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CONGRESS House passes sweeping bill on election, government reforms The measure would require states to provide same-day voter registration, to allow at least two weeks of early voting and to offer drop boxes for ballots.   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses reporters on H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021, at the Capitol in… Read more »

NEWS Black Caucus Joins Pelosi, Hoyer in Pressing Biden to Nominate Shalanda Young for OMB Director BY KATHERINE FUNG ON 3/3/21 AT 5:06 PM EST Support for longtime congressional aide Shalanda Young to be elevated to director of the Office of Management and Budget is continuing to build among House Democrats. Young is currently nominated for deputy director of the… Read more »

                                                    PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release   March 2, 2021 Media Contact Airen Washington, Communications Director Airen.washington@mail.house.gov (c)… Read more »

CBC Members meet with Vice President Kamala Harris March 2, 2021    CBC members and Vice President Harris meet to discuss living Black history and the American Rescue Plan.  The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), which includes a historic 58 Members during the 117th Congress, visited the White House to meet with Vice President Harris, who was also… Read more »

Rep. Karen Bass Reintroduces George Floyd Policing Bill in Congress CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS URGE CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION BY DONNA OWENS · FEBRUARY 26, 2021 When George Floyd gasped his final breath last May after a Minneapolis police officer was captured on viral video kneeling on his neck, Black Lives Matter… Read more »

  A Historic Meeting: Vice President Kamala Harris Welcomes Congressional Black Caucus to the White House COVID-19 AND THE ECONOMY WERE ON THE AGENDA COURTESY OF THE WHITE HOUSE BY DONNA OWENS · FEBRUARY 26, 2021 Vice President Kamala Harris held a historic meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus… Read more »

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release   February 25, 2021   Media Contact Airen Washington, Communications Director Airen.washington@mail.house.gov Intergenerational Group of CBC Members meet with Vice President Kamala Harris   CBC members and Vice President Harris meet to discuss living Black history and the American Rescue Plan.     WASHINGTON, D.C.… Read more »

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release   February 24, 2021   Media Contact Airen Washington, Communications Director Airen.washington@mail.house.gov (c) 202.841.2777     CBC and Chair Beatty Convenes Special Hearing Highlighting 100 Day Plan Hearing coincides with CBC celebration and recognition of ‘living black history.'   WASHINGTON, D.C. — The… Read more »

Dear Colleague: It has been an honor to serve as Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for the 116th Congress. We began this Congress as the largest and most powerful Caucus in history, with 55 Members, five full Committee Chairs, and three Members of House Democratic Leadership. I am proud of all that we collectively accomplished with the power we held, from the passage of… Read more »

Washington, DC – Rep. Karen Bass, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement upon reports of the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland (NM-01) as Secretary of the Department of Interior. “We applaud the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, to lead the very agency responsible for the dislocation and inhumane… Read more »