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August 19, 2010
OPINION - They can agree to increase funding for an ill advised war in Afghanistan but vote to cut funding…
August 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The California Democrat said "I have not violated any rules." She also said that she's gone "above…
August 12, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Waters has said her advocacy had been broadly aimed at minority banks and that she and…
August 12, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The embattled 20-year House veteran says he is ready to stop discussing the ethics allegation pending…
August 11, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) - The event, tied to his 80th birthday, has emerged as a test of political loyalty to…
August 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The aid for the states is to be paid for mostly by closing a tax loophole used…
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…