Since its establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
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MSNBC: Congressional Black Caucus Chair: 'Black people are under attack'
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Watch interview here. Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Steven Horsford and New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat join Jonathan Capehart to discuss the right-wing attacks on Blackness and civil rights happening across America. MSNBC: GOPers have a math problem. They want voter suppression to solve it.
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Read article here. By Jahan Jones Congressional Black Caucus members say Republicans are revolting against simple math with their attempts to spurn Supreme Court rulings on gerrymandering. Congressional Black Caucus members gathered for a news conference on Thursday to denounce a raft of oppressive measures deployed nationwide to curb the influence of nonwhite… Associated Press: Black lawmakers press Justice and Education Departments to investigate Florida’s race curriculum
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Read article here. By Gary Fields The Congressional Black Caucus is pushing the White House, Justice Department and the Department of Education to adopt an “aggressive legal strategy” to scrutinize recent changes to Florida’s Black history curriculum. The caucus wants the federal agencies to examine whether Florida school districts are violating federal discrimination… CNN: Top Black congressional leader responds to GOP lawmaker's apology after using the term 'colored people'
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Watch interview here. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV), who serves as chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, reacts to a racial slur uttered on the House floor by his colleague Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ). POLITICO: The Congressional Black Caucus says they’ll oppose the Senate Judiciary Committee’s consideration of two judges unless the “blue slip” process is changed.
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By Nicholas Wu What's happening: The Congressional Black Caucus escalated its row with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday over the “blue slip” process, signaling their opposition to two judicial nominees up for consideration. Details: The powerful voting bloc said in a letter sent Tuesday to Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) they would oppose the… The Hill: Black Caucus says Supreme Court has ‘thrown into question its own legitimacy’ with affirmative action ruling
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By Nick Robertson The Congressional Black Caucus in a scathing statement Thursday said the Supreme Court called its legitimacy into question with a ruling upending the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The CBC called that decision “radical” and argued it could hurt the chances of minority students from getting opportunities to advance themselves. “By delivering… CBS News: Congressional Black Caucus chair condemns Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
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Watch interview here. Rep. Steven Horsford, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, condemned the Supreme Court's decision to strike down affirmative action in college admissions. Horsford told CBS News, "We need to look at reforms to the Supreme Court because the legitimacy of this court has been called into question." The Hill: Report of discriminatory policing in Minneapolis ‘unsurprising,’ says Congressional Black Caucus
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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… 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… Browse Documents by Date or Issue |