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Congressional Black Caucus Stands Up for Voiceless and Vulnerable - and Wins
The ten members of the Congressional Black Caucus who serve on the House Financial Services Committee - Reps.
Mixed Feelings After White House Jobs Summit
Business executives, financial experts and economists gathered Thursday with President Obama at the White House to swap ideas about how to jumpstart the economy.
Clinton makes light of Chelsea's enga...
Secretary Hillary Clinton made light of months of speculation regarding her daughter's engagement Wednesday during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan.
Financial PAC Money to Democrats a " Less Than Meets the Eye?
Here's the kind of transparency report that annoys me because it seems to come with a point of view attached.
Congressional Black Caucus endorses Earl Hilliard Jr. for Artur Davis' House seat
Earl Hilliard Jr. picked up the endorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus in his race for the 7th District Congressional seat.
Dems back power to break up firms
Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have approved Rep. Paul Kanjorski's proposal to expand government power to break up 'too big to fail' financial firms.
Blue Dogs and New Democrats Find Friends on Wall Street
Like in the health care reform debate , financial regulation legislation has divided members of the same party, opening a rift between liberal and moderate Democrats.
21 to press Congress for comprehensive immigration reform . Two buses made the one-day trek from the 11th congressional district in Brooklyn and were hosted by Rep.
Frank Gulluscio Receives Endorsements of New York State Senator Chuck ...
Gulluscio picked up the endorsements of New York State Senator Chuck Schumer and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
Congressional Support Growing for Fair Competition in Auto Repair Industry
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five more members of Congress declared their support of the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act .
Jared Polis Signed Letter Opposing Net Neutrality Before Coming Out For It
Colorado U.S. Reps. Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter signed onto a letter to the Federal Communications Commission last week Thursday that was penned by New York Democratic U.S. Rep.
US House Democrats urge caution in FCC's open-Internet rules
Vendors including Cisco, Motorola concerned that rules may harm ability to manage Internet traffic.
For decades, Harlem has been the lodestar of black politics in New York City and beyond.
Democrats' ethics problems spark GOP election hopes
"You shouldn't be that way, you know that?" a scolding Rangel, D- N.Y. , told MSNBC's Betsy Klein , waving papers at her as the camera rolled.
Congressional Letter Highlights Increased Racial Health Disparities...
Citing concerns about barriers to cancer treatment and furthering racial disparities in the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer, eight African American Members of Congress wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius about a proposed government policy to cut payments for radiation therapy.
UFCW Local 1500 and RWDSU Local 338 Endorse Gulluscio...
Praise "Champion for Working New Yorkers" Adding to a growing chorus of elected officials and labor unions, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1500 and Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Union Local 338 announced their support of Frank Gulluscio in his bid to unseat Republican Eric Ulrich.
Support Project slated for third pilgrimage to Haiti
The Haiti Support Project , under the leadership of Dr. Ron Daniels, is slated to embark on the Third Pilgrimage to Haiti October 8-12, to visit the magnificent Citadel and other important cultural-historical sites.
Deal proposed to Lehman Brothers Europe creditors
15, 2008 - has proposed a contractual agreement with creditors following an adverse ruling by the High Court in London.
JetBlue's HQ contest down to NYC, Orlando
As the airline winnows its search for new home, it's also touring sites in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan JetBlue Airways has winnowed its cross-country headquarters search to two cities: New York and Orlando, Fla.
Gov. Paterson was noticeably absent from a high-profile meeting of powerhouse black political leaders last night, featuring President Obama as the keynote speaker.
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