Eric Holder grilled by House committee

Pete Yost, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder was due to testify before Congress on Wednesday as the Justice Department opens a criminal investigation of the federal tax collection agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny.

GOP senator defends good grades for welfare bill

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in school has gotten people talking...

Ala. rep shocks colleagues with slavery remarks

Associated Press

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House leader says a black lawmaker will not face punishment for referring in an email to a white constituent's ancestors as incestuous slave owners...

Gun control advocate wins Jackson seat primary

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - A former Illinois legislator who favors an assault weapons ban captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday in the race to replace disgraced ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr...

Allen West gets votes for House speaker

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - The House of Representatives cast its votes for speaker on Thursday, and while John Boehner won his gavel back - he wasn't the only candidate to get votes...

White men no longer majority in the House Democratic caucus

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - The 113th Conress is unlike any to come before it. For the first time in U.S. history, white males will no longer hold the House Democratic majority...

Belafonte: Obama should 'work like a third world dictator'

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - Singer and social activist Harry Belafonte went on MSNBC's 'Politics Nation' last night, hosted by Al Sharpton, to discuss the GOP and goals for President Barack Obama's second term...

Allen West spent upward of $18 million in losing race

Brittany Tom

theGRIO REPORT - Allen West's defeat in Florida not only ends his quest to return for another term in the House of Representatives, but it also comes with a pretty hefty price tag...

Black Caucus chooses new leader

Ugonna Okpalaoka

theGRIO REPORT - The Congressional Black Caucus named Ohio Congress member Marcia Fudge as its leader last Wednesday. She will serve as the chair for the next two years...

Allen West (still) loses his House seat

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - More than a week has passed since the 2012 election (though Florida's vote count extended well beyond November 6th), and Allen West has still lost his U.S. House seat...