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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 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and UNC. “Since 1978, the Supreme Court has held that race-based admissions policies in colleges and universities can be administered in… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (NV-04) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement in response to the findings of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).  “Today, the Department of Justice released the findings of its… Read more »

Read article here.  By Cheyanne Daniels The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) findings that the Minneapolis Police Department routinely used excessive force and unlawfully discriminated against Black and Native American people is “appalling” but not surprising, the Congressional Black Caucus said Friday.  “While the findings are appalling, they are wholly unsurprising given… Read more »

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… Read more »

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… Read more »

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 »

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,… 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 »