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Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award

Following the recent death of civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson, lawmakers hope to finally achieve a years-long effort to award him a Congressional Gold Medal.  “There’s not enough knowledge about how profound a role James Lawson played in the civil rights movement in this country,” U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told theGrio in an exclusive about re-introducing a bill to honor Lawson with one of the United States’ oldest and highest civilian awards.  Khanna, who developed a personal relationship […]

todayJune 17, 2024 1

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg agrees to congressional testimony

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed Friday to testify before what’s likely to be a hostile, Republican-controlled congressional subcommittee, but likely not until after former President Donald Trump is sentenced in July. The House Judiciary Committee chairman, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, wrote Bragg in late May after Trump’s conviction in his hush money trial, accusing him of having conducted a “political prosecution” and requesting his testimony at a hearing June 13. In a reply letter, the Manhattan district attorney’s general counsel, […]

todayJune 8, 2024 1

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Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. The order allows the use of a map that has majority Black populations in two of the state’s six congressional districts, potentially boosting Democrats’ chances of gaining control of the closely divided House of Representatives in the 2024 elections. The justices acted […]

todayMay 17, 2024 1

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Louisiana congressional map dispute could go to Supreme Court

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voting rights advocates said Wednesday they will go to the Supreme Court in hopes of preserving a new majority Black congressional district in Louisiana for the fall elections, the latest step in a complicated legal fight that could determine the fate of political careers and the balance of power in the next Congress. A divided panel of federal judges on Tuesday rejected a map approved in January by an unusual alliance of Republicans, who dominate the […]

todayMay 5, 2024 1

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Congressional members concerned TikTok ban will harm entrepreneurs, content creators 

Some members of the U.S. House of Representatives are standing firm on their opposition against a bill that would ban TikTok. U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told theGrio that banning the app will “take away free speech for 170 million Americans.” “A lot of the videos on the app are questioning the political establishment, money in politics, and our policy in Gaza,” noted the progressive Democratic lawmaker. He added, “There needs to be a platform where people express their views.” […]

todayMarch 14, 2024

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Congressional Democrats praise Biden after State of the Union address

Democratic members of Congress were pleased with President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., told theGrio that the president did a good job of highlighting his victories. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address on Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson seated behind him. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) “In his first term he has added 15 million new jobs, 20 more million people have […]

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Congressional Black Caucus unveils ‘Day One’ agenda in anticipation of Jeffries becoming House speaker

The Congressional Black Caucus unveiled its “Day One” priorities for the next session of Congress in 2025 at a press conference this week, discussing top issues impacting Black communities, including protecting voting rights, diversity, equity and inclusion, and reproductive freedoms. TheGrio’s D.C. Bureau Chief and senior White House correspondent, April D. Ryan, on Wednesday moderated the “CBC Black Media Salon” with CBC Chairman U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md.  The event was […]

todayMarch 2, 2024

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Congressional Black Caucus members remember the life and legacy of former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members are remembering the life and legacy of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, who passed away at 88 on Sunday. U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who was elected to Johnson’s 30th Congressional District seat in Texas last year, told theGrio, “We all benefited from Eddie Bernice standing up and deciding to do something that was unprecedented.” FILE – U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, introduces state Sen. Royce West at a rally where West announced […]

todayFebruary 26, 2024 1

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Rep. Ivey introduces bill to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medal to Frederick Douglass

U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., has introduced a resolution that would award abolitionist Frederick Douglass with a Congressional Gold Medal for his “contributions to the cause of freedom, human rights and the abolition of slavery.” Ivey told theGrio that Douglass “was one of the giants of the 19th century – not just in U.S. history, but around the world.” In 1818, Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. At a young age, he taught himself how to read […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024 1