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Showing posts with label US Senate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Senate. Show all posts
Sunday, August 07, 2022

Sen. Raphael Warnock statement on passing of the Inflation Reduction Act

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Senator Raphael Warnock (GA) released the following statement after the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act along party lines: Grea...
Saturday, February 13, 2021

Senate passes bill to award Capitol Police officer, Eugene Goodman Congressional Gold Medal

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The Senate on Friday passed legislation to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal for his actions respon...
Sunday, January 17, 2021

VP-Elect Kamala Harris to resign from Senate seat on Monday

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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will resign from her Senate seat on Monday ahead of Wednesday's inauguration ceremony. Harris has...
Saturday, November 14, 2020

California Legislative Black Caucus: Rep. Karen Bass or Rep. Barbara Lee should replace Kamala Harris is Senate

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The California Legislative Black Caucus met via Zoom with other Black leaders Friday and urged Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint an African...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

Kamala Harris Statement on Vote Opposing Consideration of GOP Coronavirus Package

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U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Sunday released a statement after voting against cloture on Republican bill that aims to address t...
Thursday, May 02, 2019

Senator Booker Questions AG Barr in Judiciary Committee

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., told Attorney General William Barr that he feared Barr's response to special counsel Robert Mueller's ...

Sen. Kamala Harris questions Barr on White House contacts and more

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Sen. Kamala Harris questioned Attorney General William Barr about whether anyone at the White House had ever suggested he open an invest...
Monday, October 22, 2018

Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Anti-Lynching Legislation Introduced by Booker, Harris, and Scott

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The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to advance the bipartisan Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018, historic legisla...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Doug Jones hires African-American chief of staff

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Sen.-elect Doug Jones (D-Ala.) has hired former transportation official and congressional aide Dana Gresham as his new chief of staff. ...
Saturday, November 25, 2017

‘Doug Jones’s problem’: African American voters not energized by Alabama’s Senate race

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The Ensley Park Recreation Center was beginning to come to life. The song “Happy” and other upbeat tunes boomed through the loudspeakers...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Sen. Tim Scott discusses his negative experiences with police

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Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) gave his second speech on police relations with African Americans. He says the country needs to recognize tha...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Check out NJ Senator Cory Booker's new book, UNITED

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In United, Cory Booker draws on personal experience to issue a stirring call to reorient our nation and our politics around the principl...
Friday, March 04, 2016

Black clergy demand Senate consider Obama Supreme Court nominee

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Black clergy from across the country are expressing outrage about the Republican-led Senate’s vow to block any nominee President Obama...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

AG nominee Lynch nears vote thanks to new deal

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The Senate has reached a deal on a human trafficking bill that paves the way for a confirmation vote on Loretta Lynch's nomination f...
Monday, December 15, 2014

Cory Booker not happy with Wall Street giveaway.

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Cory Booker is not very happy with the Wall Street giveaway tucked inside a $1.1 trillion bill to fund most of the federal government ...
Thursday, November 06, 2014

Why Pres. Obama may be better off with republicans in control of the House and Senate.

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After giving democrats, an ass whupping of epic proportions in Tuesday's election republicans will have control of both the Hous...
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Black voters could decide who controls the Senate in 2015

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I truly hope people are paying attention to this. Being involved means more than just voting every four years. George Cook, AAReport...