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...nine of 177 roll calls that year, and when asked about his chronic absenteeism quipped: "Part-time work for part-time pay." But his days as a political power were numbered, and in the 1970 Democratic Party primary he finally lost an election-to New York State Assemblyman Charles Rangel, who easily defeated the Republican candidate the following fall. Shaken, Powell retreated to the tiny Bahamian island of Bimini, where he played through his days, surrounded by girls in bikinis and enjoying such concoctions as a vodka-and-Tang drink that he called "poontang...
...Powell ignored Abzug's protests-as well as those of Representatives Ronald D. Dellums (D-Calif.), Perren J. Mitchell (R-Md.), and Charles B. Rangel (D-N. Y.)-and CDU police in riot gear continued to clear the steps for three-and-one-half hours...
Dellums also said that he, Abzug, Mitchell and Rangel did not hear any of the 12 warnings which Powell said he issued for demonstrators to clear the Capitol steps or face arrest...
...white and black family income overall continues to widen, despite remarkable gains by educated urban black families in the North and West. "How can people be uptight about the war and things like that when they have to worry about heat and hot water?" asks New York Congressman Charles Rangel...
...allied himself with another prominent black politician, Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton. In 1966 he was elected to the state assembly. Subsequently, he decided that 1970 was the year to go after Powell. Though his margin was cut by other candidates with the same notion, the voters proved Rangel right...