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Feb 3, 2012 at 12:04 pm

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Oh, For Real? Welfare Recipients Face Strip Club Ban

After voting on a ban Wednesday evening, the Republican-led House of Representatives sent a clear and bizarre message to Congress that they would stop welfare recipients from using their benefits at strip clubs, liquor stores, and casinos.

Dubbed in the press as the “strip club bill,” the legislation received a whopping 395-27 vote. Essentially, the bill would

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Dec 6, 2011 at 1:11 pm

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HBCU Funding On The Chopping Block

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.

But 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

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Nov 16, 2011 at 6:13 pm

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African American Firsts: 10 Facts About Black Senators

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

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Oct 31, 2011 at 1:47 pm

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Boehner To Obama: Congress Still Holds The Purse Strings

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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Aug 25, 2011 at 9:57 am

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Starbucks CEO To Congress : No Donations Until Debt Ceiling Fixed

Starbucks’ CEO is brewing a strong message to U.S. Government: No debt deal? Fine. Until then, no campaign donations.

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Jul 31, 2011 at 2:15 pm

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After Thoughts: Kuscinich Speaks, Free Local TV & The Presidents Hold Card

Just when you thought it was safe to be an American citizen, the politics of Washington threatens to give everyone a bad credit rating/high interest rates ( Shouldn’t Americans have the right to mess-up our own credit rating?). On this episode of “After Thoughts”, Dennis Kucinich delivers his plan for debt reduction and, for those wondering why President Obama would make so many consessions to the Republicans-the answer will be reavealed during this episode.

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Jul 21, 2011 at 1:22 pm

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Congresswomen Demand Apology For Tirade Against DNC Chair

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.

“His words were nothing more than personal

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Jul 20, 2011 at 3:42 pm

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Congress, You Don’t Know What The American People Want

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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Jul 19, 2011 at 3:47 pm

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Obama Threatens To Veto GOP’s “Cut, Cap and Balance” Plan

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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Jul 13, 2011 at 11:51 am

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Orlando’s First Black Female Police Chief Runs For Congress

ORLANDO — Orlando’s first Black female chief of police Val Demings is running for Congress, sources said.

Demings planned to make a formal announcement Wednesday afternoon in downtown Orlando.

She has served as chief of police since December 2007.

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