washingtonexaminer.com - 10/20/2009
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But the third reason is, I suspect, the most important one, and you can see what it is if you look at the seniority roster of Ways and Means . House Democrats, although they have elected committee chairmen since 1974, have since they regained their majority in 2006 with only one major exception ...
nytimes.com - 10/14/2009
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nytimes.com —
WASHINGTON Representative Charles B. Rangel , whose
personal finances are the focus of a Congressional ethics
investigation, is suddenly facing another problem: one of his former aides is running against him in next year’s election. The aide, Vince ...
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Vince Morgan, Ex-Aide to Rangel, Will Run Against Him
nypost.com - 27 days ago
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nypost.com —
WASHINGTON -- Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel's flagging fund-raising
efforts are being kept afloat by lobbyists who round
up and deliver donors for the powerful committee chairman, new campaign-finance filings reveal. The lobbyists, including former ...
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Reeling Rangel hitches ride on his lobby hor$e
opensecrets.org - 10/16/2009
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opensecrets.org —
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 ...
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Support for Charles Rangel Wanes In Midst of Alleged ...
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MICHAEL BARONE: Why Are Democrats Sticking With Charlie Rangel? “Put yourself in Pelosi’s shoes …
Instapundit —
... MICHAEL BARONE: Why Are Democrats Sticking With Charlie Rangel? “Put yourself in Pelosi’s shoes and you can see that there’s no win-win choice she can make in replacing Rangel. Anything she does will make many House Democrats mad, and some of the possible replacements could prove embarrassing at election time 2010. From her point of view, it’s better to hope that the ethics committee investigation of Rangel can take up most of the time between now and November 2010, and that Rangel might make things easier on everyone by announcing he’s not seeking reelection after 40 ...
Why are Democrats sticking with Charlie Rangel?
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Michael Barone:
Put yourself in Pelosi?s shoes and you can see that there?s no win-win choice she can make in replacing Rangel. Anything she does will make many House Democrats mad, and some of the possible replacements could prove embarrassing at election time 2010. From her point of view, it?s better to hope that the ethics committee investigation of Rangel can take up most of the time between now and November 2010, and that Rangel might make things easier on everyone by announcing he?s not seeking reelection after 40 years of service in the House. (He first ...
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