U.S. Senate
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Booker, Harris Lead Roundtable Discussion on Issues Concerning African Americans
A roundtable discussion on Capitol Hill this week, led by Sens. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, tackled everything from voter…
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None of 28 Top Staffers in House, Senate are of Color: Report
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has released six detailed reports on the troubling lack of racial diversity…
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NAACP Calls Mississippi Candidate’s Hanging Comment ‘Sick’
The NAACP has blasted Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is under fire for a joke she made about being invited…
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Espy’s Path to the U.S. Senate Includes Black, White and ‘Purple People’
Mike Espy, the first African-American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi since Reconstruction, a former U.S. secretary…
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Senate Judiciary Committee OKs Anti-Lynching Bill
The nation's three Black senators got a victory this month when the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to advance the…
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Senate Advances Kavanaugh Confirmation; Final Vote This Weekend
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will get a final floor vote, after senators voted 51-49 Friday to advance his nomination.
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Sen. John McCain, War Hero and Former Presidential Nominee, Dead at 81
John McCain, the venerable Republican senator and war hero who was a fixture on Capitol Hill for decades, died Saturday…
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Democrats Far Worse than GOP in Minority Hiring
Democratic senators employ an overwhelming number of white and mostly women, according to a new report on diversity in some…
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GOP Senators Unveil New Obamacare Repeal Bill
Senate Republican leaders unveiled Thursday a fresh proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, revising their bill to…
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VIDEO: Sens. Harris, Booker and Scott Host Black History Month Discussion
Sens. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only African-American members of the United States…
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