From The Root - Has President Obama killed off the Congressional Black Caucus ? From the very beginning, President Obama and his campaign promised the CBC nothing, so no one - not even the 42 CBC members - should be shocked that, at this point, they have gained minimal legislative progress with Obama in the White House and that they have apparently lost much of the influence they had in Washington.
The President and his administration seem to have unique disregard for the CBC. This could be...Read Full Story
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. seeks interns for its virtual library. Avoice: African American Voices in Congress is a project of the CBCF. The goal of this virtual library is to provide a central source of information about historical and contemporary African American policy issues important to researchers, academics, educators and students.
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Interns work 10-20 hours per week on a range of assignments including, but not limited to social marketing...Read Full Story
They did it. The Congressional Black Caucus raised a little hell and made things happen. By standing together to boycott a key House committee vote and threatening to abandon support for banking regulations, the CBC was able to get $6 billion dollars added to key legislation to help the African American community . Of the $6 billion dollars, $4 billion of it was added to a Wall Street regulation bill and $2 billion added to a House bill on jobs. After firmly supporting the moves of the CBC...Read Full Story
Richardson (Paul Morigi / Getty) Congressman Laura Richardson suggested on Thursday that the House Ethics Committee is aimed at non-white members of Congress to initiate an investigation of the Committee California Democrat behavior.
voted unanimously Thursday to create a body of research sub-committee probe complaints that Richardson was in danger of his team members of Congress if they do not work on its 2010 campaign for reelection, told the Los Angeles Times. “Times” also reported that...Read Full Story
The Congressional Black Caucus (C.B.C) spending budgets on lavish parties have long been a dirty little secret that many have known but rarely talk about until now. The New York Times has pulled back the curtains to allow those who have questioned the C.B.C’s politics and fundraising power, a glimpse into C.B.C’s finances and the cozy relationships with corporations. According to the New York Times article, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation raised $53 million from 2004-2008. The...Read Full Story
Rep. Laura Richardson and Michael Copon attend the "Children Uniting Nations" 4th Annual National Conference at The House Capitol Building in 2009. Political website Politico is raising new allegations of ethics violations by Democratic ...
The California Democratic Party endorsed Rep. Janice Hahn on Sunday, Roll Call has learned — a significant sign of support in her race against fellow Democratic Rep. Laura Richardson.
Protestors in front of Congressperson Laura Richardson's branch office in Long Beach. Friday afternoon was a case in point, when OLB held a rally in front of Congressperson Laura Richardson's branch office in (to quote the OLB press release) "a Call to ...
She was born June 23, 1928, and moved to Orlando in 1983. She is survived by her son, Dave Yenke, with whom she resided, and daughters, Laura Richardson and son-in-law, George of Bradenton, Fla and Gail Stuck of Toronto, Ohio; sister-in-law, Carole Todd of ...
The Bobcats also received a strong performance at No. 6 singles, despite Gabi Villegas dropping a narrow 1-6, 6-3, 10-8 decision to Laura Richardson. MSU's doubles tandems at Nos. 2 and 3 also gave the Lobos fits, as Crum and Paulina Lopez dropped an 8-7 ...
Laura Richardson (born April 14, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is a Democratic Representative in the United States Congress. She represented California 's 55th Assembly District ...
As the 111th Congress was officially sworn-in yesterday, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus participated in a ceremony to mark the new session. The event was held in the Congressional Auditorium of the recently opened Capitol Visitors ...