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January 18, 2011

Michael Steele: ‘We could have used a few more brothers in the House’

Days after losing his bid for a second term as RNC Chairman, Michael Steele reflected on his time as leader…
January 18, 2011

House Republicans renew plan to repeal health care

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are set to resume their bid to repeal the health care reform law, a week…
January 15, 2011

History of King holiday all but forgotten 25 years later

OPINION - The fight for a King national holiday has been bitter, contentious, and controversial from the first moment it…
January 12, 2011

Poll: Obama, GOP improve their standing

WASHINGTON (AP) - The survey found that 53 percent of Americans approve of how Obama is doing his job, his…
January 6, 2011

‘Birther’ interrupts reading of Constitution in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman shouted "except Obama, except Obama" to the venerable document's words on a U.S. citizen's eligibility…
January 5, 2011

Black Caucus to confront harsh new climate on Capitol Hill

OPINION - Starting today, CBC members lose three full committee chairmanships and more than a dozen subcommittee chairmanships...
January 4, 2011

Why GOP probes of Obama could suppress the black vote

OPINION - Republicans are making Obama their 'whipping boy' and perpetuating the voter fraud myth for two reasons...
January 4, 2011

Obama to sign bill to improve nation’s food safety

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress passed the bill at the end of last year to respond to several serious outbreaks of…
January 4, 2011

How health care repeal could backfire on blacks

OPINION - It's a fight that African-Americans, who remain the most needy when it comes to getting affordable health care,…
January 3, 2011

Is Obama better at being the underdog?

OPINION - As the economy recovers over the next year, the president can be well-positioned to take credit for the…
January 1, 2011

Obama: Parties must cooperate in new year

HONOLULU (AP) - Obama said his New Year's resolution is to do everything he can to grow the economy, create…
December 29, 2010

Bills, bills, bills! Rangel creates legal defense fund

WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Democrat still owes money to his former lawyers, who represented him in an ethics…
December 28, 2010

Alvin Greene files to run for open SC House seat

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Greene said Monday he would wait to see who else filed before commenting on the race.…
December 26, 2010

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says ‘everyone has erred’

CHICAGO (AP) - Jackson has been dogged by links to the corruption case against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and…
December 22, 2010

How Barack Obama got his groove back

OPINION - The current legislative has produced what might be Obama's two best political weeks in as many years...
December 17, 2010

Washington post office named after Dorothy Height

CLUTCH - Height, who passed away this past April at the age of 98, was one of the most significant…
December 17, 2010

Obama's tax cut compromise passes final hurdle

WASHINGTON (AP) - The measure would extend tax cuts for families at every income level, renew jobless benefits for the…
December 15, 2010

House votes to repeal ban on open gays in military

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House, in introducing the stand-alone bill, sought to avoid the complications of combining it with a…
December 9, 2010

Tim Scott: Blacks vote Democratic because of past, not future

theGRIO Q&A - Scott has made headlines because he is the first black Republican elected to Congress from South Carolina…
December 7, 2010

Rep. Waters wants ethics committee investigated

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Maxine Waters will ask the House to investigate the ethics committee's decision to place two of…