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January 2, 2014

New York Rep. Charlie Rangel's Democratic challenger doesn't live in New York, form says

theGRIO REPORT - Pastor Michael Walrond filed to run against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel for his seat in the House…
July 30, 2013

Congressmen introduce ‘End Racial Profiling Act of 2013’

theGRIO REPORT - Representative John Conyers (D-MI) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) held a press conference today to introduce the…
June 14, 2012

Detroit may send no black representatives to Congress

Detroit's population loss is beginning to effect it's national representation, for the first time in 57-years the city may not…
May 31, 2012

Allen West: 'Let's talk about the president doing blow and smoking dope'

When asked about his military record, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) chose to bring up President Obama getting high...
April 16, 2012

New York's Ed Towns won't run for re-election in 2012

New York Representative Ed Towns will not seek reelection in 2012...
April 11, 2012

Allen West says 80 House Democrats are Communists

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Allen West said at a Florida town hall on Tuesday that he'd 'heard' 80 of the…
March 9, 2012

Florida Republican representatives debate Jay-Z '99 Problems' lyrics

VIDEO - Two Republican representatives in Florida recently got into a debate over the correct quoting of Jay-Z's '99 Problems'...
February 22, 2012

Georgia Representative Yasmin Neal counters 'fetal pain bill' with male sterilization

The proposed law, put forward by Rep. Yasmin Neal (D), would ban the practice of male sterilization except in cases…
July 19, 2011

Maxine Waters calls for ethics case to be dismissed

Rep. Maxine Waters is calling for the House Ethics Committee to dismiss the long-running case against her, claiming she can't…