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Barney Frank Calls For $4 Billion In TARP Funds To Help Unemployed Homeowners, Fight Urban Blight

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Unemployment, Making Home Affordable, Congressional Black Caucus, Financial Reform, Homeownership, Financial Crisis, Homeowners, Financial Regulation, Barney Frank, Business News

A revision to the House financial reform bill adds $3 billion in federal aid to help unemployed people facing foreclosure and $1 billion to fight urba...

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African-American Protest Against Obama Jobs Policy Heats Up In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Financial Regulatory Reform, Congressional Black Caucus, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Services Committee, Politics News

African-American Democrats in the House upped their pressure on President Obama on Wednesday, boycotting a final committee vote on a financial regulat...

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Obama Congressional Black Caucus Dinner Speech: FULL VIDEO

Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

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President Obama gave a fiery speech at the 2009 dinner given by the Congressional Black Caucus. Watch the full speech below. Part 1 Part 2 ...

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Black Lawmakers Adjusting To Political Realities Of Obama Era

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The euphoria over President Barack Obama's inauguration is giving way to political reality for African-American lawmakers as Democr...

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While Leaders Meet, American Tourists Detained and Forgotten

Kevin Powell | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Antigua and Barbuda, Obama, G-20, United Nations General Assembly, Congressional Black Caucus, Tourism, Politics News

Since September 4th, six Brooklyn tourists have been detained in Antigua, where a trial that is hugely slanted against them continues with no end in sight, and without help from the Obama Administration.

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Black Caucus Members: It's Public Option Or Nothing

The Hill | Eric Zimmermann | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Healthcare Reform, Congressional Black Caucus, Barbara Lee, President Obama, Politics News

Leading members of the Black Caucus are threatening to bring down healthcare reform if it does not include a strong public option. Rep. John Conyers...

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Congressional Black Caucus Pushes Obama To Back Strong Public Option

Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Black Caucus, Health Care Reform, Obama, Health Reform, Health Care, Naacp, Barbara Lee, National Urban League, Politics News

Hours before President Obama's Wednesday night speech to a joint session of Congress on health care reform, leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus ...

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Obama Works Phones For Health Care Bill

CQ | Jonathan Allen | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Progressive Caucus, Lynn Woolsey, Congressional Black Caucus, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Joe Biden, Healthcare Reform, Democratic Lawmakers, Politics News

President Obama is reaching out to lawmakers in his own party, including liberals, in an effort to build momentum to pass health care overhaul, accord...

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Big Radio's Attacks on Me Aren't Surprising

Dionne Warwick | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, Cathy Hughes, Congressional Black Caucus, Alfred Liggins, Dionne Warwick, Congressman John Conyers, Clear Channel, Rosa Parks, Radio One, Performance Rights Act, Civil Rights for Musicians Act, Entertainment News

There is nothing "stupid" about insisting that African American workers are paid for their labor. The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists.

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Black Caucus Blasts Blue Dogs

Politico | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congressional Black Caucus, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

The Congressional Black Caucus is blasting away at Blue Dog Democrats and other fiscal conservatives in their own party for making "spurious" claims a...

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NAACP Endorses Climate Change Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Lee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Congressional Black Caucus, National Wildlife Federation, Climate Change, Naacp, Politics News

Climate change advocates gained the support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesday, the first time the organizat...

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White Committee Chairmen Hire Fewer Black Aides: Congressional Survey

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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Black aides are so scarce on some House committees that the Congressional Black Caucus surveyed the panels. Their conclusion: black staffers are most ...

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Congressional Black Caucus Fasts For Darfur

AP | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Inspired by actress Mia Farrow, members of Congress announced Tuesday that they were beginning a limited hunger strike to show soli...

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Lawmakers Press For Second Black Justice

The Hill | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court Justice, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Nomination, Bobby Scott, Congressional Black Caucus, Politics News

The Congressional Black Caucus is launching a campaign to persuade President Obama to appoint one of their members to the Supreme Court seat that will...

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Bobby Rush: A Black Panther In Cuba

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Bobby Rush says he was a little unsure of himself when he first arrived at Fidel Castro's house in Cuba. The retired Communist dictator enthusias...

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My Hopes and Dreams for the People of Cuba

Rep. Bobby Rush | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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It is my fervent belief that by expanding trade, especially Internet-based technologies in Cuba, greater respect for human rights and the plight of Cuban dissidents will be addressed.

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Policy Toward Cuba That Was Once Radical Is Now Logical -- My Interview With Rep. Barbara Lee

Byron Williams | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

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Economic trade can do more to alter Cuban politics internally than anything achieved by staying the present course.

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Cuba at a Crossroads

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.05.2009 | World

TO THE HONORABLE BARACK OBAMA, 44TH PRESIDENT OF...

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Why I'm Not Now and Have Never Been the Democrats' "Rush Limbaugh"

Michael Moore | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, John McCain, Cbc, Rush Limbaugh, Congressional Black Caucus, Michael Moore, Jimmy Carter, Terry McAuliffe, Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11, Joe Lieberman, Republican Convention, Barack Obama, John Kerry, Chuck Todd, Richard Wolffe, Gop, Rush Limbaugh Cpac, Rush Limbaugh Republicans, Limbaugh Head of GOP, Cpac, Limbaugh Obama, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Limbaugh Cpac, Republican Party, Michael Moore Rush Limbaugh, Politics News

I have watched with mild amusement this week the self-immolation of the Republican Party as it bows before the altar of Rush Limbaugh, begging for mer...

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Obama Meets With Black Caucus To Discuss Priorities

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reassured members of the Congressional Black Caucus that he's on their side and will do what he can to suppo...

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Congressional Black Caucus Lobbies Obama For Black Commerce Secretary

The Hill | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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The Congressional Black Caucus is lobbying President Barack Obama to pick African-American technology executive John Thompson to be his commerce secre...

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Congressional Black Caucus Vice Chair Contradicts Rush: Obama Seat Not A 'Black Seat'

CNN Political Ticker | Deirdre Walsh | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the new vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat should not ...

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The Last Time We Vote For Bigotry

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gay Marriage, Abortion, Taxes, Mormons, Proposition 8, Louisiana, Christian Right, Affirmative Action, Economy, Immigration, Larry Craig, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, California, Religion, Gay Rights, New Jersey, John Edwards, Christianity, Hillary Clinton, Coretta Scott King, Health Care, African-American Issues, Florida, Congressional Black Caucus, Deval Patrick, Massachusetts, New York, David Patterson, Politics News

The time has come to put our votes and our money where our mouth is and no longer tolerate the malleable bigotry of those who profess to be our friends, but also say we are not quite worthy of the same rights.

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Frank Talk on Race and Prop. 8

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

In moving forward, we must build a coalition that embraces a universal set of principles. If we stupidly divide ourselves by sexual orientation or race, we can only expect a race to the bottom.

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Rep, James Clyburn: To Pass Bailout, Add Bankruptcy Provisions Opposed By Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Representative James Clyburn came to the defense of House Democrats this morning, telling MSNBC's Joe Scarborough that after all the votes are tallied...

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