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September 17, 2013

Gun legislation remains stalled after Washington shootings

NBC NEWS - A day after a mass shooting left 13 dead within two miles of the Capitol, federal gun…
September 11, 2013

Congress honors ‘4 little girls’, civil rights era bombing victims

WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate leaders on Tuesday awarded Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in the…
September 9, 2013

Losing the Syria vote does not turn Obama into a lame duck

ANALYSIS - The presidency is not one issue, or just about foreign policy...
September 9, 2013

President Obama’s legacy on the line as Syria vote looms

NBC NEWS - With his legacy on the line, President Barack Obama will embark Monday on a full-out public relations…
September 4, 2013

theGrio readers react to the crisis in Syria

theGRIO REPORT - The crisis in Syria is complex and filled with uncertainty and that has the American public wary…
September 4, 2013

Will House liberals stand with Obama on Syria?

theGRIO REPORT - The president's push for a military strike in Syria has divided Democrats in the House of Representatives,…
August 31, 2013

Obama to seek congressional OK for US action in Syria

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria…
August 29, 2013

Obama offers new gun control steps

WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun…
August 22, 2013

Rep. Frederica Wilson named one of the Hill’s ’50 most beautiful’

theGRIO REPORT - Congresswoman Wilson is living by example and is a role model for young people in the black…
August 21, 2013

Some key black voices are ready for Hillary Clinton

ANALYSIS - A number of prominent Democrats of all races are urging Clinton to run..
August 21, 2013

The Republicans again fail to defeat Obamacare

theGRIO REPORT - This was the last chance for Republicans to truly block the health care law, and they will…
August 14, 2013

Jesse Jackson, Jr. gets 2 1/2 years in prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after…
August 14, 2013

Jesse Jackson Jr. could end up in one of the nation’s cushiest prisons

NBC NEWS - Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will learn whether and for how long he could go to prison…
August 13, 2013

Jesse Jackson Jr. reveals his choice of prison

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has said where he wants to serve time for illegally spending $750,000…
August 2, 2013

House to vote to repeal Obamacare for 40th time

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe the 40th vote to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law will be a charm for…
July 31, 2013

House passes student loan deal, bill goes to Obama

NBC NEWS - The House approved a measure Wednesday to link interest rates on student loans to financial markets, sending…
July 31, 2013

Congress commemorates 1963 March on Washington

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans and Democrats are meeting in the grand Statuary Hall of the Capitol to commemorate the…
July 30, 2013

Congressmen introduce ‘End Racial Profiling Act of 2013’

theGRIO REPORT - Representative John Conyers (D-MI) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) held a press conference today to introduce the…
July 29, 2013

Longtime Tenn. lawmaker Lois DeBerry dies at 68

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry, one of the longest-serving women lawmakers in the nation and a powerful…
July 26, 2013

What Obama wishes he could do on the economy

ANALYSIS - And some of these polities, particularly the health care law, will benefit middle-income Americans. But the broader economic…