A Congressional Black Caucus staffer told The Daily Caller on Monday that the “general feeling” of most caucus members is that the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious is warranted. But, the staffer added, most members think the investigation has turned into a “witch hunt.” (more)
Although Democratic legislators say they’re allied and united in favor of “diversity” and immigration, their supporters are deeply split, former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis told The Daily Caller. (more)
Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards dinner in Washington Saturday night, President Obama made a verbal boo-boo. (more)
I have yet to meet a tea party member who wants to see me “hanging on a tree,” as U.S. Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana recently suggested. He says the tea party considers me a second-class citizen. In truth, as a black conservative woman in Utah, I have been welcomed into the arms of a freedom-loving movement. The tea party reflects the principles of freedom and prosperity black Americans have long fought to win. (more)
As outspoken members of the Congressional Black Caucus have made disparaging remarks about the tea party movement, issues of civility and race have crept back into politics. (more)
Florida Republican Rep. Allen West will not be receiving a response anytime soon to his letter challenging Emanuel Cleaver, the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), to condemn recent attacks from its members on the tea party. (more)
In response to recent comments made by Indiana Democratic Rep. Andre Carson and California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters that denigrate the tea party movement, Florida Republican Rep. Allen West — a member of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Tea Party Caucus — sent a letter to CBC Chairman Emanuel Cleaver Wednesday requesting that the body condemn such remarks. (more)
Florida Republican Rep. Allen West said on Wednesday night’s “The O’Reilly Factor” that he is “the modern-day Harriet Tubman” for his commitment to leading blacks away from the Democratic Party. (more)
At a Congressional Black Caucus event in Detroit yesterday, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters took a few shots at President Barack Obama’s jobs tour for neglecting black communities. Since then the video has gone viral, and both liberals and conservatives have asked tough questions about Obama’s policies. (more)
As you read this, Democratic state legislators across the country are doing something that, 20 years ago, would have been considered politically taboo. (more)
As Democrats scramble to prepare for Republican subpoena power come January, when the GOP takes control of the House, an identity politics jigsaw puzzle is complicating a brewing battle over a key leadership position. (more)
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) announced Friday that an “overwhelming majority” of the 41-member caucus opposes President Obama’s compromise plan with Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax rates. (more)
The Democrats’ main tax-writing congressman and for years head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Charlie Rangel (D-NY), finally had to accept the terrible punishment for his ways and means of getting money by being the first congressman censured in about thirty years. For the record, as the Congressional Ethics Committee sees it, there has been just one unethical politician in their ranks in the past thirty years. Good to know. (more)
South Carolina Rep.-elect Tim Scott, the first black Republican from the South since Reconstruction, said Wednesday that he will not join the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). (more)
One of convicted Rep. Charlie Rangel’s staunchest allies will vote against a congressional resolution to censure him for violating ethics rules. (more)
Congressman-elect Allen West (R-Fla.), who said he plans to become the only black Republican in the Congressional Black Caucus, accused the organization of failing the black community by promoting dependence on government welfare programs. (more)
Two key blocs of the Democratic caucus are backing Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York for the top Democratic slot on the House oversight committee, giving the embattled Towns momentum in his quest for the seat after far-left Rep. Dennis Kucinich officially put his bid in Wednesday. (more)
Dwight Schrute would be jealous. (more)
Newly elected Florida Republican Allen West said he wants to join the Congressional Black Caucus, and after days of silence the all-Democrat body has reached a verdict: The CBC will welcome him. (more)
Congressman-elect Allen West (R-Fla.) said he plans to join the Congressional Black Caucus next year. (more)
