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A somber anniversary illustrates why Congress must pass Emmett Till Antilynching
“You can kill the revolutionary, but you cannot kill the revolution.” These were the words my late comrade and friend, Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, spoke and lived by. 52 years after his…
Will Biden’s Build Back Better package pass Congress by Christmas?
WASHINGTON — If President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion social and environment package was a Broadway show, its seven months on Congress’ stage could qualify it as a hit. But lawmaking isn’t show business, and many Democrats worry that…
Government shutdown averted as Congress passes short-term funding bill
Washington — Both chambers of Congress on Thursday passed a stopgap measure that will fund federal agencies into mid-February, sending the legislation to President Biden's desk and avoiding a holiday season partial shutdown.
The…
Jan. 6 Committee Votes to Hold Ex-Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark in
The fall guys are starting to add up.On Wednesday evening, the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection found a second person “in contempt of Congress” for refusing to answer questions or deliver documents: a former…
House Democrats grow antsy to pass shutdown fix ahead of Friday cliff
“We’re waiting for the Senate to decide what date they can agree on, which is ridiculous,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters on Tuesday night.
The majority leader argued during a closed-door meeting late Tuesday that…
Trump Jan. 6 records lawsuit goes before appeals court – The Washington Post
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‘No appetite’ for a shutdown as Congress readies funding fix
Democrats had originally eyed a short-term funding fix that would expire before the holidays, hoping to keep the pressure on Republicans to negotiate a broader funding deal before Christmas. But GOP leaders have shown no inclination to…
Carrie Meek, pioneering Black former congresswoman, dies at 95
Alcee Hastings and Corrine Brown joined Meek in January 1993 as the first Black Floridians to serve in Congress since 1876 as the state’s districts had been redrawn by the federal courts in accordance with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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‘The goal was to silence people’: historian Joanne Freeman on congressional
As the House debated whether the Republican congressman Paul Gosar should be censured for depicting the murder of his colleague, one Democratic leader took a moment to reflect on the chamber’s long history of violence.Speaking on the…