According to CNN’s Manu Raju, some members of the Congressional Black Caucus are in talks to get Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) to step down amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
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Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) gave a female staffer a $48,395 "severance package" after she alleged the Congressman was often drunk and created a hostile work environment, and threatened to sue.
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Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India during the upcoming trip.
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At a White House ceremony honoring Navajo veterans of World War II, Donald Trump used the event as an opportunity to once again disparage Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) by calling her “Pocahontas.” Indian Country was not pleased.
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Former AG Eric Holder will be going to Tennessee next spring to the National Civil Rights Museum and the University of Memphis for a two-day symposium about civil rights and economic equality, on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) today is expected to announce that he will not seek re-election in 2018, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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A civic education nonprofit organization founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is releasing a Spanish-language version of its popular game that is used to teach students about their civil rights, spearheaded by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) led a group of her Democratic female colleagues in penning a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)urging him to pass the DREAM Act before the Senate recesses in December.
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Congressional Black Caucus Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA)has joined forces with conservative Congressman Mark Walker (R-NC) on long-stalled efforts to revamp the nation’s criminal justice system.
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Amid the administration’s flip-flop, Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) last week sent a letter signed by 21 Senate colleagues to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calling on the Department to officially halt any reversal of the ban on importing sport-hunted African elephant and lion trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) has stepped down as the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee as the House Ethics Committee investigates allegations that he sexually harassed aides.
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New Jersey Democratic Senators Bob Menéndez and Cory Booker led a group of their colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke, calling into question a recent notice by the Trump administration that DHS would retain "social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results" of immigrants, including of lawful permanent residents and naturalized U.S. citizens.
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In a USA Today op-ed, Congressmen Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), Al Green (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-OH), continued to make the case for the impeachment of Donald Trump.
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In an explosive report published last night, BuzzFeed reported that in 2015, Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) settled a wrongful dismissal complaint with a former employee who alleged she was fired because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.”
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Today, Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Internet Association (IA) urging the organization, which represents some of the world's biggest tech companies, to "stop the spread of racial and gender bias through technology and adopt practices and policies to hold members accountable when it comes to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology."
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During former First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech in Hartford, CT on Thursday, she addressed a slew of allegations that have made headlines involving inappropriate sexual behavior. "I can’t tell you how sick it makes me."
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Tensions between the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and WH Chief of Staff John Kelly are surfacing again as Congress is poised for a year-end fight over whether to enact permanent legal protections for hundreds of thousands of "Dreamers."
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Former President Barack Obama will be traveling to New Delhi, India on December 1st as part of an outreach program for the Obama Foundation. During a town hall event in the city, Obama will interact with young leaders and learn about the work they are doing to impact their communities.
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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Thursday denied Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) membership in the all-Democratic Caucus. This was after weeks of a beef that got ugly and personal and spilled over onto Twitter. Some CHC Members suggested his intentions were politically motivated since he represents a Latino-heavy district in Miami that is a top target for Dems in 2018.
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Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) on Thursday announced that her Chief of Staff, Dwayne Duron Marshall, had resigned following allegations that he had sexually harassed women in the Congresswoman’s office.
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