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October 11, 2013
OPINION - A slew of new polls setting off alarms around Washington suggest that for Republicans, shutting down the government…
October 5, 2013
NBC News - The House on Saturday unanimously approved legislation to provide retroactive pay for furloughed federal workers after the…
May 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder was due to testify before Congress on Wednesday as the Justice Department opens…
April 2, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A Tennessee bill that would reduce welfare benefits to low-income families if their child performs poorly in…
March 28, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House leader says a black lawmaker will not face punishment for referring in an…
February 26, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) - A former Illinois legislator who favors an assault weapons ban captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday in the…
January 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The House of Representatives cast its votes for speaker on Thursday, and while John Boehner won his…
January 3, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The 113th Conress is unlike any to come before it. For the first time in U.S. history,…
December 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Singer and social activist Harry Belafonte went on MSNBC's 'Politics Nation' last night, hosted by Al Sharpton,…
December 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Allen West's defeat in Florida not only ends his quest to return for another term in the…
November 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Congressional Black Caucus named Ohio Congress member Marcia Fudge as its leader last Wednesday. She will…
November 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - More than a week has passed since the 2012 election (though Florida's vote count extended well beyond…
November 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Steven Horsford has cemented his name in Nevada's history books as the first black congressman to represent…
November 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - While President Barack Obama and supporters celebrated his victorious win last night, black politicians in the Republican…
October 31, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Republican Iowa Representative Steve King has said he doesn't want to sign off on federal Hurricane Sandy…
September 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Police are investigating disturbing photos that were sent to Utah Republican congressional candidate Mia Love Tuesday...
July 11, 2012
SLIDESHOW - When the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted today to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- also known…
June 14, 2012
Detroit's population loss is beginning to effect it's national representation, for the first time in 57-years the city may not…
May 8, 2012
Conyers (D-Mich.) is calling the GOP's revisions to the Violence Against Women Act -- which excludes immigrants, women of color,…
April 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Allen West said at a Florida town hall on Tuesday that he'd 'heard' 80 of the…