This is the corrupt two-party dictatorship perpetuates it's rule. Rangel, who has represented one of the poorest districts in the country for decades, uses his seniority to keep his seat. Meanwhile, the people of Rangel's district continue to live in the substandard squalor they've always known. The Congressman's "experience" has obviously not benefited his constituents.
Call him the House sugar daddy.
Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel, the powerful chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has doled out a whopping $849,392 from his campaign coffers to help Democratic colleagues win elections this year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
That makes him second in generosity only to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in helping out members of Congress.
It's also a major climb up the ladder for the dean of the New York delegation, who ranked 10th in making donations in the previous election cycle.
With nearly 100 members of Congress now indebted to him for his help, Rangel has ratcheted up his influence considerably, and some are wondering what he is going to do with his raft of IOUs.
[...] Over the two years that he has served as Ways and Means chairman, Rangel has pulled in $3.7 million in campaign contributions - more than any other incumbent - and will need to spend very little of it on his own re-election.
Since first being elected to Congress in 1970, Rangel has faced only one serious challenge and has rarely won less than 90 percent of his district.
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