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HBCUs could lose as much as $85 million a year in federal support as Congress looks to make deficit-reducing budget cuts, the Root reports.
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Read MoreBut now, just when the country needs HBCUs the most, many in Congress want to slash the federal support HBCUs receive by more than a third — $85 million — even if it means slashing HBCUs’ contribution to the
Hundreds of Michigan Activists will head to Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5 to join with thousands of protesters from around the country to Take Back the Capitol and send a message that Congress needs to represent the 99 percent, not just the 1 percent.
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While African Americans have had a good deal of success in politics and several mayors, governors and even the current president to show for it, there have only been six senators who were Black. Two came from reconstruction after slavery was abolished and only four have served since then.
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The first Black senator, Hiram Rhodes
House Speaker John Boehner took aim at president Obama yesterday, claiming Obama was overstepping his bounds and constitutional authority by enacting job programs.
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Boehner also chided Obama’s new refinancing schemes for student loans and home mortgages, warning the president that Congress still holds the purse strings.
“We have the ability to limit their
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A mere 12 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Congress’ disapproval ratings match its all-time low, recorded in October 2008 at the height of the economic crisis.
Read MoreOnly 6 percent of registered voters say that most members of Congress have earned re-election, while 84 percent say it’s time to give someone new a chance, a historic
Roland Martin appears in The Situation Room with Rich Galen and host Wolf Blitzer to debate if Congress and President Obama should cancel their breaks. There is a mounting backlash against Washington over the debt crisis and lawmakers going on vacation with the nation in crisis.
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WASHINGTON — Five congresswomen demanded Rep. Allen West (R-Fl) apologize for his tirade against fellow Florida lawmaker Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Reps. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Donna Edwards of Maryland, Jackie Speier of California and Lois Capps of California denounced West for calling Wasserman Schultz “vile, despicable and cowardly” in an email after she criticized his stance on Medicare.
Read More“His words were nothing more than personal
A two-thirds majority in each house of Congress is required to amend the Constitution. Since 1980, Congress has voted on a balanced budget amendment five times. The closest it has come to passage was in 1995, when it passed the House of Representatives but failed to pass the Senate by one vote.
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If there’s one mantra that’s always recited by politicians it’s “The American people want this,” and “The American people want that.”
But based on the congressional gridlock surrounding the country’s deficit, it’s clear Republicans and Democrats are oblivious to what the American people really want, or need for that matter.
Republicans and Tea Party members say “The American people want spending cuts” and “The American people don’t want tax hikes.”
Democrats and President Obama
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said he will veto conservative Republicans’ “Cut, Cap and Balance” fiscal plan if it makes it to his desk.
A statement from the White House rejected the plan, which conditions a debt limit hike on a constitutional amendment that would require the government to balance its books each year. The proposal also requires substantial spending cuts and a statutory spending cap as a precondition for
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