house of representatives
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It’s a Thin Line Between Love and Trump: Mia Love Is Big Mad at President After Losing Her House Seat
Following the loss of her seat in the House of Representatives, Utah politician Mia Love is not happy with her president. According to CNN, during her concession speech in the congressional race against Democrat Ben McAdams, Love responded to Donald Trump’s petty-ass comment that “Mia Love gave me no love and she lost. Too bad.…
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Ilhan Omar Compels Democrats to Amend Ban on Head Coverings in the House of Representatives
For 181 years, the U.S. House of Representatives has imposed a ban on its members wearing head coverings. With Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress, set to take her oath of office in January, that rule—which would have prohibited her wearing her customary headscarves or the hijab—is slated…
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Ayanna Pressley Goes to Washington
It was a win destined to go viral: Ayanna Pressley, Boston’s first black city councilor, beating out 10-time incumbent Mark Capuano in a stunning upset for the Massachusetts 7th congressional seat. Video taken of Pressley shows the moment she found out about her win—in a forest-green sheath dress, Pressley clutches her chest before leaping to…
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Hold Up … Did Whitey McWhiteMan Just Tell Auntie Maxine to ‘Stop Talking About Discrimination’?
Although I have spent 99.9 percent of my years as a black male, during the course of my lifetime, I can remember a few rare occurrences when I had brief out-of-body experiences. For instance, one day I stepped onto the screened-in porch on the back of my house and came face-to-face with a fully grown…
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Sheila Jackson Lee Defends Obamacare on House Floor, GOP Congressman Calls Her ‘Hysterical’
Thursday morning, while we were all preparing to lose our health insurance, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) stood on the House floor and gave the kind of speech that would have you nodding your head and saying “Amen” if you were in church. When she was done, Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) called her “hysterical.” Lee…
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Dems Sing ‘Na Na Na … Goodbye’ as House Votes to Repeal Obamacare
House Democrats taunted their Republican counterparts as GOP representatives passed a bill that would erase the signature legislation of the Obama administration and replace it with a tax break for the wealthiest Americans and simultaneously karate-chop 24 million Americans in their soon-to-be uninsured throats. Knowing that it won’t cover the millions of people with pre-existing…
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NFL Players Speak Out in Congress on Criminal-Justice Reform, Police Killings of Blacks
In the past few years, there has been an uptick in press coverage of police brutality targeting the African-American community, coupled with the already troubled and biased criminal-justice system that penalizes black people often and harshly. This, in turn, has brought a widely publicized rise in the mobilization of the black community and its allies…
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La. House Candidate Caught in Blackface in Racist Tiger Woods Costume
It’s almost March, but the ghosts of Halloweens past still haunt us. Every year, without fail, particularly on Halloween, there is that one (usually more, let’s be honest) white person who seems incapable of coming up with a creative costume of a black individual without resorting to blackface. By now we shouldn’t be ignorant of…
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Republicans Unanimously Pick Paul Ryan to Remain Speaker of the House
Republicans in the House of Representatives unanimously agreed Tuesday that Paul D. Ryan should remain speaker and serve as the chief legislative partner to President-elect Donald Trump. The Washington Post reports that ahead of Tuesday’s vote, Ryan told reporters, “Welcome to the dawn of a new unified Republican government.” The next step is for Ryan…