If passed, HB 1 would be law regardless of parental permission.
On the day which marks the anniversary of Shirley Chisholm's 1968 win to become the first Black woman elected to congress, we should not forget to acknowledge the work of lawyer, author, and political organizer Stacey Abrams in this important election.
The Minnesota Congresswoman tied the knot with Tim Mynett, owner of the E Street Group, a political consulting agency that worked on her election campaign.
A rundown of all the moments that took us out and lifted us up over the last four weeks.
(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 […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Rep. Maxine Waters, in response to a delay in her ethics trial, will ask the House to investigate the ethics committee’s decision to place two of its lawyers on administrative leave. The personnel action has played a role in the indefinite delay of her case. She introduced a resolution Tuesday that asks […]
(New American Media) — Politics does, indeed, make strange bedfellows. How else to characterize one of Congress’s loudest, most outspoken ultraconservatives, Rep. Peter King of New York, protesting the House vote to censure Harlem congressman Charles Rangel, an African-American, a Democrat, and a longtime paragon of liberalism? Of course, King’s defense of Rangel had nothing […]
He still doesn't get it: "I leave here knowing that everyone knows I am an honest guy.''
(New York Times) — With the hour of his reckoning drawing near, RepresentativeCharles B. Rangel on Wednesday morning asked thousands of his supporters to call the Capitol switchboard and ask their congressmen to vote against a measure that would censure him for an assortment of ethical violations. The last-minute appeal, e-mailed to 25,000 people on […]
It's not yet clear if the move is related to the handling of Maxine Waters' case.
(The Grio) — As Congress returns from its Thanksgiving recess it still has a lot on its plate. In the final stretch of this lame-duck 111th Congress, legislators must address George W. Bush-era tax cuts, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, and ratifying a new arms-control treaty with Russia. With all of the important issues left to […]
(New York Times) — One threatened fellow lawmakers with a pistol. Two others assaulted their colleagues with canes, an old weapon of choice on Capitol Hill. In the heat of slavery and secession debates, some raised insults to an art form. A few took bribes or flirted with treason. Two offenders had sex with Congressional […]