The Democrat represented his New York district for nearly half a century and was the first Black chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee Charlie Rangel dies at
The Democrat represented his New York district for nearly half a century and was the first Black chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee Charlie Rangel dies at
Charles Rangel, the longtime U.S. congressman from New York City and the last surviving member of the “Gang of Four,” has died. He was 94. Born in Harlem on June