U.S. Senate
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Will Stimulus Politics and Potential Cost of Lives Affect Georgia’s Senate Runoff Elections?
Many on Capitol Hill point to the outcome of Georgia's two Senate runoff elections, scheduled to occur Jan. 5, as…
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Warnock Calls Loeffler a ‘Liar’ for Child Abuse Claims During Ga. Senate Debate
Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democratic hopeful in next month's crucial runoff elections for two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia, vehemently…
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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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