that would be it. He has enough of his own right wing problems that he can’t.
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Nassau DA Kathleen Rice eyeing higher office?
Rice, Nassau County's district attorney, joined a group that included Reps. Steve Israel and Charles Rangel at a meeting in Manhattan recently.The topic of the session hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included voting rights, according Read more »
Around the web
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Diaz is fine with changing Rangel's district, but not at the cost of Bronx congressional seats
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. articulated what may very well be a sticking point in redrawing congressional districts for Rep. Charlie Rangel and others in the New York City delegation. There's speculation that Rangel's no-longer-majority-black from Capital New York Read more »
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Ronverts: Breaking Up with Obama, Rebounding with Ron Paul
In 2008, Moses Caballeros was a 21-year-old activist in New York City who couldn’t wait to cast his first presidential vote for Barack Obama. He canvassed around Harlem, he proselytized to his friends, he attended rallies and meetings downtown. Coming fr from Good Read more »
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The New York delegation on what House Republicans have against the city, public transportation
Late last week, a Republican-led House committee proposed a bill that would reallocate federal transportation money from a dedicated stream and instead subject that spending to yearly budget negotiations. This morning, the four Democratic members from Ne from Capital New York Read more »
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NYC: NYC Congress Members, MTA Chief Repudiate House GOP Attack on Transit
Congress members Joe Crowley, Charlie Rangel, Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney joined MTA chief Joe Lhota to decry the House Republicans' attempt to end dedicated federal funding for transit. Photo: Noah Kazis “It’s the worst piece of legislation you cou from Streetsblog Read more »
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In Harlem, Rangel and Wright make light of a redistricting dilemma
On Saturday, Rep. Charlie Rangel helped constituents iron out problems with their Social Security benefits, hosting a town hall-style meeting on that topic in the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building on 125th Street. Later, Rangel told an anecdote a from Capital New York Read more »
