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WASHINGTON - Tax policy professionals are voting for Congressman Charles Rangel as their choice to take over as chairman of the powerful Committee on Ways and Means.
In an informal poll started last week by the respected Tax Analyst organization, respondents have overwhelmingly selected the Congressman over three Republican members of the Committee who are viewed as potential chairmen if Republicans retain the majority in the House of Representatives. Congressman Rangel is in line to chair the Committee if Democrats take over the majority.
"It's flattering that thoughtful professionals are betting on me," Congressman Rangel said. "But what's even more important is that the voters, who have been victimized by the Bush Administration's tax policies, turn out on election day to cast a vote in favor of a new direction for the country."
The poll, which appears on the Tax Analyst web site, asks: "Who should succeed William M. Thomas, R-Calif., as the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee in the next Congress? Jim McCrery, R-La, Nancy L. Johnson, R-Conn, E. Clay Shaw Jr, R-Fla, Charles B. Rangel, D-NY.
As of Tuesday afternoon, McCrery had 65 votes, Johnson, 42, Shaw, 97, and Rangel, 156.
Tax Analyst is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization fostering debate on federal, state, and international tax policy. Its daily publication, Tax Notes, has among its subscribers, tax policy analysts and practitioners, accounting firms, and the IRS.
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