House Democrats are committed to continuing the progress made over the past several months despite Republican efforts to return us to the policies that caused the Great Recession. Since February 2010, due to the Recovery Act and other actions of...
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Representative Charles B. Rangel
Representing the 15th Congressional District of New York
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February is Black History Month and this year’s theme is “African American Women in History and Culture.” The African American community is 42 million strong, contributing enormously to the makeup and heritage of our country. African American women are a...
House Republicans would rather point the finger at middle- and lower-income Americans than ask the very wealthy to contribute a little bit more. Yet the facts couldn’t be more clear about who has benefited from the tax code in recent...
Unemployment benefits are a vital lifeline for American workers who are jobless through no fault of their own. These programs help Americans continue to put food on their table and pay their bills while they look for work.Federal unemployment programs,...
What’s at stake? Federal unemployment programs will begin to expire at the end of this year. As a result, over 2.1 million Americans are estimated to lose their unemployment benefits by mid-February, and a total of over 6 million will...
The following Joint Committee on Taxation analysis provides a detailed distributional breakdown of many of the largest tax expenditures:Employer provided health benefits and deduction for self-employed health (2011 rates and incomes)Below $100,000: 46%$100,000-$200,000: 35%$200,000 and above: 19%Mortgage interest deductionBelow $100,000:...
FACT SHEET: Impact of Shifting to a Chained Consumer Price Index (CPI) A number of federal programs – including Social Security and veterans programs – index benefits to reflect increases in the cost of living. Also, a number of provisions of...
One year after the Patient’s Bill of Rights in the Affordable Care Act began to go into effect, millions of Americans are benefiting from the improved coverage and lower costs provided by the Act.
This blog was originally contributed by the Progressive Caucus. New York - Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) joined his Colleagues, Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) attended the Speakout for Good Jobs Now! Rebuild the American...
Census forms are beginning to arrive in your mailboxes across the country as we speak. It's imperative that everyone be counted, so that New York won't miss out on the funding and political representation it is due.Read the U.S. Census...