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Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
November 11, 2024
As Democrats lick their wounds after Kamala Harris' defeat to Donald Trump, all eyes are on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Barbara Lee, theGrio.com
September 27, 2024
Rep. Barbara Lee introduced a resolution this week to educate Republicans on the true meaning of “woke” and its connection…
January 7, 2023
In the early hours of Saturday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially made history as the first African American to lead a…
January 7, 2023
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday.
December 23, 2022
Lee talks with theGrio about her historic election, being an introvert in politics and why "we need to hear the…
December 22, 2022
Virginia state Sen. Jennifer McClellan overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination to succeed the late A. Donald McEachin in Congress.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
November 30, 2022
OPINION: Jeffries has big shoes to fill in succeeding Nancy Pelosi as the top Democrat in the House because she…
South Carolina voting maps
November 29, 2022
According to a NAACP lawsuit, the new boundaries unconstitutionally split Black voters in the state’s 1st, 2nd and 5th Districts.
November 18, 2022
Nancy Pelosi’s decision to not to seek reelection as party leader has opened a new pathway for U.S. Rep. Hakeem…
November 17, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress.
November 16, 2022
Republicans won control of the U.S. House, returning to power and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Biden’s agenda.
November 8, 2022
Democratic candidate Maxwell Frost has made history in Florida as the first member of Generation Z to be elected to…
August 24, 2022
Rep. Mondaire Jones was defeated in an upset primary election that will see the nation’s first openly gay Black congressman…
August 23, 2022
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has fended off his Democratic challengers to win the primary contest in New York’s 16th Congressional…
July 29, 2022
The Restoring Artistic Protection Act was introduced by two Black Democrats, Georgia's Hank Johnson and Jamaal Bowman of New York.
July 15, 2022
The House voted to restore abortion rights nationwide in Democrats' first legislative response to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
June 29, 2022
During his victory speech, Jackson thanked his mother and famous father, and vowed "the South Side is going to Washington,…
May 20, 2022
De Blasio, whose second mayoral term ended last year, announced on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he'd be running for Congress.
May 19, 2022
The House passed a bill to bolster resources to prevent domestic terrorism in response to the racist mass shooting in…
U.S. Representative Shontel Brown and challenger Nina Turner
May 3, 2022
Rep. Shontel Brown came out victorious in her first reelection, defeating Nina Turner to represent Ohio’s 11th Congressional District.