Archive for February, 2010

Politico — Rangel Gets a Primary Opponent — 2-17-2010

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33066.html
“A 40-year-old challenger wages a grass-roots Democratic primary campaign against a popular Harlem congressman who has been entrenched for decades and for whom he once worked. The upstart says the incumbent, who has been dogged by a Congressional ethics investigation, is ’still living in the realm of his past accomplishments’ and that distractions have left [...]

A Sign of the Times (NY Times, that is)

NEW YORK, NY (February 17, 2010) Sam Roberts, one of the most prolific political writers on NY Times’ staff interviewed the candidate last week, and wrote a pretty compelling article on the upcoming elections in Harlem.
Interestingly, he noted that Charles Rangel faces a challenge in the midst of an ethics investigation, that mirrors his own [...]

Vincent Morgan Rejects Plans for Afghanistan War Surtax and the Draft

NEW YORK, NY (February 8, 2010) – Democratic Congressional candidate Vincent Morgan has called upon congress to reject the Afghanistan war surtax and renewed his call for a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.
“This legislation will tax working class people in order to enable those who would continue the US trend of perpetual war. If the [...]

Vincent Morgan Challenges Rangel to a Clean Money Campaign

February 5, 2010 – In the aftermath of the U.S Supreme Court ruling to allow unlimited corporate campaign expenditures, New York Democratic Congressional candidate Vincent Morgan has called on his opponent Charlie Rangel to agree to end the plague of corporate corruption in Washington DC by refusing money from corporate political action committees. Morgan has also challenged Rangel to return the $13,500 he has already accepted this cycle from military contractors to help fund his 2010 congressional campaign.

Vincent Morgan Supports Community Banking to Get Money Flowing to Small Businesses

NEW YORK, NY (February 3, 2010) – New York Democratic Congressional candidate Vincent Morgan supports community banks. His statement comes in the wake of news that Congress will hold hearings later this month on the future of community banking. This hearing is in response to community outrage over the October 2009 seizure of Chicago’s Park [...]