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Underbelly: Short Memories: Republicans and Civil Rights : Short Memories: Republicans and Civil Rights There's a curious case of memory loss that seems to be afflicting both left and right this morning over the history of civil rights legislation.

Street door to the Black Panthers' headquarters after the October 1969 police raid It's clear that Hoover's designation of the Panthers as 'the greatest threat to the internal security of the country' provided law enforcement with a virtual license to kill.

Lonnie Johnson, president and CEO of Excellatron Solid State LLC, Atlanta, joined about 30 leading battery experts at an historic U.S. Department of Energy workshop this month to gather data for potential federal funding of electric car battery research and development.

STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 19, 2009..The Legislature capped formal sessions for the year with several major bills in motion but unfinished, including proposals to address a $600 million deficit in the fiscal 2010 budget caused by plunging tax revenues and overly optimistic spending projections.

At a joint press conference on Wednesday, Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Doris L. Downs and District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr.

State Rep. Lewis Evangelidis, R-Holden, announced that he will file new legislation that could dramatically change the way Massachusetts courts treat mentally insane people who commit murder.

With the number of Americans who say they don't get enough to eat reaching new highs, the nation's food banks are facing unprecedented demand and short supplies, charity groups told Congress on Thursday.

Leaders of the House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last night requesting an expedited report on recent trends in prescription drug pricing.

Soup kitchen workers are seeing new faces in line and charities are taking more calls for help as the recession makes for a less-than-bountiful Thanksgiving.Hunger relief advocates came to Congress on Thursday and painted a bleak picture of a country struggling to meet an increased need for food assistance at a time of high unemployment."In our ...

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:17 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:17 a.m. Democrats in Congress asked for two separate investigations of drug industry pricing Wednesday as they continue working on legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system.

The Rev. Al Sharpton quietly came to town this week to be a guest preacher at Simmons College of Kentucky's third annual Church Growth Leadership Conference.

Though the United States has made great strides in the fight for civil rights during the 100-year existence of the NAACP, including having elected a black president, Congressman John Lewis implored a roomful of association members Sunday to stick with the organization.

From the Albany Herald - The debate over health care reform, at least what has been proposed so far, may boil down to another question - abortion.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat from Georgia's Fourth District, is being hailed a hero for health care reform.

Chevy Chase resident Bonnie Beavers still has fond remembrances of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008.

Let us now praise the virtue of the U.S. House of Representatives. Last night, the House narrowly passed a sweeping health-care reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, bringing America one step closer to finally guaranteeing health care for all its citizens, not just those who could afford it.

Congress should seek ways to improve the current health care system and make it available to more people rather than impose a new $1.3 trillion government-run plan that will raise taxes and cost jobs, Congressman Lewis said Saturday during consideration of H.R. 3962, the Democrat health care plan.

Every Republican Congressman from Georgia voted against the healthcare bill. Every Democrat voted for it except two.

ALL DEMITARDS put this in you crack pipe and smoke it ... your time is running out fast...http://www.blackvoices.com/boards/cities/houston/houston-tx/democrats-are-the-true-racist-in-america/1160/1 November 8, 2009 at 10:42 pm budmanx Let me ax you something.

"I object. I object. I object ... " Rep. Tom Price, a Roswell Republican, repeated the line over and over, interrupting his Democratic counterparts every time they tried to speak.