Rep. Rangel must step aside as chairman of the Ways & Means Committee


	Rep. Rangel must step aside as chairman of the Ways & Means Committee

jatfla

9-3-2009 1:11 PM

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jatfla says:

Thank you Wash. Post....but that's the very *least* that should be done!! He needs to go the way of Jefferson.

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9-3-2009 4:02 PM

n2sooners

Be careful what you wish for, have you seen who his replacement would be?

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