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Article: What did GOP's bid to oust Charles Rangel accomplish?(national)(Republican Party)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- October 8, 2009
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Byline: Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer
Wednesday's Republican bid to oust Rep. Charles Rangel (D) of New York as chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee failed on a near party-line vote - and the outcome was never in doubt.
But in a highly polarized House, the significance of the move was not captured by the vote count. It was aimed to score political points by keeping corruption allegations against the majority party squarely in public sight - especially in the run-up to 2010 midterm elections.
"When the boss of the IRS, and the chairman of the House committee that controls the IRS, fail to pay their taxes and walk off without ...