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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement regarding the filing of cloture to end debate that would allow Judge Robert Leon Wilkins to be confirmed as U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement regarding the Senate's failure to vote for cloture to end debate that would allow Rep. Mel Watt (NC-12) to be confirmed as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement today regarding the swearing in of Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ): Read more »

Today, the Chairs and Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), along with Leslie Proll, Director of the Washington D.C. Office of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Deidre Swesnik, Director of Public Policy and Communications at National Fair Housing Alliance, encouraged the U.S. Senate to confirm Congressman Mel Watt (NC-12) as the next Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director. Read more »

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, the Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) – will host a press conference to call on the U.S. Senate to confirm Congressman Mel Watt (NC-12) as Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director. Read more »

Rep. Maxine Waters rolls out aggressive national flood insurance repair programHousing Wire - October 28, 2013Congresswoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., introduced an aggressive bipartisan plan to fix the National Flood Insurance Program this past week.Her new plan delays potential rate increases up to four years, while giving lawmakers time to obtain an affordability study from FEMA and to… Read more »

On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) will testify at the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing "'Stand Your Ground' Laws: Civil Rights and Public Safety Implications of the Expanded Read more »

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement regarding ruling TC/0163/13 by the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal. As a result of the ruling, more than 210, 000 Dominican-born people of Haitian descent will be stripped of the Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement on the passing of CBC Member Congressman Major Owens. Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) released the following statement on the election of Lorraine C. Miller to serve as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N Read more »