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By Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff
Sen. Joe Lieberman's (ID-Conn.) success in bending the Senate health care bill to his will has House liberals up in arms and threatening a mutiny — but the Senate's rightward turn could win the votes of fiscally conservative Blue Dog House Democrats.
By Hazel Trice Edney - NNPA Editor-in-Chief
The 10 Black members of the powerful House Finance Committee are still being applauded this week for boldly boycotting a committee meeting in order to force a $4 billion allocation to benefit the Black community.
They have told the NNPA News Service that they plan to escalate protests if lawmakers continue to ignore the suffering of their constituents, including advertising discrimination against Black newspapers.
By Christina Wilkie
Actor and activist Danny Glover is heaping praise on Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Oakland Mayor and former House member Ron Dellums (D) for helping pressure South Africa in the 1980s to end apartheid.
Dellums used to serve in the House in the 1980s, when Waters served in the California Legislature.
By Greg Kaufmann
December 10, 2009
At Tuesday's House Committee on Financial Services hearing titled "The Private Sector and Government Response to the Foreclosure Crisis," Julia Gordon, senior policy counsel for the Center for Responsible Lending, painted a bleak picture.
By Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10:06 PM
Some black lawmakers sought this week to move past a dispute with the White House, saying they are satisfied that President Obama is seeking to provide greater economic assistance to African American communities.
But the members of the Congressional Black Caucus continued to insist that the administration's efforts do not go far enough, even as other African American leaders defended the nation's first black president.
By Brady Dennis and Renae Merle
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
House Democrats are seeking to tap the government's massive bailout fund to help homeowners who have lost their jobs and are struggling to make their mortgage payments.
By David Goldman, CNNMoney.com staff writer
Last Updated: December 4, 2009: 3:17 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- While the overall unemployment rate for Americans fell in November, the jobless gap between African-Americans and all other races actually rose, continuing a disturbing trend that has many lawmakers up in arms.
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By Dave Zirin
November 24, 2009
By Krissah Thompson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:18 PM
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's first run for president Wednesday morning on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In successive one-minute speeches, caucus members praised Jackson as a trailblazer whose presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 were important steps toward President Obama's election last year.