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Fri Oct 30, 2015, 08:21 PM Oct 2015

‘No Reason to Believe’ Paul Ryan Will Fare Better Than John Boehner

By Jillian Jorgensen • 10/30/15 4:40pm

... “I have no reason to believe that he’ll be any more successful than John Boehner,” Mr. Rangel told the Observer during a Harlem press conference today.

Mr. Rangel today joined with fellow Democrats for a public forum at Harlem Hospital held jointly by the Congressman G.K. Butterfield, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, ranking Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, about economic challenges facing the African American community. While the members of Congress talked about potential solutions, Mr. Rangel said he wasn’t sure the chances of legislation getting passed under Mr. Ryan were any better than his predecessor, John Boehner ...


http://observer.com/2015/10/congressman-no-reason-to-believe-paul-ryan-will-fare-better-than-john-boehner/

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