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Congressman Charles Rangel, veteran representative of New York's Northern Manhattan district, is Chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 5, 2011 People Are Mad as Hell, Let's Help Them
I visited Liberty Plaza this past Saturday to meet the 99 percent of Americans who are bearing the brunt of the recession. I am very proud to see that they have started to mobilize and speak up.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 14, 2011 The Right's Wrong Plan
Instead of promoting a plan to create jobs, Republicans marked their 100th day in control of the House with an agenda to end Medicare and cut the lifeline of millions of Americans. Introduced last week by Rep. Paul Ryan, the GOP's "Road to Ruin" budget proposal does do two things: it hurts the poor and helps the rich. Viewed as an effort to reduce the debt, the Republican budget is both irresponsible and immoral.