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August 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "If I can't get my dignity back here, then fire your best shot in getting rid of…
August 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - House members returned to steamy Washington in a rare August callback to clear a $26 billion jobs…
August 10, 2010
OPINION - As public servants they must consider what is best for the people they've been elected to represent. As…
August 10, 2010
OPINION - We need to get rid of the system that protects bad teachers and makes it impossible to reward…
August 9, 2010
theGRIO Q&A - In this exclusive interview, Waters' discusses the ethics charges effect on the Democratic Party, her constituents and…
August 9, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - Rangel told reporters after an event with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday that…
August 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Maxine Waters case revolves around whether she helped OneUnited Bank obtain federal bailout funds in late…
August 6, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The ethics committee announced it's charged Waters but hasn't released the details and hasn't set a…
August 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite broad support, legislation to finalize $4.6 billion in settlements with black farmers and American Indians stalled…
August 5, 2010
DICKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Willie Herenton has raised almost no money but plenty of controversy by telling voters in the…
August 5, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The California Democrat has been charged with ethics violations for asking regulators to help a bank in…
August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick lost her bid for an eighth term Tuesday, her son's legal woes…
August 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Waters, a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, would face a trial in the fall…
August 2, 2010
OPINION - Members of the CBC may have been involved in questionable behavior but the OCE has used its discretion…
July 31, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Both Waters and Rangel are prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the trials would be…
July 30, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "He's somebody who's at the end of his career," Obama said in an interview that aired Friday...
July 30, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have already been making Rangel a campaign issue, and a fall trial would give them expanded…
July 30, 2010
OPINION - At the end of the day it is the people of Harlem that really matter and no matter…
July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Sixty years ago I survived a Chinese attack in North Korea and as a result I haven't…
July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rangel could face a report criticizing his conduct, a reprimand or censure by the full House or…