Congressional Black Caucus

National Council of La Raza stomps on the women the Congressional Hispanic Caucus threw under the bus

culturekitchen (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

... SENATE NEEDS TO COMPLETE THE TASK AND BUILD ON THE HOUSE EFFORT, SAYS NCLR The leadership of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) deserves special recognition for successfully fending off the efforts of some lawmakers to add onerous, costly, and unnecessary immigrant restrictions to health care that would have harmed U.S. citizen children. In addition, members of the Congressional...

News: Centrists In The Congressional Black Caucus

Booker Rising (Free subscription) | yesterday

Rep. Artur Davis Votes Against Health Care Bill On Saturday night, and the moderate Democrat was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to do so . He was one of 39 Democrats who voted "no" in the 220-215 vote to pass government-run health care reform. As Booker Rising readers probably know, Rep. Davis (D-Ala.) is looking ahead to his statewide race for governor...

Anti-Gay Artur Davis was the Only Black Vote Against Health Care

Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | yesterday

In April, the predictably anti-gay Artur Davis—the black conservative Democrat from Birmingham, Alabama who boasts an abysmal 45 percent Human Rights Campaign score—was the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote against the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes...

“Leadership in the Black Community”

EphBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Five members of the Congressional Black Caucus, a prominent African-American entertainer, and two African-American alums of Williams are coming to campus in a week for an event almost exactly one year after last fall’s CBC Roundtable. The Participants are: Andre Carson, the youngest Democratic member of the House and the second Muslim to serve in Congress, after [...]

Democrat Congress Probes Blacks Only

Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

From the Politico: Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers John Bresnahan Tue Nov 3 The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers — more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department [...]

Congressional ethics investigations: Racist?

The Recliner Commentaries (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

According to Politico : The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers — more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn’t asked the committee to stand down. Not a single white lawmaker is currently the subject of a full-scale...

• Democrat Congress Probes Blacks Only - Sweetness & Light
• Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers - Politico

Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers

Politico (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

The is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers — more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn’t asked the committee to stand down. Not a single white lawmaker is currently the subject of a full-scale ethics committee probe. The ethics committee declined to respond to questions...

What Kills More Black Americans Than the Seven Leading Causes of Death Combined?

mitchieville (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

I think you already know the answer, but let’s get it from the source: Abortion killed at least 203,991 blacks in the 36 states and two cities (New York City and the District of Columbia) that reported abortions by race in 2005, according to the CDC. During that same year, according to the CDC, a total of 198,385 blacks nationwide died from heart [...]

Machismo at Work : Members of the CHC who voted for the Stupak Amendment and against women's rights

culturekitchen (Free subscription) | yesterday

... marianismo myths that permeate the cultures of Latin America. Am listing all seven members of the Congressional Hispanics Caucus for a variety of reasons: If you are not looking closely, some of these votes do not make sense given the previous voting record of people like Costa ad Rodriguez. After all, wasn't Ciro Rodriguez a darling of the netroots? And yet when you look closely...

How African American males can succeed in school

Let's Talk Honestly (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Ivory A. Toldson, a senior research analyst with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ( CBCF ), has written a report titled Breaking Barriers, Plotting the Path to Academic Success for School-age African-American Males,” which offers important clues to improving academic success for a group with persistent low achievement rates. Read the report by using the [...]

ANALYSIS: Were Southern Democrats against health care reform?

Facing South (Free subscription) | yesterday

... Obama . He's a third-term incumbent and Charlie Cook's Partisan Voter Index (PVI) rates his 12th Congressional district as Democrat-friendly . On top of that, his district needs health reform: 21% of the non-elderly population is uninsured . * GUTSIEST "YES" VOTES: Reps. Alan Mollohan (WV-01) and Robert Berry (AR-01). Both Democrats voted yes even though they're in districts rated...

Charlie could catch a break

New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charles Rangel is likely to be cleared on one of a half-dozen ethics charges, it was reported yesterday. Rangel and four other members of the Congressional Black Caucus may be exonerated of allegations of rule violations stemmin...

Senate blocks census citizenship question

NewsWatch: Immigration (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesRep. Joe Baca (D-CA), Rep. Lacy Clay (D-MO), Congressional Black Caucus chair Rep. Barbara Lee (D-TX), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) hold a news conference outside the U.S. Captiol Oct. 22 to voice their...

Speaking of "I see racism EVERYWHERE!!!" morons,

Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

African-American politicians have long complained that they’re treated unfairly when ethical issues arise. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are still fuming over Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to oust then-Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) from the House Ways and Means Committee in 2006, and some have argued that race plays a role in the ongoing efforts to remove...

Report: Ethics Panel Will Clear Rangel And Others In Caribbean Trip Probe

TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

... is perhaps the flimsiest in the slew of ethics charges against Rangel. The four members of the Congressional Black Caucus who will reportedly be cleared along with Rangel are: Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI), Donald Payne (D-NJ), and Del. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands). Roll Call also poked around on another angle in the case -- a burgeoning...