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2010 quit the panel when Congress convened in January last year, saying new members were needed to take a fresh look at the Waters case. However, all five Republicans decided to stay on. The five Republicans stepping down were Bonner and Reps. Michael...
Member or staff of the Committee” and noted that all the recusals were voluntary. The outside counsel, Billy Martin, was appointed in July following a POLITICO report on internal committee memos from the former chief counsel raising questions on whether...
Congressman Charles Rangel, left, adjust former mayor David Dinkin's bow tie as he greets him and former Mayor Ed Koch before New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg delivers his State of the City address, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at the Morris High School... View Photo »
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
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) have, through their offices, declined to comment, and Roll Call could not identify any House GOP Member who has publicly supported Bachus since the news of the investigation became public. In 2009, Boehner strongly...
Officials including from left, Representative Charles B. Rangel, the Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the United Federation of Teachers Michael Mulgrew, New York City Comptroller John C. Liu, and President of the NAACP New York State Hazel Dukes, join a... View Photo »
And I love when democracy and trade and trade and economic growth far exceeds the evilness of people who just want to terrorize. And so, my fellow Americans and my partners, I think you for the love and affection and support that you’ve given me. And I want you to know that no matter what happens in red...
There's speculation that Rangel's no-longer-majority-black district in upper Manhattan will extend north, all the way to Mount Vernon, in order to regain enough African-American voters to make it more likely that Rangel will get re-elected, and to make...
He canvassed around Harlem, he proselytized to his friends, he attended rallies and meetings downtown. Coming from a family of hardcore Puerto Rican and Brazilian-American Democrats that voted for Charlie Rangel every election cycle, he “really...
Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York (map). Rangel's district, the smallest in the country in geographic size, encompasses Upper Manhattan and includes... Full Article
Rep. Charles B. Rangel, right, and New York City Comptroller John C. Liu join a rally and march to the United Nations headquarters, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in New York. Civil rights activists protested stricter voting laws Saturday with a march from the New York offices of Koch...
View Photo »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...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 08: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), CENTER, and other civil rights activists announce the 'Stand for Freedom' voting rights campaign on the steps of City Hall on November 8, 2011 in New York City. The campaign is in response to an effort by some state...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 03: House Ways and Means Committee Democrats (L-R) Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) talk after a press conference on unemployment insurance at the U.S. Capitol November 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. Democrats will be introducing an...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 03: House Ways and Means Committee Democrat Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) participates in a press conference on unemployment insurance benefits at the U.S. Capitol November 3, 2011 in Washington, DC. Democrats will be introducing an unemployment insurance...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 03: House Ways and Means Committee Democrats (L-R) Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), hold a press conference on unemployment insurance at the U.S. Capitol...
View Photo »Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. visits the "Occupy Wall Street" protests in Zuccotti Park in New York, on Monday, October 10, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), left, speaks alongside fellow politicians Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), center, and Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), at a news conference outside the U.N. headquarters during a bipartisan meeting of congressmen and Jewish community leaders to voice opposition...
View Photo »Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY, thanks friends, family and Congressional colleagues as his official portrait is unveiled during a ceremony in the Ways and Means Committee Room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY, thanks friends, family and Congressional colleagues as his official portrait is unveiled during a ceremony in the Ways and Means Committee Room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Rangel's fellow Democrats, House Democratic Whip Steny...
View Photo »Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY, embraces his wife Alma, as his official portrait is unveiled during a ceremony in the Ways and Means Committee Room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-NY, smiles as his official portrait is unveiled during a ceremony in the Ways and Means Committee Room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) talks with a reporter about the special election in New York on Tuesday after a rally with fellow House Democrats on the steps of the U.S. Captiol September 14, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Democrats were rallying to demand...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) walks back into the House of Representatives after a rally with fellow House Democrats on the steps of the U.S. Captiol September 14, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Democrats were rallying to demand that the House GOP take up the...
View Photo »Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY is greeted as he leaves St. Patrick's Cathedral after the funeral of former Gov. Hugh Carey Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 in New York.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 25: Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) (C) attends news conference with members of the House Democratic caucus July 25, 2011 in Washington, DC. The lawmakers accused their Republicans colleagues of adding what Democrats call 'job killing' proposals as part of the ongoing...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JULY 20: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) speaks during a news conference July 20, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus held the news...
View Photo »U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. , center, is given a commemorative watch by Dae-Shin Kang, right, chairman of the Seoul High School Alumni Association, as Louis Shim looks on during an even honoring Korean War veterans, Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Fort Lee, N.J. Rangel, who is a veteran of...
View Photo »Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. , pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 8, 2011. Rangel talked about various topics including the debt ceiling.
View Photo »Officials including from left, Representative Charles B. Rangel, the Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the United Federation of Teachers Michael Mulgrew, New York City Comptroller John C. Liu, and President of the NAACP New York State Hazel Dukes, join a rally and march to the United...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - MAY 19: Rep. Charles Rangel and Rep. Peter King attend the renaming of the Queensboro Bridge in honor of Ed Koch at The Water Club Restaurant on May 19, 2011 in New York City.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: Tony Bennett and Charlie Rangel speak during the 'Strumming and Drumming Event for Music Education' hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and NAMM at U.S. Capitol H-137 on May 11, 2011 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: Bernie Williams and Charlie Rangel pose for a photo during the 'Strumming and Drumming Event for Music Education' hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and NAMM at U.S. Capitol H-137 on May 11, 2011 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - MAY 10: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) (R) listens New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces a new emergency notification system at a news conference overlooking Ground Zero on May 10, 2011 in New York City. Bloomberg, who was joined by politicians, federal...
View Photo »NEW YORK, NY - MAY 05: (L to R) U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-NY), U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) look on at a wreath laying ceremony at Ground Zero with U.S. President Barack Obama, after accused 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden was killed on May 5, 2011...
View Photo »Rep. Charles B. Rangel, right, and New York City Comptroller John C. Liu join a rally and march to the United Nations headquarters, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in New York. Civil rights activists protested stricter voting laws Saturday with a march from the New York offices of Koch...
View Photo »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
And I love when democracy and trade and trade and economic growth far exceeds the evilness of people who just want to terrorize. And so, my fellow Americans and my partners, I think you for the love and affection and support that you’ve given me. And I want you to know that no matter what happens in red...
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, ‘Charl...
Nobody has proven how valuable immigration is more than the Korean people ... You have brought to this country much more than we’re able to give back, but together join me to make certain that we take advantage of our diversity, our friendship and our partnership to get the rest of America to understand...
Now we can all say we may not have truly understood our mission, but we were there ... But seeing the great prosperity, seeing the growth of the economy, the strengthening of democracy, and seeing that those of us who see Pyongyang and other who’ve seen Seoul, we know we were on the right side. Democrac...
Ofield was the soil from which the CBC grew
The attorney general would be derelict if someone makes an accusation and he doesn’t look into it
I feel like the three of them have a lot to do with why I'm so driven
He's not one to just sit around. I think he'll find success even though he's doing this unconventionally ... He's never been one to take no for an answer.
I just want to get to the top ... I know that sounds far-fetched. But I feel I've been given a gift and I just want to share it with others.
I saw all the characters on the Strip but I didn't see a whole lot of musicians
But I just kept thinking that it would give me the money I needed to do my music ... So I decided I might as well focus on music.
