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      <excerpt>...(R-Mo.), who is white, but agreed to open full-blown investigations of California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson, both of whom are black.  &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The committee was already investigating five other African-Americans.&#160;Rangel is</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...attended, many from the 37th District, which includes Long Beach, Carson, Compton, Signal Hill and Willowbrook. Mathews, a college professor who lives in Belmont Heights, is challenging U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Long Beach, in the 2010 primary. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Waters, D-Calif., improper use of influence with banking regulators, helping a bank in which her husband owned stock.  Laura Richardson, D-Calif., information missing from financial reports, preferential treatment from a lender.  Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y.,&#160; Rep. Alan B. Mollohan, D-W.Va., Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., Rep. Maxine Waters, and Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif. The Post says the secretive nature of the panel makes it&#160;&quot;difficult to assess the current status of the inv</excerpt>
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