N.Y. congressman's Castro ties likely issue in Miami race

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National

N.Y. congressman's Castro ties likely issue in Miami race

As a first-time candidate for Congress, Miami Democrat Joe Garcia welcomes the support of one of his party's highest-ranking leaders.

But a hand from U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York — who has met repeatedly with Fidel Castro — may rile voters in the heavily Cuban-American congressional district in western Miami-Dade, currently represented by Republican U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.

Rangel is billed as a ''special guest'' at a fundraiser April 21 in New York City for Garcia.

Read the full story at MiamiHerald.com.

Congress

’I’m not a softy by any means,’ Clyburn says as he prepares to help lead Democrats

Rep. Jim Clyburn is out to not only lead Democrats as majority whip, but to prove himself amidst rumblings that he didn’t do enough the last time he had the job.