Confidential: denied his goal of becoming the first Black chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee after Democrats lost control of Congress, Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel, nevertheless, has thrived as "the go-to person" when lawmakers need to muster support for any tax or trade issue, according to Barron's Magazine

Jet, June 14, 2004 by Simeon Booker

Confidential: Denied his goal of becoming the first Black chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee after Democrats lost control of Congress, Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel, nevertheless, has thrived as "the go-to person" when lawmakers need to muster support for any tax or trade issue, according to Barron's Magazine.

Rangel recently caused rumors when he took the House floor to explain that his absence on a key vote was due to his seeking medical consultation at Howard University Hospital ...