REP. RANGEL ARRESTED DURING SUDAN PROTEST

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, stands in front of the doors of the Sudanese Embassy in protest over what he calls genocide in Sudan, on July 13, 2004, in Washington. Rangel was subsequently arrested. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)

License photo

Rate:

Email this to a friend

Rangel disputes motivation behind tax plan

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Saturday he questions the true motivation behind the proposed U.S. economic stimulus plan.

Black lawmakers divided on Obama

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama is vying to become the first African-American to be president yet many black lawmakers are not backing him.

Senior Democrats eyes tax code overhaul

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A senior Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives has drafted a bill that he refers to as the "mother of all tax reforms."

SCHIP compromise posturing drags on

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A compromise over a U.S. healthcare program for children didn't appear imminent Sunday as Democratic and Republican congressmen stood their ground.

Soldier becomes U.S. citizen posthumously

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. arranged a posthumous naturalization ceremony in New York Monday for a U.S. Army corporal killed in Iraq.

Congress strays from Bush on healthcare

WASHINGTON, July 23 (UPI) --

Rangel: Tenet has no 'credibility'

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Sunday he doesn't believe former CIA Director George Tenet "has credibility with anyone in the United States."

Gingrich: Clinton looks 'foolish' on Iraq

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich Sunday said Sen. Hillary Clinton's call for repealing congressional authority for the Iraq war "made her look foolish."

Congress eyes back tax collection

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Democrats in Congress are looking for ways to collect up to $100 billion a year in taxes people have hidden from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.