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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.
August 1, 2021
The rare division between President Biden and congressional Democrats carried potential lasting political ramifications.
July 31, 2021
Congress fails to extend eviction ban, potentially leaving millions of Americans homeless as the delta variant surges.
July 17, 2021
Republicans is zeroing in on a trio of House seats in South Texas as key targets heading into next year’s…
Attica Scott, theGrio.com
July 12, 2021
Kentucky State Representative and ‘Breonna’s Law’ Author Attica Scott Seeks to Oust Incumbent Congressman in Democratic Primary.