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Or so says Reverend Jesse Jackson : The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep.

I am deeply disappointed in you for voting for the 'Greater Health Insurance Industry Profits Act,' a.k.a. H.R. 3962, and especially for voting for it with the Stupak anti-abortion amendment attached, after your voting against the amendment's being attached in the first place.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water there is a Reverend Jesse Jackson sighting.

Oh no he din't! The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis for voting against the Democrats' signature healthcare bill.

From The Hill : The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks on a radio broadcast from the headquarters of Operation PUSH, [People United to Save Humanity] at its annual convention.

This Sept. 26, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, joined by Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Chairman Rep.

When it comes to Congressional politics in the Bay Area, all roads lead to Nancy Pelosi , the powerful Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives.

The laughs and smiles outweighed the tears during services Saturday for Army Chief Warrant Officer Earl a oeScottya Scott III, an Army aviator killed when his helicopter crashed in Iraq on Nov.

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Just days after a visiting professor at Williams College pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in federal court, the aftermath of his conviction is still being felt on campus and has led to the postponement of Monday's Congressional Black Caucus symposium.

Senate Democrats are expected to bring their long-awaited health care reform bill to the floor next week.

A senior policy fellow for Rep. Danny Davis has pleaded guilty to defrauding the government and private lenders of nearly $822,000 by using aliases to obtain student loans and more than 90 credit cards.

When the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi banged the gavel and declared, ''The bill is passed', health care reform that President Obama and Democratic leaders have pushed for so fervently over the past year came one step closer to reality on Saturday.

In an effort to coordinate lobbying efforts on health care, the NAACP on Nov. 5 joined forces with the National Urban League, Black Leadership Forum and several other high profile activist groups to unveil a a oeCivil Rights Health Care War Rooma located in the lobbyist hub of K Street in Washington, D.C. During the unveiling, participating members ...

Last night's vote to pass a major health care reform bill in the House of Representatives only came after a trade-off on abortion funding that was opposed by House liberals, as CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports.

Updated: The House voted 240 to 194 in favor of a restrictive abortion amendment that signaled a shift in the political center on abortion rights.

The first nasty floor fight in the health care debate is under way, and ita s all over a bit of theater that Democrats decided to put on at the outset of todaya s proceedings.

The White House takes the day from this Sunday's television talk shows, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers fill in to discuss the dire new unemployment report, the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, and if it goes off as planned the House vote this weekend on health care reform legislation.

Nov. 5, 2009 BOOK REVIEW: 'Muslim Mafia' Reveals Plans of Radical Islam Through CAIR, Other Groups, to Take Over 'North America' -- 'If It Takes 100 Years' Reviewed By David M. Kinchen Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic Chris Gaubatz infiltrated the national headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , as an intern named David Marshall ...

Ten. Thata s the number of questions youa ll be asked when the 2010 census forms arrive in mail boxes starting next April.