lawhawk.blogspot.com - 1/15/2009
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It's like clockwork (or paying taxes on April 15), except that Charlie Rangel has a way of avoiding the latter. The detestable and ethically challenged Democrat from Harlem continues his assault on the military by pushing forward with an idea to reestablish the draft, even as the military ...
thehill.com - 1/15/2009
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thehill.com —
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) likely will introduce his
controversial legislation to reinstate the draft again this year,...
but he will wait until after the economic stimulus package is passed. Asked if he plans to introduce the legislation again in ...
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Rangel to reintroduce military draft measure
brain-terminal.com - 1/19/2009
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brain-terminal.com —
Congressman Charles Rangel has been in the news
quite a bit lately. He’s having trouble keeping up...
with his taxes, despite being the chairman of the committee responsible for writing the nation’s tax laws. Rangel, who’s been in ...
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Charles Rangel and the Harlem Tax Revolt of ’09
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Rangel to Propose Reinstituting the Draft? Again.
The Jawa Report —
January 15, 2009 Rangel to Propose Reinstituting the Draft? Again. So what to make of Rangel's promise to reintroduce a bill he proposed calling for the draft ? I'm willing to bet Rangel doesn't reintroduce his bill. When asked specifically by a reporter from The Hill if he was going to do it, what choice did he have but to say yes? But with Bushitler gone and The One ascendent, what would be the point? The real reason for his calls for a draft was to "expose" the "backdoor draft" of the Bushilter era. In other words, no one, not even Rangel, was ever serious about the ...
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More ethical concerns about Charlie Rangel.
wordpress.redstate.com 12/9/2008 — Well, I don’t like revisiting the subject. It’s easily fixed: boot the guy from his committee chairmanship.
Anyway, I missed this latest about Rep Rangel’s murky ways from last week, but (via Instapundit ) the New York Post is ...
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nypost.com 12/8/2008 — Posted: 1:01 am December 7, 2008 The ethical clouds hanging over Rep. Charlie Rangel grow thicker by the day. Thursday, it came to light that Rangel's campaign committee steered some $80,000 to his son's Internet company for work that Politico.com's ...
Yet More Rangel Pay to Play?
lawhawk.blogspot.com 1/3/2009 — Is that a whiff of smoke I see? Mr. Rangel had already helped secure a $5 million pledge for the project from a foundation controlled by Maurice R. Greenberg, one of the company’s largest shareholders and its former chief executive. And C.C.N.Y. ...
Rangel Pays Parking Tickets With Campaign Funds
cqpolitics.com 12/30/2008 — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel of New York has used campaign funds to pay $1,540 in fines from parking tickets in the District of Columbia in the last two years, according to federal campaign finance records and his office. ...
Can Rangel Survive?
politicalwire.com 12/4/2008 — In a letter to the New York Times , Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) aggressively challenges the newspaper's allegations that he got special real estate deals and tax deals over the years. First Read notes Rangel's political career "may be in more jeopardy ...
Ethics Panel to Clear Rangel?
realtime.sunlightprojects.org 2/4/2009 — House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel predicted, on C-SPAN’s Newsmakers program that aired Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, that his multitude of ethics woes would soon disappear. “I think that next Tuesday you will see a break in this and as ...
Rep. Charles Rangel denies he made inappropriate pitch for funds
nydailynews.com 1/4/2009 — DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Sunday, January 4th 2009, 4:00 AM Rep. Charles Rangel vehemently denied any impropriety Saturday following a newspaper report chronicling how he sought a donation for a public service center built in his honor from ...
Rangel not stepping down
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 12/8/2008 — Rangel said he is not stepping down from his powerful chairmanship.
(CNN) – Under fire for allegations of ethical violations, New York Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel told reporters Monday that he has no intention of stepping down as chairman ...
Democrats Finishing Up Stimulus Proposal —
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Congressional Democrats are putting the final touches on an economic stimulus package worth almost $850 billion, hoping to have the details ready in time for President-elect Barack Obama to promote it during a trip to Ohio tomorrow aimed at building ...
House Offers $825 Billion Stimulus —
Wash Post In Congress 1/16/2009
House Democrats yesterday presented an $825 billion stimulus package that includes more government spending and less tax relief than President-elect Barack Obama had proposed, potentially weakening support among Republicans for a plan that ...
Senate Votes To Release Rescue Funds To Obama —
Wash Post In Congress 1/16/2009
The Senate voted yesterday to release the second half of the Treasury's hugely unpopular initiative to stabilize the fragile U.S. financial system, granting President-elect Barack Obama virtually unfettered authority to spend $350 billion to revive ...
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