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Rangel Plays Bit Part in Health Care Reform

As the then-ranking member of the Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) once had to wander the halls of the Capitol searching for a secret conference committee convened by Republicans.
Now Rangel is the powerful panel’s chairman, but he again appears to be playing second fiddle.

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Rep. Frank Pallone waits Feb. 8 for the start of a news conference to introduce legislation to keep arsenic and lead out of fruit juices.
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