Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Charles Rangel

Charles Rangel stories: 34 news summaries

21 - 34 of 34 Stories | << Prev 1 2

Switch to grid view »

Rangel Denied Chance to Speak in Denver

Clinton ally sees it as snub

Aug 14, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Rangel won’t be speaking at the Democratic National Convention, Politico reports. Representatives made a pitch for an address by the House Ways and Means Chairman, but the Obama campaign told them that Rangel’s early support for Hillary Clinton had given him low priority—even though the congressman... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • taxes • Democratic National Convention • Charles Rangel • House Ways and Means Committee • campaign • speech • Hillary Clinton supporters • DNC

Rangel's Fundraising for 'Me' Monument Questioned

Solicits cash from firms linked to his panel

Jul 15, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York Rep. Charles Rangel has raised eyebrows with fundraising efforts for a new center Republicans labeled his “Monument to Me.” After securing a $1.9 congressional earmark, Rangel is soliciting money from firms affected by his House Ways and Means Committee to build the Charles B. Rangel... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • New York City • earmarks • Charles Rangel • fundraiser • House Ways and Means Committee • political scandal • conflict of interest

 Raging Rangel
 Denies Rent Deal 

Lawmaker defends taking up 4 rent-controlled units in city short of housing

Jul 12, 08 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A testy Charles Rangel yesterday brushed off accusations that he had enjoyed special treatment in occupying four rent-controlled apartments, reports the New York Times. The veteran Democratic congressman denied he had a "sweetheart" deal with his landlord and slammed the Times article that started the controversy. The 78-year-old chairman... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York City • congressman • housing • rent • Charles Rangel • Harlem • political scandal

Rangel Enjoys Sweet Deal
on 4 Harlem Apartments

Dem faces questions over big savings on rent

Jul 11, 08 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A powerful Democratic lawmaker is getting a sweet deal on four Harlem apartments, the New York Times reports. Charles Rangel has four rent-stabilized apartments, whose rents are controlled by city law. Three of the apartments are combined into one luxury unit, and the fourth is used as an office—despite... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York City • congressman • housing • rent • Charles Rangel • Harlem • political scandal

Clinton Took to Heart
Blunt Talk From Friends

Rangel, Frank among those who finally swayed her to pull the plug

Jun 6, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - For Hillary Clinton, it was the candor of longtime supporters such as Charlie Rangel and Barney Frank that told her it was time to go. Politico offers more details from Clinton's conference call with House members, which began with deference but ultimately spelled out the political reality in blunt terms.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Congress • Charles Rangel • Barney Frank • Hillary Clinton supporters • Election 2008

 Pork Watchdog Taps Byrd 

W.Va. rules the roost in earmarks as $2.8B in tasty meat comes under scrutiny

Apr 2, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fiscal responsibility and vegetarianism took a hit today with the release of the 2008 Oinkers, awarded by a Washington watchdog group for the "most egregious and blatant examples of pork." Sen. Robert Byrd landed the top award for earmarking $386 million for West Virginia, but Alaska was the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • earmarks • Ted Stevens • Charles Rangel • pork barrel spending • Citizens Against Government Waste • Robert Byrd

Hillary to Sideline Attack Dog Bill

Ex-prez may have done irreparable harm

Jan 28, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton reels from her blowout defeat in South Carolina, Democrats worry that her husband's attacks on Barack Obama may have done irreparable harm to her candidacy—and her aides are preparing to push Bill toward the wings. Step 1 will be returning Bill Clinton to the sunnier presence... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Charles Rangel • female voters • negative campaigning • co presidency

House Passes Alternative Minimum Tax Bill

But bill is unlikely to make it through the Senate unchanged

Nov 10, 07 6:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The House passed a sweeping tax-reform bill yesterday—shifting some $78 billion in taxes from middle-class families to the super-rich—that is expected to get little traction in the Senate and has already drawn the promise of a presidential veto. The bill would exempt middle-income families from the Alternative Minimum... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Nancy Pelosi • private equity • Democrats • House of Representatives • hedge fund • Charles Rangel • Alternative Minimum Tax

Rangel Floats Sweeping Tax Reform Bill

Rolls back Bush cuts
for wealthy; unlikely
to advance soon

Oct 25, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Democratic bill unveiled today would dramatically alter the tax code, hiking taxes for those making more than $200,000 and slashing them for most others. The overhaul, which would effectively roll back Bush’s cuts for the wealthy, isn’t expected to get any traction until the White House... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Charles Rangel • tax cuts • tax breaks • earned income tax credit • George W. Bush

Rangel Pushes Corporate
Tax-Rate Cut

Tax-rate trim from 35% to 31% would be offset by eliminating tax breaks

Oct 23, 07 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Charles Rangel, the Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has proposed a revised corporate tax structure that could lower corporate income taxes from 35% to between 30% and 31%. It would be offset by doing away with tax breaks for manufacturing in the US. The bill... More »

MORE ABOUT:
private equity • hedge fund • Charles Rangel • corporate tax

Congress Drops Tax Hike for Private Equity

Superwealthy investors will get to keep tax breaks they now enjoy

Oct 9, 07 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A proposed tax hike on some of America's wealthiest investors isn't likely to happen this year, as Senate Democrats say they're shelving a bill that would have eliminated the special tax rate enjoyed by private-equity managers. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says a crowded legislative calendar makes considering the bill—... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • Blackstone Group • Senate • Harry Reid • Charles Rangel • Senate Finance Committee • lobbyists • private equity firms • lobbying blitz • buyout firms • Sander M. Levin

No White House Dreams for Rice

Condi tells Harlem class she won't run

Oct 2, 07 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was grilled yesterday about her dreams, sleep patterns and  White House ambitions (she doesn't have any, she claims). It was not nightmarish testimony on Capitol Hill but a visit to a Harlem school and a rare foray into the domestic arena for Rice, who told... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • Charles Rangel • Harlem • PS 154 • Harriet Tubman Learning Center

Blackstone Lobbying Backfires

Private equity firms ‘overreach’ with claim they help the poor

Sep 21, 07 8:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Private equity firms launched their first coordinated effort at lobbying this year—and overshot by a long stretch, Bloomberg reports. Blackstone and 11 other firms joined hands to fight a tax hike on carried interest—fund managers' share of profits—and have gone so far as to argue that the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Magic Johnson • Charles Rangel • lobbying • Blackstone • House Ways and Means Committee • Private Equity Council

(Newser) - Congress' Democratic bosses and the White House are attempting diplomacy after six years of Republican neglect that has left the new majority uneasy, the Times reports. But this week's agreements on less thorny issues, trade and immigration, contrast significantly with a divided Washington's repeated, fumbled attempts at a compromise war... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • Democratic Congress • White House • Trent Lott • Charles Rangel

21 - 34 of 34 Stories | << Prev 1 2


from our news partners