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Congressional Black Caucus Issues Statement Regarding Supreme Court Decision on Allen v. Milligan

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Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on Allen v. Milligan.  “Today, the Supreme Court ruled in Allen v. Milligan that the seven congressional maps drawn last year by the conservative Alabama State…

The Hill: Black leaders hail Supreme Court ruling on map as win for voting rights, insist fight isn’t over

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Read article here. By Cheyanne Daniels Black leaders applauded the Supreme Court’s Thursday decision to strike down a Republican-drawn congressional map in Alabama for diluting the power of Black voters. The decision in Allen v. Milligan that the GOP-led state must create a new map with an additional majority-Black district. The current map had seven…

POLITICO: Top Congressional Black Caucus members are calling for the Biden administration to yank two judicial nominations.

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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…

Congressional Black Caucus Issues Statement on Debt Limit Passage

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Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement regarding the passage of the debt limit bill.  “Speaker Kevin McCarthy and extreme MAGA Republicans made it perfectly clear that they were willing to abdicate their constitutional duty and default on our national debt,…

The Grio: Congressional Black Caucus will soon embark on nationwide tour to protect Black Americans’ fundamental rights

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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…

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Canada's Parliamentary Black Caucus finds common ground with U.S. counterparts

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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…

Congressional Black Caucus Issues Statement on Status of President Biden’s Executive Order on Policing

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Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement regarding the status of the Department of Justice’s implementation of President Biden’s executive order on policing.   “Today marks three years since the tragic and untimely death of…

The Hill: Congressional Black Caucus addresses changes since murder of George Floyd, calls for more action

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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…

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