Mia Love receives 'disturbing' mail
theGRIO REPORT - Police are investigating disturbing photos that were sent to Utah Republican congressional candidate Mia Love Tuesday...
Maxine Waters cleared
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters will not be charged with ethics violations...
House moves to reverse administration welfare plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Thursday followed up Mitt Romney's remarks about people who get federal aid with a bill that would reverse what they call President Barack Obama's relaxation of welfare-to-work requirements...
Ethics panel to hold hearing in Maxine Waters case
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee will hold a hearing Friday in the case of Rep. Maxine Waters, a senior Democrat on the Financial Services Committee, who disputes allegations she tried to steer U.S. bailout money to a bank where her husband owns stock...
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. puts DC home up for sale
Jesse Jackson Jr. has put his Washington D.C. home on the market, raising new questions about his future in Congress following treatment for bipolar disorder...
GOP rep calls Planned Parenthood 'racist' baby killers
WASHINGTON - A Republican member of Congress equated Planned Parenthood to 'slavery forces' and called it a 'racist organization' that was 'created with the sole purpose of killing children that look like mine'...
Rev. Jackson: Son shouldn't rush back to work
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he expects his congressman son to take his time in getting back to work...
Jesse Jackson Jr returns home from Mayo Clinic
CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has returned to his home in Washington after treatment for depression at Mayo Clinic, Jackson's chief of staff in suburban Chicago said Friday...
Black Caucus chair says discord is hurting country
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus says the divisiveness on Capitol Hill has weakened the country and given neither political party an advantage over the other...
Tim Scott: I can make 'bigger impact' outside Black Caucus
theGRIO REPORT - South Carolina Rep. Tim Scott didn't join the Congressional Black Caucus because his goal is to impact Americans as a whole, and he sees the Tea Party as a positive force that's building a better America...
