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On the House floor during a debate over health care reform, he taunted a colleague who had been calling for his ouster.

Congressman Charlie Rangel: We have your back. That was the theme of last week's news conference outside of City Hall, where fellow politicians, nonprofit leaders and businessmen all stood up for the embattled Rangel, who has faced attacks from the right wing calling for him to step down from some of his more prominent positions on congressional ...

New York Representative Charles Rangel said House Democrats will move next month to renew dozens of tax breaks before they expire at yeara s end, including a research credit promoted by companies such as Dow Chemical Co.

As House Democrats try to avert political disaster by limiting their 2010 losses to about 16 seats, the norm for post-World War II presidents' first midterm elections, dealing with their members' ethics problems may be one of their toughest tasks.

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - ANNAPOLIS, Maryland a ' As U.S. military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

WASHINGTON - The same day the House of Representatives passed health care reform legislation, Rep.

Leaders of the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last night requesting an expedited report on recent trends in prescription drug pricing.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:17 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:17 a.m. Democrats in Congress asked for two separate investigations of drug industry pricing Wednesday as they continue working on legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

In contrast to their committee chairman, House Ways and Means Committee Democrats agreed to support a one-year extension of current estate tax levels and tie it to a broader overhaul of the tax code in 2010.

A bill aimed at obtaining greater information from foreign banks about US citizens and corporations with overseas accounts was introduced recently in Congress to curb the use of offshore accounts.

Ten months after Democrats took over the Capitol and the first African-American president moved into the White House, black lawmakers are in control of some of the most powerful positions in Congress - and face new challenges to using their long-sought influence.

November 15, 2009 SECTION: Pg. A01 ISSN: 0732-8494 ACC-NO: 212077986 LENGTH: 1088 words HEADLINE: GOP sees little outreach in debate on health care; PAGE ONE Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A year ago, two Republican lawmakers - one a crusty, outspoken conservative senator who is a close personal friend of President Obama; the other, a ...

Like the Ghost of Christmas Past, the specter of 1994 haunts the contemporary political scene.

WASHINGTON D.C.a 'Nancy Da TMAlesandro Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has regularly accused the Republicans in the House of displaying "a culture of corruption." Yet the critical vote to get the House version of the health bill out of the House, demonstrates that Speaker Pelosi not only likes corruption, she counts on it.

Candidate sworn-in even though election was contested. GOUVERNEUR, NY - The New York State Board of Elections was unable to present a "clear decision" to the House of Representatives in the NY-23 Congressional Special Election.A John Conklin, Communications Director for the Board of Elections, said that the board could not even have declared an ...

Published Wednesday 11 November 2009 03:04am EST. In the neighborhoods surrounding Columbia's campus, there are a number of health care centers and hospitals with varying types and qualities of care.

The bipartisan anger of "tea parties" nationwide set the tone. This month's near-victory by a previously obscure third-party conservative candidate in a New York congressional race set the stage.

About the only consistent thing in this burg over 46 years of observation is that a whole lot of the politicians that run it never seem to learn from the past.

Nancy D'Alesandro Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has regularly accused the Republicans in the House of displaying 'a culture of corruption.' Yet the critical vote to get the House version of the health bill out of the House, demonstrates that Speaker Pelosi not only likes corruption, she counts on it.

On Oct. 30 The Washington Post leaked a report from the U.S. House of Representatives ethics committee that revealed House ethics investigators have been examining the activities of more than 30 lawmakers, many of whom are Democrats, regarding defense and corporate lobbying since July.