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President Barack Obama talks about the Saturday shooting of U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords and 17 others in Tucson Arizona. In case you missed it you can watch the video below.

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Raunchy photographs of California congresswoman, Mary Bono Mack in a compromising position with another woman have been released by Radar Online. The pics show her with Edra Blixseth,a major campaign donor to Bono’s campaign and former billionaire who is currently under investigation for fraud, who appears to be licking her breast in one photograph. The […]

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WASHINGTON D.C. Several members of Congress will be taking part in a historical reading of the Constitution. But they will be using an amended version to avoid some of the history reflected in it, particularly the institution of slavery. Tea Party favorite Republican Congressman, Bob Goodlatte of Georgia is organizing the reading. The Hill reports: […]

Congressman Charlie Rangel spoke on the TJMS this morning to discuss his congressional censure. In case you missed it, we have the audio available for you to listen.

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The U.S. Senate Friday approved spending $4.6 billion to settle two lawsuits: one by black farmers who alleged racial discrimination by government lenders and the other by 300,000 American Indians who said they had been cheated out of land royalties dating to 1887. Passage of the measure, by voice vote, unblocks a legislative logjam that […]

Black History Month

Louis Stokes rose from the local housing projects to serve 30 years in the U.S. House, becoming a potent symbol for his Cleveland-based majority-black district.

Black Power Today

The 2010 mid-term election cycle is seeing a new wave of black republicans running for office.

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While you generally cannot deduct charitable contributions made after the year-end for tax purposes, Congress has added an incentive to get more taxpayers to donate to relief for Haiti.

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Their efforts in Congress squashed, U.S. automakers are depending upon a reluctant White House to quickly provide a multibillion lifeline to help them avoid imminent collapse.

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A House-passed bill to speed $14 billion in loans to Detroit’s automakers stands on shaky ground in a bailout-weary Congress, undermined by Republican opposition that could derail the emergency aid in the Senate.

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A government “car czar” with the power to force U.S. automakers into bankruptcy would dole out $15 billion in emergency loans to the failing industry under an emerging deal between the White House and congressional Democrats.

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A bailout plan for the failing U.S. auto industry could include a Cabinet-level oversight board and a provision to withdraw the money if the overseers decide the companies are failing to take steps to overhaul themselves.