Obama signs emergency bill to halt teacher layoffs
WASHINGTON (AP) - The aid for the states is to be paid for mostly by closing a tax loophole used by multinational corporations and reducing food stamp benefits for the poor...
Rangel: 'Don't leave me swinging in the wind'
WASHINGTON (AP) - "If I can't get my dignity back here, then fire your best shot in getting rid of me through expulsion," he said...
House passes bill to help teachers, public workers
WASHINGTON (AP) - House members returned to steamy Washington in a rare August callback to clear a $26 billion jobs bill with unmistakeable implications for the midterm elections...
Should Reps. Rangel and Waters step aside?
OPINION - As public servants they must consider what is best for the people they've been elected to represent. As politians, they have to consider what is best for their party...
Teachers unions are real roadblock to education reform
OPINION - We need to get rid of the system that protects bad teachers and makes it impossible to reward the good, hard working teachers that are getting results...
Rep. Maxine Waters: 'No deals! I'm not going to the back room'
theGRIO Q&A - In this exclusive interview, Waters' discusses the ethics charges effect on the Democratic Party, her constituents and this fall's midterm elections...
Rangel 'not very' optimistic about deal on ethics charges
NEW YORK (AP) - Rangel told reporters after an event with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday that he is hoping for an agreement...
House ethics panel outlines charges against Waters
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Maxine Waters case revolves around whether she helped OneUnited Bank obtain federal bailout funds in late 2008...
Maxine Waters wants ethics charges made public
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The ethics committee announced it's charged Waters but hasn't released the details and hasn't set a date for her trial...
Funding for black farmers, Indians stalls again
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite broad support, legislation to finalize $4.6 billion in settlements with black farmers and American Indians stalled in the Senate again amid partisan bickering...
