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January 28, 2022
Flowers, an Army veteran who has worked for the Department of Defense, is running to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene in…
January 8, 2022
President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House confirmed Friday.
January 2, 2022
A full House committee investigation of the Capitol riots will be released to the public soon after a six-month probe.
November 29, 2021
Rep. Omar was hoping to receive a direct apology from Rep. Boebert after her anti-Muslim comments sparked outrage last week.
November 28, 2021
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar called Friday for House leaders to take “appropriate action” against Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, theGrio.com
November 20, 2021
Johnson's retirement is likely to attract a rush of successors. She said she'd eventually endorse a successor for her safely…
November 14, 2021
House centrists say they will vote for the package if an upcoming Congressional Budget Office analysis affirms White House estimates.
November 7, 2021
Rep. Shontel Brown was sworn into Congress Thursday to represent Ohio's 11th District that stretches from Cleveland to Akron.
November 7, 2021
Barbara-Rose Collins, who represented Detroit in Congress and served on its City Council, has died after contracting COVID-19. She was…
November 6, 2021
The House approved a $1 trillion package late Friday after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates.
October 24, 2021
Democrats, civil rights groups say veteran lawmakers don’t need a spreadsheet to know where voters varying backgrounds live in their…
October 23, 2021
A deal within reach, President Joe Biden and Congress’ top Democrats edged close to sealing their giant domestic legislation.
October 3, 2021
President Joe Biden on Saturday acknowledged frustrations in his party as Democrats strain to push through two major spending programs.
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)
October 1, 2021
OPINION: We all know a Black woman who has stepped up to care for their family, sacrificed for others or…
September 26, 2021
As congressional redistricting gets underway, populous cities are taking prominent roles in reshaping the balance of power in Washington
Bernice King thegrio.com
September 25, 2021
Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel told King that he would never take civil rights guidance from her after bashing CRT…
House Democrats Call For The Replacement Of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Bust
September 24, 2021
Democratic congresswoman, Karen Bass, will run for mayor of Los Angeles, according to “two people with knowledge of the situation."
September 22, 2021
The bipartisan push for federal police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder has collapsed in Congress.
Rep. Barbara Lee thegrio.com
August 16, 2021
Rep. Barbara Lee is trending after a 2001 clip of her speaking on her Afghanistan vote resurfaced on social media.
August 1, 2021
Across two federal relief packages from Congress, Louisiana is receiving $550 million to help tenants and landlords.