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Read article here.  By Nicholas Wu What happened: Top members of the Congressional Black Caucus are taking the extraordinary step of asking President Joe Biden to withdraw two federal judicial nominees the day they were nominated. Their problem isn't anything to do with the nominees, the nine lawmakers said, but rather because they weren't meaningfully consulted… Read more »

Watch interview here.  Congressional Black Caucus Chair Representative Steven Horsford joins Symone D. Sanders Townsend to discuss the latest on the debt ceiling stand-off as the June deadline approaches.  Read more »

Read article here.  By Ashlee Banks “The Congressional Black Caucus understands the moment that we're in, and we also understand the weight of the moment to not have these fundamental rights or freedoms eroded. We will not be silenced,” said CBC Chairman Steven Horsford, D-Nev. The Congressional Black Caucus Institute (CBCI) has launched a nationwide summer tour aimed at… Read more »

Read article here.  By Mark Gollom As Canada's Parliamentary Black Caucus has grown, it was only natural that the group would reach out to seek advice and collaborate with its U.S. counterpart, says Ontario Independent Sen. Rosemary Moodie. That's why some members of the Parliamentary Black Caucus were in D.C. this week for an historic first-time… Read more »

Read article here.  By Cheyanne Daniels On the three-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, and one year after President Biden issued reforms for federal officers, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Thursday laid out its work in increasing police accountability while also calling for more to be done.  “In the year since President Biden issued the… Read more »

Read article here. By Cheyanne Daniels The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) spent Tuesday morning discussing voting rights, preserving Black history and the fight for equity ahead of 2024 as part of a larger summit on race and democracy.  The summit discussed voting rights and redistricting, affirmative action and book bans, and race relations and civic engagement.  “We… Read more »

Read article here.  By Nancy Vu What's happening: The Congressional Black Caucus is prepping to reignite yet another voting rights push — pending whether the Supreme Court decides to weigh in further on the Voting Rights Act. 5 The details: During a closed Tuesday meeting, entitled the National Summit on Democracy & Race, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)… Read more »

Read article here.  By Burgess Everett and Nicholas Wu Tensions are escalating between Senate Democrats and the Congressional Black Caucus over the arcane tradition that gives a single senator veto power over President Joe Biden’s judicial picks. The Black Caucus quietly met with Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) last week to lobby against the decades-old Senate… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) joined Morning Joe on MSNBC to discuss the expulsion of two Black members from the Tennessee Legislature who protested gun violence in the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville, in which three 9-year-old students and three adults were murdered.  During the interview, Chairman Horsford called for the… Read more »

Read article here.  By María Luisa Paúl Just 30 minutes after Thursday’s contentious expulsion proceedings in Tennessee ended, more than 100 state and federal Black lawmakers assembled in an emergency Zoom meeting to offer support to their ousted colleagues. The move taken by the Congressional Black Caucus, the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators… Read more »