I think I am going to like this new Congress. I may even get addicted to C-SPAN. This is from Taegan Goddard:
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), “the incoming chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, told the New York Post that he’s got his eye on Capitol Hill office space now held by the man he recently called a “son of a bitch” — Vice President Dick Cheney.
Said Rangel: “Mr. Cheney enjoys an office on the second floor of the
House of Representatives that historically has been designated for the
Ways and Means Committee chairman… I talked to Nancy Pelosi about it
this morning… I’m trying to find some way to be gentle as I restore
the dignity of that office.”As for his earlier comment to the vice president, the New York Daily News notes Rangel said, “I take back saying that publicly. I should have
reserved that for him when we were together privately. Believe me, he
would have understood.”
Patrick Healy has a good profile on what these elections mean for the state of New York. Hint: lots of power and money.
