Dem leaders demand Jesse Jackson Jr update
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic House leaders on Wednesday joined colleagues and constituents in urging Rep. Jesse Jackson of Illinois, who has been on medical leave for a month without disclosing detail...
House Democrats push 'Voter Empowerment Act'
theGRIO REPORT - A group of Democrats are pushing a bill they say would make it easier for Americans to register to vote and reverse restrictions on early voting passed by Republicans in some states...
Food assistance on the GOP chopping block
theGRIO REPORT - The bill aims to slash 300 million from the 2013 budget by implementing drastic cuts in assistance programs that would disproportionately impact African-American families and senior citizens...
Dems to state officials: Oppose voter ID laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats asked secretaries of state in all 50 states to oppose new voter identification laws because they threaten the right to vote for many Americans...
Why 'back of the bus' politics won't go sit down somewhere
OPINION - Does the back of the bus cliché then really fit the treatment that Clyburn got? Or is it pure hyperbole by Limbaugh to score a racial point?...
Clyburn accepts new role, Dems avoid leader crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - A race between Hoyer, D-Md., and Clyburn, D-S.C., for the post of party whip took shape in the days following the election and quickly took on racial overtones...
Black caucus gives Clyburn nod in Dem leader race
WASHINGTON (AP) - Not all members of the CBC were falling in line behind Clyburn. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., released a statement on the Hoyer-Clyburn race endorsing neither one...
Clyburn to run for No. 2 in House Dem leadership
WASHINGTON (AP) - Clyburn is the House's highest ranking African-American and his challenge sets up a contest with the current Democratic No. 2, Hoyer of Maryland...
House Dems deeply divided over Obama tax plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the case that Obama's plan was "good policy and good politics," her spokesman said...
