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Senators Ossoff and Reverend Warnock introduce transportation bill urging additional funding | The Atlanta Voice
Friday morning, Senator Jon Ossoff introduced the Public Transportation Expansion Act alongside U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), which would for the first time fund construction of public transportation specifically connecting affordable housing with
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Biden Heads to Georgia with Message: ‘Send Me These Two Men' | Atlanta Daily World
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The importance of the Senate runoff elections in Georgia cannot be overstated. It is why President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are in the Peach State to campaign for the Democratic candidates
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Five Senators Speak Up for D.C. Statehood - The Washington Informer
Five U.S. senators spoke Tuesday on the chamber floor in support of passing a bill to make D.C. the union's 51st state. The post Five Senators Speak Up for D.C. Statehood appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Warnock makes history with Senate win as Dems near majority — The Sacramento Observer
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within the party’s reach. A pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King
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Rosario Dawson Gushes About Moving To Newark With Cory Booker: “It’s Time”
In fact, things are going so well that the Seven Pounds actress has plans of moving in with the United States Senator in Newark, New Jersey once the coronavirus pandemic dies
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Colin Powell is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. He is currently serving as an American Statesman. Powell was the first African-American to serve as the Secretary of State, which he did from 2001 to 2005 under George W. Bush.  Powell is to date, the only African American to
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Joe Biden Jumps Out Of His Lane With 'You Ain't Black' Remark On 'The Breakfast Club' - Blavity
Biden continued to defend his reputation with the Black community as his aide was in the background telling him to wrap up the
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Senate defeats UNC's motion on selecting CoP - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Senate has voted against a private motion filed by Opposition Senator Wade Mark to annul the Commissioner of Police (CoP) and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Selection Process) Order, 2021. When the motion was put to a vote in the Senate on Monday, all nine Independent senators joined
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(2007) Senator Barack Obama “Voting Rights March Commemoration Speech”
Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every
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Obama Says Congress Has to Pass Voting Rights Legislation Before 2022 Midterm Elections 
By: Teddy Grant Former President Barack Obama said Monday that American democracy would be at risk if Congress doesn't pass voting rights legislation before the 2022 midterm elections. 'We can't wait until the next election because if we have the same kinds of shenanigans that brought about
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Kenya: Govt's Repeated Denials of Complicity in High Places Under Scrutiny
Earlier in June 2001, the International Crisis Group (ICG) released a report titled "International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Delayed Justice," implicating government officials in the hiding of Mr
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Our Voices: Black farmers get COVID relief they deserve - Texas Metro News
By Ben Jealous If you ever begin to doubt that elections matter, think about Black farmers. The new COVID relief law takes significant steps to address decades of shameful discrimination against Black farmers by the federal government. And that would not have happened without voters putting Joe
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U.S. House Passes New Stimulus Bill for $3 Trillion Called the HEROES Act
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a second multi-trillion-dollar stimulus bill, which seeks to provide a new round of economic assistance to Americans displaced by the
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NNPA EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Val Demings Will Run for Senate - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Congresswoman Val Demings (D-FL) will run for the U.S. Senate seat out of Florida currently held by Republican Senator Marco Rubio, an advisor to the campaign has confirmed exclusively to the Black Press. Stories had floated in mainstream media
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‘TRAGIC, COWARDLY’ RIOT – Florida Courier
Florida Republicans decried the violence at the pro-Trump protest but appeared careful not to condemn the president. BY RYAN DAILEY NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE – Florida Republicans decried scenes of chaos and violence in the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, after supporters of President Donald
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Democrats plan lightning Trump impeachment, want him out now - DefenderNetwork.com
Warnings flashing, Democrats in Congress laid plans Friday for swift impeachment of President Donald Trump, demanding decisive, immediate action to ensure an “unhinged” commander in chief can’t add to the damage they say he’s inflicted or even ignite nuclear war in his final days in office. As the
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Tim Scott Capes For Trump One Last Time As Senate Impeachment Conviction Isn’t Guaranteed
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott -- the only Black Republican Senator -- proudly announced he wouldn’t be voting to convict Trump when the president's second Senate impeachment trial takes place.
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Knight delivers last lick - Opposition senator condemns thievery in Government; Johnson Smith accuses him of misleading public
Firebrand opposition senator K.D. Knight used the last sitting of the Senate before the September 3 general election to rip into the Holness administration, alleging a culture of fraud and nepotism. Knight pooh-poohed the Government’s management of...
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Watt, Melvin Luther (1945- )
Carolina in the 20th century, Mel Watts is a current member of the United States House of Representatives. Watts was born on August 26, 1945 in the small community of Steele Creek in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and attended high school in Charlotte. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science
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No Black Woman Serves as a U.S. Senator. Congresswoman Val Demings Could Change That.
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) is 'seriously' contemplating a run for the U.S. Senate, one that could make her the first Black person and only second woman to represent Florida as
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Murray Introduces Bill To Double Pell Grant, Expand Eligibility To Dreamers - The Seattle Medium
The Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act, legislation that would double the Pell Grant award, index the award to inflation, and make other changes to expand the award for working students and
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Rice, Sanders push Biden-Harris COVID-19 plan: 'Inaction is not an option'
Washington, D.C. is in the grips of a snowstorm with more to come into Tuesday - but the work at... View Article The post Rice, Sanders push Biden-Harris COVID-19 plan: 'Inaction is not an option' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Forty-fifth Congress (1877-79) convened. One U.S. senator, Blanche K. Bruce, Mississippi. Three U.S. congressmen: Richard H. Cain, Joseph H. Rainey, Robert Smalls, South Carolina. Jackson College (Miss.) established.
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Senate approves revocation of SOEs
THE Senate yesterday approved the revocation of the states of public emergency following similar action by the Lower House on Tuesday.However, Government Senator Kamina Johnson Smith said she was disappointed with the position taken by Opposition senators in the debate on the revocation of the
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D.C. Statehood a Priority, Civil Rights Leaders Say
Civil rights leaders joined about 70 D.C. statehood activists at Freedom Plaza in Northwest on Aug. 28 to insist making the District the 51st state is a priority for the national voting rights
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Decision day in Georgia with Senate majority at stake - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Rev. Raphael Warnock Declared Winner in Georgia Senate Runoff
Rev. Raphael Warnock has become the first Black senator elected from Georgia and the first Democratic Black senator elected from the South.
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Warnock, Ossoff Claim Wins in Georgia Senate Runoffs
The racial awakening in the United States last year after the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd may have propelled a sweep for Democrats in Tuesday's Georgia Senate runoffs, paving the way for President-elect Joe Biden to push his legislative agenda without fear of obstruction.
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Senate set to deliver verdict on Waiguru impeachment
The fate of embattled Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru will be known on Friday.
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Kenya: Sonko Claims State-Backed Bribery Scheme in Senate Vote, Says He'll Bounce Back
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