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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/atom_blogs/400333_charles_rangel" rel="self"/>
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  <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/blog/400333</id>
  <entry>
    <title>States, hat in hand</title>
    <link href="http://suddenstop.typepad.com/sudden_stop/2008/10/we-would-all-be-better-off-if-the-neighbors-had-saved-says-ron-wilcox-professor-at-the-darden-school-of-business-at-the-uni.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-11:/commentary/3005143</id>
    <updated>2008-10-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Sudden Stop </name>
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But House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (DN.Y.) told CNSNews.com that California wouldn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t be getting any money without going through Congress. &#226;&#8364;&#339;There is no way that the federal government can give away taxpayer&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://suddenstop.typepad.com/sudden_stop/2008/10/we-would-all-be-better-off-if-the-neighbors-had-saved-says-ron-wilcox-professor-at-the-darden-school-of-business-at-the-uni.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Rangel Orders Monitoring of Textile and Apparel Imports from China</title>
    <link href="http://www.cotton.org/news/releases/2008/importmon.cfm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003716</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>National Cotton Council: News </name>
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House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY)formally requested the US International Trade Commission to initiate an investigation to monitor certain US textile and apparel imports from China beginning in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cotton.org/news/releases/2008/importmon.cfm"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Update on US Trade Monitoring of Imported Chinese Textiles</title>
    <link href="http://www.clothes2order.com/read_news/602/4/Update_on_US_Trade_Monitoring_of_Imported_Chinese_Textiles.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3003715</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Clothes2Order.com News </name>
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As a result of that letter, US Representative Charles Rangel has now requested the US International Trade Commission to begin a monitoring program in 2009 for Chinese textile and clothing imports. The purpose of the monitoring is to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clothes2order.com/read_news/602/4/Update_on_US_Trade_Monitoring_of_Imported_Chinese_Textiles.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>New McCain ad calls Obama a liar</title>
    <link href="http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/10/new-mccain-ad-calls-obama-a-li-001221.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3000364</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Daily Voice - Black America&amp;#39;s Daily... </name>
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Congressional liberals fought against more regulation. Then, the housing market collapsed costing you billions," the ad says, while images of Senator Chris Dodd and Rep. Charles Rangel appear on the screen. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/10/new-mccain-ad-calls-obama-a-li-001221.php"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Esquire: Defeat Rangel</title>
    <link href="http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/10/10/esquire-defeat-rangel/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-10:/commentary/3000363</id>
    <updated>2008-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Hill&amp;#39;s Blog Briefing Room </name>
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Rep. Charles Rangel (DN.Y.) might want to cancel any Esquire subscriptions sent to his New York apartments. The fashionable 19-term lawmaker is one of just two New York incumbents Esquire is not endorsing for re-election. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008/10/10/esquire-defeat-rangel/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Rangel Seeks Preemptive China Import Monitoring</title>
    <link href="http://www.wwd.com/business-news/rangel-seeks-preemptive-china-import-monitoring-1832391" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/3000365</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The latest WWD Headlines </name>
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel has asked a federal agency to begin monitoring Chinese apparel and textile imports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wwd.com/business-news/rangel-seeks-preemptive-china-import-monitoring-1832391"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Sheila Jackson Lee Abandoned the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC ...</title>
    <link href="http://blog.faulkforcongress.org/2008/10/09/285/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/2995655</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Texas 18th District Blog </name>
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Charles Rangel (NY) (Monday-For/Friday-For) Laura Richardson (CA) (Monday-For/Friday-For) Bobby Rush (IL) (Monday-Against/Friday-For) David Scott (GA) (Monday-Against/Friday-For) Robert Scott (VA) (Monday-Against/Friday-Against) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blog.faulkforcongress.org/2008/10/09/285/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Government asked to track Chinese textile imports</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081009/chinese-textiles" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/2995654</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Politics | AP | Huffington Post Wires </name>
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"I am concerned that a market disrupting surge in textile and apparel imports from China could occur" in 2009, wrote the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, Rep. Charles Rangel, DN.Y. "Unfortunately, however, the administration ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081009/chinese-textiles"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Comment on Shays Leads Himes by 10 by Thomas Hooker</title>
    <link href="http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2008/10/07/shays-leads-himes-by-10/#comment-37249" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/commentary/2987594</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Comments for Connecticut Local Politics </name>
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I guess I don&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t care that much how Jim Himes feels about Charles Rangel, one of the first African-American congressmen in American history since Reconstruction, who won the Silver Star for valor in combat in the Korean War (probably ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://ctlocalpolitics.net/2008/10/07/shays-leads-himes-by-10/#comment-37249"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>NRO column repeated debunked claim that Obama attempted to delay ...</title>
    <link href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080025" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/commentary/2987593</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Media Matters for America </name>
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Ask what happens in the near future when the 'A team' -- Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Charles Rangel, Barney Frank, and Barack Obama -- are in charge of the economy, during the coming recession." But, as Media Matters has noted, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200810080025"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Money Dicks</title>
    <link href="http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2008/10/money-dicks.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2981134</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lame Cherry </name>
    </author>
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Charles Rangel $162100 United States congressman. *I wonder if that includes his car being towed. Tim Johnson $162100 *Not included are the taxpayer multi million dollar health services for brain dysfunctional Johnson, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2008/10/money-dicks.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Rangel Ethics Mess Feels Like History Repeating Itself</title>
    <link href="http://itsoutoftheordinary.blogspot.com/2008/10/rangel-ethics-mess-feels-like-history.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2981133</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Out of the Ordinary </name>
    </author>
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Is it Charles Rangel, the embattled current chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee? No, but it's close. It's Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - the man Rangel defeated in 1970. Four decades later, Rangel is experiencing uncanny ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://itsoutoftheordinary.blogspot.com/2008/10/rangel-ethics-mess-feels-like-history.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>House approves extension of jobless benefits</title>
    <link href="http://www.robinsblog.com/10072008/house-approves-extension-of-jobless-benefits/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2976632</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Robin&amp;#39;s Blog </name>
    </author>
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&#226;&#8364;&#339;People are hurting with no end in sight,&#226;&#8364;&#157; said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, DN.Y. &#226;&#8364;&#339;It is our responsibility as a Congress to stand up and help them weather these tough economic times.&#226;&#8364;&#157; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.robinsblog.com/10072008/house-approves-extension-of-jobless-benefits/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Food for Thought</title>
    <link href="http://thenma.org/blogs/index.php/hyland/2008/10/07/food_for_thought_22" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2976630</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>New Media Alliance - Frank Hyland </name>
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Using the earmark process to fund the Charles Rangel Center in your own Congressional District is apparently not gross. Neither is failing to pay taxes for years on income from a condo in the Dominican Republic. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://thenma.org/blogs/index.php/hyland/2008/10/07/food_for_thought_22"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Baucus, Grassley, Rangel, and McCrery Applaud Renewal of Key Trade ...</title>
    <link href="http://blogs.customhouseguide.com/news/?p=1709" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2976629</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Import Industry News </name>
    </author>
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Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (DN.Y.), and Ranking Member Jim McCrery (R-La.) welcomed passage of legislation that renews the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.customhouseguide.com/news/?p=1709"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>More Advice for McCain: Be RELENTLESS in your Attacks</title>
    <link href="http://www.discerningtexan.com/2008/10/more-advice-for-mccain-be-relentless-in.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2969703</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Discerning Texan </name>
    </author>
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Ask what happens in the near future when the &#226;&#8364;&#339;A team&#226;&#8364;&#157; &#226;&#8364;&#8221; Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Charles Rangel, Barney Frank, and Barack Obama &#226;&#8364;&#8221; are in charge of the economy, during the coming recession. Don&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t sugar-coat the economic situation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.discerningtexan.com/2008/10/more-advice-for-mccain-be-relentless-in.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Who really represents North Dakota?</title>
    <link href="http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/who_really_represents_north_dakota/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2969702</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Say Anything: Reader Blogs </name>
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Charles Rangel is Earl&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s boss on that committee. Rangel is a guy who can&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t pay his taxes. Does that make you feel safe? Again, Earl doesn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t represent North Dakota. So who does? I&#226;&#8364;&#8482;m almost there, I promise. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sayanythingblog.com/readers/entry/who_really_represents_north_dakota/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A Privileged Class</title>
    <link href="http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2008/10/privileged-class.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2969701</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Common Room </name>
    </author>
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The New York Times reported that Congressman Charles Rangel &#226;&#8364;&#339;paid no interest for more than a decade on a mortgage extended to him to buy a villa at a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic.&#226;&#8364;&#157; Rangel, who continually advocates and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://heartkeepercommonroom.blogspot.com/2008/10/privileged-class.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Charles Rangel on Fannie and Freddie: "Let's not talk about that"</title>
    <link href="http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2008/10/charles-rangel-on-fannie-and-freddie-lets-not-talk-about-that.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2969700</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Tom Faranda&amp;#39;s Folly </name>
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The oversight was woeful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2008/10/charles-rangel-on-fannie-and-freddie-lets-not-talk-about-that.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mrs. Rangel's Lawyer Talks to the Post</title>
    <link href="http://gothamist.com/2008/10/06/mrs_rangels_lawyer_talks_to_the_pos.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2969699</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Gothamist </name>
    </author>
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The NY Post takes up the marriage of Representative Charles Rangel and Alma Rangel, aftertalking to Mrs. Rangel's lawyer who says Rangel "scorned and dumped" his wife of 42 years after becoming the chair of the House Ways and Means ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/10/06/mrs_rangels_lawyer_talks_to_the_pos.php"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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