(June 11, 1930- )
Served in the Army (1948-1952)
Received a BS from NYU (1957) and a law degree from St. John's University (1960)
Elected to the New York Assembly (1967)
Defeated Adam Powell for 15th Congressional District (Harlem) seat in the House (1971)
Has won reelection 13 times
Pro-choice

His name is real close to 'Charlie's Angels.'
He said that US forces acted illegally in killing Odai and Qusay Hussein.
He looks like Al Sharpton.
He proposed a return to the military draft. When his bill came up for vote, he voted against his own bill.
His justification for this legislation was that every American should bear the risk of being killed equally.
He claimed that the US military was too small but voted against expansion of the professional force.
He is a high school dropout.
According to his beliefs, the United Nations was capable of handling the Iraq situation despite its decade-long failure to enforce its own resolutions.
He opposes oil drilling in Alaska even though it would affect only a tiny fraction of the land there.
He voted against extra patrols to secure the US-Mexico border.
He has voted against virtually all tax reductions in the past 10 years.
He supports affirmative action because it gets him tons of votes.
There are conflicting reports about his opposition to or support of drug legalization.
A House committee determined he made 13 Congressional ethics violations and decided he would face a public trial (July 29, 2010).

Despite dropping out of high school, he managed to get a law degree.
Very few legislators backed his draft proposal and it went nowhere.
He served in the Army for 4 years.
He supports increased security for commercial airliners.
He makes decent crayon art (http://www.doodleforhunger.com/Charles_Rangel.html).

Credit: Wang

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For 2009, Out of 6487 Votes: 73.15% Annoying
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In 2006, Out of 306 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 263 Votes: 69.96% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 342 Votes: 69.88% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 447 Votes: 57.05% Annoying

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