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Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:  “Today, the House is set to vote on Republicans' partisan full-year continuing resolution, bringing us closer to a federal government shutdown and untold harm to the residents of the District of Columbia.  “The… Read more »

Watch interview here.  Three House Democrats joins MSNBC's Rev. Al Sharpton to commemorate the 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," and the ongoing fight to justice as many issues such as voting rights, DEI and many more, are still under attack.  Read more »

Read article here.  After 10 Democrats voted with the Republican Party to censure Rep. Al Green (D-TX), the Congressional Black Caucus is backing him and the intent behind his protest. According to The Hill, Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), the chair of the CBC, indicated in comments on March 7 that the Caucus is standing against the Republican Party’s attempts to gut social… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:  “As President Trump continues his unprecedented attacks on diversity initiatives in the federal government targeting hardworking civil servants as “unelected bureaucrats”, today’s jobs report… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:  “The CBC and House Democrats have made clear: we will not stand for Republicans' hellbent efforts to decimate the social safety net and cut billions of dollars for programs like Medicaid,… Read more »

Wednesday night, the Republican Party’s campaign arm, led by Rep. Richard Hudson (N.C.-09) called the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (N.Y.-13) an “illegal immigrant.” Congressman Espaillat is a U.S. citizen who has held multiple elected positions and has for decades honored his oaths to defend and protect the Constitution of the… Read more »

Today, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement:  “It is with the deepest sadness that the Congressional Black Caucus mourns the loss of our dearly departed friend and esteemed colleague, Congressman Sylvester Turner. Our… Read more »

Read article here.  Who is the leading the resistance on Capitol Hill? That is the question we wanted to answer before a second-term President Donald J. Trump delivered his first address before a joint session of Congress. On the evening of March 4, the Congressional Black Caucus —representing 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives—held a gathering… Read more »

Read article here.  A new Democratic lawmaker had a message for Donald Trump about cutting Medicaid for everyday Americans that he shared widely before the president's Tuesday night primetime speech. A few hours later, 70-year-old Texas Rep. Sylvester Turner - who had recently struggled to overcome bone cancer - had died. The cause of death is not yet known for… Read more »

Read article here.  Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday or boycotted the speech altogether. “There's a MAGA fest, a MAGA rally going on in the House chambers,’’ Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said soon after leaving the chamber as Trump… Read more »