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July 11, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the…
July 11, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic House leaders on Wednesday joined colleagues and constituents in urging Rep. Jesse Jackson of Illinois, who…
July 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is now facing pressure from his own party to come forth about his…
July 10, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel has conceded almost two weeks after a closely contested…
July 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s (D-Ill) mysterious leave of absence from Congress has many on the Hill wondering…
July 6, 2012
VIDEO - The fate of U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel’s 21-term-career lies within a couple of cardboard boxes...
July 5, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is suffering from 'physical and emotional ailments' that require extended in-patient treatment,…
July 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - On the heels of being declared the winner in New York City's 13th Congressional District primary election…
July 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The robocalls question whether Clarke and his late mother, Thelma Hashim, are black. Ron Scott, a media…
June 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department declared Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold information about a bungled…
June 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives walked out of a Congressional vote on whether to…
June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the National Rifle Administration demanding a "yes" vote and African-American lawmakers vowing to walk out of…
June 28, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - New York congressman Charles Rangel's margin of victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary has narrowed as additional…
June 28, 2012
(AP) - President Obama told lawmakers at an annual White House congressional picnic Wednesday that despite their differences they should…
June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of African-American veterans who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II at a…
June 27, 2012
theGRIO REPROT - Rep. Charlie Rangel, who has been hit with ethics charges and one of the tougher primaries in…
June 26, 2012
Think Progress reports Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) suggested impeaching President Obama, due to his policies on immigration during an appearance…
June 26, 2012
CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who defeated a primary challenge this year despite being the target of…
June 22, 2012
Congress will honor those African=Americans that broke the color barrier to fight for their country...
June 22, 2012
OPINION - There’s a big and bitter Congressional primary race brewing in New York that is typical of the political…