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(CNN) Early this spring, we stood together with our colleagues in Congress, civil rights leaders and thousands of others on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, trying to imagine the incredible courage it must have once taken to simply walk across that bridge despite knowing with grim certainty that clubs, tear gas and fire hoses were waiting for you on the other side. We were… Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus chairman Rep. G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina on Friday said civil unrest in Baltimore is tied to poverty and predicted that the budget deal reached by congressional Republicans this week would “wreak havoc.” The Congressional Black Caucus on Friday also expressed approval of the criminal charges filed against six police… Read more »

Democratic leaders on Friday hammered the Republicans' new budget proposal with warnings that it would devastate black Americans, who are already lagging far behind the rest of the country economically. The lawmakers, with Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) chairman Rep. G.K. Butterfield taking the lead, said the GOP's 2016 spending blueprint makes the sharpest cuts to programs that… Read more »

“We have come today for one single purpose – that is to urge the United States Senate to confirm the Honorable Loretta Lynch to serve as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States.  “Loretta Lynch is a native of my home state of North Carolina.  She is a legal scholar.  She is experienced and a very successful U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of… Read more »

Prepared by the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee Nearly one-in-seven Americans identify themselves as “black or African American,” the third largest racial or ethnic group in the United States. African Americans have made significant social and economic progress since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, the black community continues to face… Read more »

5 Reasons The American Dream Is Eluding Black People, published by NewsOne While African-Americans have made significant social and economic strides since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Black community continues to face enormous financial and social challenges, according to a report released Tuesday by Democratic staff of the congressional Joint Economic… Read more »

Click here to listen to message audio: Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell was elected to her third term to represent Alabama’s 7th Congressional District on November 4, 2014. She is one of the first women elected to Congress from Alabama in her own right and is the first black woman to ever serve in the Alabama Congressional delegation. Congresswoman Sewell sits on the exclusive… Read more »

Last week, House Republicans released their budget. The document was roundly mocked, but it would have been more comical if the budget didn’t stand to immediately worsen the lives of millions of Americans. On Monday, the Congressional Black Caucus released its budget, which, like the Republican version, frames the proposal in moral terms. The difference is that the… Read more »

The Congressional Black Caucus prioritizes education, public health and deficit reduction—in contrast with the GOP plan, which guts the social safety net. In the Congressional Black Caucus’ Alternative Budget for Fiscal Year 2016, which lays out where the CBC thinks the nation’s finances should be, it finds itself—yet again—in the unenviable position of… Read more »

The Congressional Black Caucus is preparing a forceful lobbying push in support of President Barack Obama’s attorney general nominee. Loretta Lynch was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday with three Republican votes. She is expected to win confirmation on the Senate floor, but a number of hardline conservatives are already opposing her over her stance on… Read more »