opensecrets.org - 10/16/2009
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Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.)'s colleagues, donors and former staffers this week find themselves pondering whether their financial ties to the veteran, but embattled politicos are truly binding. Republican members of the House last week attempted to oust Rangel from his powerful chairmanship of ...
thehill.com - 10/12/2009
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thehill.com —
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) will face a 2010
primary challenge from one of his own former campaign
directors, Vince Morgan, in New York. Vince Morgan , a New York banker who once worked for Rangel as a special assistant and subsequently as a ...
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Rangel gets primary challenge from former campaign director
humanevents.com - 10/15/2009
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humanevents.com —
House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel
(D-N.Y.) held a hearing this morning to certify that
H.R. 3200 -- the main House Obamacare bill which was the subject of all the town hall rage in August -- has met all requirements to pass as a ...
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BREAKING: Dems Go Nuclear on Obamacare
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... Ben Chandler is still hanging on to his $10,000 in corrupt Charlie Rangel contributions. Everyone in the country is holding their nose. [Open Secrets] ...
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A Key Player on Health-Care Reform —
Wash Post In Congress 10/16/2009
Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) has been a passionate, and often blunt, voice for health-care reform for nearly four decades, starting when, as a young Vista volunteer, he took children to the dentist in the rural hills of Appalachia. A scion of ...
Reid goes up with first TV ads of the cycle —
CNN Political Ticker 10/16/2009
(CNN) — Harry Reid is picking up the pace as he plunges into what could a very tough re-election bid next year.
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Congress: Health care —
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Senate Democrats are exploring ways to increase the number of people covered under the Baucus plan, but can they do it without adding to the deficit? "According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the bill would ensure that 94% of ...