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Charles B. Rangel
New York
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Rangel, 76, is one of the most fiery members of the House and soon will be one of the most powerful, leading the panel that sets tax and trade policy and presides over Medicare and Social Security.
One of the big questions of the new Democratic-led House: How aggressively will Rangel target major GOP initiatives such as tax cuts and the Medicare drug benefit? The Harlem native served for six years as the chief Democratic foil to the current chairman, the harshly partisan Bill Thomas (R-Calif.).
But Rangel has earned respect as a serious legislator and has quietly backed milder versions of Republican priorities, including a phased-in reduction of the corporate income tax in 2003, which was rejected in favor of a more aggressive cut.
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