DON’T call him “Congressman”-no one calls him that. If you’re a friend or close associate, he’s “Danny” or “Rosty.” But to all others, Illinois Representative Dan Rostenkowski is known, deferentially, as “The Chairman.”
Chairman, that is, of the House Ways and Means Committee—the powerful tax-writing committee which molds all congressional tax legislation, as well as trade, health care, and welfare law. Do you think presidents shape tax policy? Wrong. Rosty shapes tax policy. If you’re a business that needs a tax break, or an industry association which needs a loophole, you need The Chairman.
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