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August 31, 2011

Obama bows to Boehner; jobs speech will be Sept. 8

WASHINGTON (AP) - In agreeing to Boehner's schedule, Obama's address will compete with the opening game of the National Football…
August 31, 2011

Rep. Andre Carson: Tea Party wants blacks 'hanging on a tree'

POLITICO - Carson also said the Tea Party is stopping change in Congress, likening it to 'the effort that we're…
August 30, 2011

Maxine Waters steps into the spotlight

theGRIO REPORT - Beyond policy differences, Waters and others have admitted that few in the group have a personal relationship…
August 22, 2011

Allen West says he won't run for Senate

Speculation had been growing that West might join the Republican primary to challenge Sen. Bill Nelson. But the tea party…
August 19, 2011

With friends like Tom Coburn, does Obama need enemies?

OPINION - Warm and fuzz feelings aside, sometimes one friend has to let the other friend know that they've gotten…
August 18, 2011

Redistricting puts Black Caucus icons in re-election peril

OPINION - Sadly, minority majority districts have always been controversial and this time around will be no different...
August 17, 2011

Obama to lay out new jobs plan in Sept. speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - On a related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national…
August 16, 2011

President Obama promotes policies for rural US

DECORAH, Iowa (AP) - 'I make no apologies for being reasonable,' Obama declared.
August 12, 2011

'Super' debt committee gets more diverse

OPINION - For a time, it looked like the debt committee wouldn't reflect the country whose financial future it's supposed…
August 11, 2011

Obama sees 'worst kind of partisanship' in DC

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - On his first official trip outside of Washington since being confined to the nation's capital for…
August 11, 2011

Clyburn assigned to debt super committee

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's appointment Thursday of three Democrats to Congress' new debt-reduction supercommittee...
August 8, 2011

Congressional Black Caucus launches 'For the People' jobs tour

theGRIO REPORT - The Congressional Black Caucus launches a jobs tour to combat high unemployment rates in the black community,…
August 8, 2011

Mayor Cory Booker on No Child Left Behind

No Child Left Behind is stalled in Congress - leaving the administration to take the matter into their hands. The…
August 8, 2011

Obama, voters must act to counter the 'Tea Party downgrade'

OPINION - The Republicans in the House of Representatives, the Senate minority leadership and the now infamous Tea Party Caucus,…
August 6, 2011

Ethics committee reviews loans to NY Rep. Meeks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee has dismissed an allegation that Rep. Gregory Meeks received an improper home equity…
August 5, 2011

Dems, GOP cite '65 voting law in remapping debates

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Voting Rights Act became law to end Jim Crow suppression of black voters, but today,…
August 5, 2011

Obama seeks tax credits to aid unemployed vets

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve new initiatives to help some of America's 1 million…
August 4, 2011

Is Barack Obama's presidency aging badly?

OPINION - The optimism of 'Yes We Can' and 'Change We Can Believe In' has turned into the pessimism of…
August 2, 2011

Senate passes bill to prevent US default

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that heads off an unprecedented U.S. financial default and begins the…
August 2, 2011

Obama's 'Satan sandwich' leaves sour taste with Black Caucus

OPINION - When the history of the debt ceiling debate is written, it will record that politics won and the…