On Monday, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ) shared via her Twitter account that she has tested positive for COVID-19 after sheltering amongst colleagues who refused to wear masks last Wednesday during the Capitol Riots.
Today, thousands of Trump supporters have stormed the Capitol, breaching its security in an attempt to contest the results of the November Presidential election.
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The government is being called upon to do something. But no agreement has been reached.
Although black females are scarce in politics, these women have shaped history and serve as examples of the power of sheer determination, purpose and intellect.
As attorney general he presides over issues that keep Republicans riled.
(Wall Street Journal) — Rep. Charles Rangel has established a defense fund that will allow supporters to contribute as much as $5,000 a year to help pay his legal bills. The New York Democrat still owes money to his former lawyers, who represented him in an ethics case that ended with his censure. The Charles […]
(New York Times) — No one was more critical than Representative Mark Steven Kirk when President Obama and the Democratic majority in the Congress sought passage last year of a $787 billion spending bill intended to stimulate the economy. And during his campaign for the Illinois Senate seat once held by Mr. Obama, Mr. Kirk, a Republican, […]
(New York Times) — Frustrated by routine filibusters and other procedural blockades, Senate Democrats are urging their leadership to negotiate with Republicans to change the rules that govern how the Senate does business. The Democrats would leave intact the ability of the minority party to filibuster legislation and nominations, meaning that in most cases it would […]
(Politics365) — A new compensation study released by the U.S. House of Representatives Chief Administrative Officer shows a distressing, but expected picture of failing minority recruitment on Capitol Hill – much lower than the previous year. In its annual 2010 House Compensation Study, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House reports that minority recruitment on […]
(Washington Examiner) — In the last century, Maryland and Virginia residents have had to share their congressmen with more and more people as the states’ populations have jumped but their number of U.S. representatives has not. And with the national population shifts, neither state appears to be in line for more U.S. representatives, although Maryland’s […]