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July 5, 2011

Obama to summon lawmakers for more deficit talks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama will summon top Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House this week for another…
July 1, 2011

Can Obama force the GOP's hand on debt and taxes?

OPINION - Should the stalling continue, the extension of the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit will be put at risk…
June 30, 2011

Republicans invite Obama to talk taxes

VIDEO - Some Republicans were clearly irked by the president's criticism during his Wednesday press conference...
June 29, 2011

Obama: Congress should 'get it done' on debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president said members of Congress needed to stay in Washington until budget negotiations are finished --…
June 29, 2011

How the Blago verdict puts Jesse Jackson Jr. on the hot seat

OPINION - Given the allegations against him, it may have behooved the telegenic 46-year old to keep his nose to…
June 28, 2011

Ethics probe for Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.?

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich being found guilty on 17 of 20 corruption charges might mean the House Ethics Committee…
June 24, 2011

House rejects Obama's authority to continue US role in Libya

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has voted down a measure giving President Barack Obama the authority to continue the U.S.…
June 22, 2011

Sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Hastings under review

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tonya Robinson, Hastings' attorney, said Hastings denies Packer's charges "in the strongest terms."...
June 20, 2011

Sheila Jackson Lee: Worst boss in Congress?

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has one of the highest staff turnover rates in Congress, having gone through 11 chiefs…
June 17, 2011

Fatherhood forum seeks to do more for dads

theGRIO REPORT - There have been several discussions on legislating fatherhood at the federal level for years, but much of…
June 13, 2011

Nephew of Rep. Elijah Cummings killed in Va. shooting

BALTIMORE (AP) - He says his nephew's roommate, Jake Carey, was critically wounded in the attack Friday. Both were students…
June 1, 2011

Candidate with Ku Klux Klan ties runs for Congress

HELENA, Montana (AP) - John Abarr, a 41-year-old night auditor at a Great Falls could have a hard time getting…
May 26, 2011

Racism to blame for Obama's problems, Clyburn says

Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, on Wednesday blamed most of President Barack Obama's political problems on racism...
May 25, 2011

Obama can't remain ringside in Jack Johnson pardon fight

OPINION - There would be absolutely no political repercussions, let alone political fall-out to Obama for pardoning Johnson...
May 13, 2011

Black caucus takes challenges to White House

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Cleaver told TheGrio, "no president is always right. We have taken every president to task since…
April 28, 2011

TheGrio's 100: Terri Sewell, freshman congresswoman fighting for Alabaman green jobs

TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a…
April 26, 2011

Clyburn says compassion necessary in deficit talks

WASHINGTON (AP) - But Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina told MSNBC that government safety-net programs like Medicare and Medicaid…
April 15, 2011

On Emancipation Day, DC citizens are still fighting for freedom

theGRIO REPORT - "It's kind of ironic that this week we're celebrating emancipation when we're not emancipated," Mayor Vincent Gray…
April 14, 2011

Congress OKs funding measure cutting $38B

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the compromise negotiations, Democrats won the deletion of all of the EPA-related provisions as well as…
April 14, 2011

How Obama's deficit speech may recapture '08 spirit

OPINION - Even if he doesn't succeed at obtaining the change he is seeking, progressives will at least give him…