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The Congressional Black Caucus held a ceremonial swearing-in to honor current and newly-elected members. Representative Cedric Richmond (D-LA) was sworn in as the new CBC chair to replace Re…

Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the role of the African-American vote in the 2008 presidential election. Tom Joyner led a question-and-answer s…

Harvard University Law School Professor Charles Ogletree led a town hall meeting of Congressional Black Caucus members who talked about the legal issues, concerns of African-American members…

Members of Congress and others talked to Young Democrats in a campaign training session. Rep. Cleo Fields took questions from the audience.

Committee members heard testimony from several members of Congress and banking industry representatives on the decision by some U.S. banks to charge their own customers for using another ban…

Representative Cleo Fields (D-LA) talked about how he got interested in politics and his position on various issues. He also talked about his own interest in educating young people about pol…

The U.S. House of Representatives was opened with prayer by the House Chaplain. The Chair examined and approved the Journal. The House then moved to one-minute speeches. Later the House vote…

The House met to debate on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and funding for the U.S. Marshalls Service. The session began with One-Minute speeches on a variety of issues, then debated the batte…

The U.S. House debated the Farm Bill and attached amendments.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives met to debate and vote on various bills.

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning papers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes, and…

U.S. House members debate a budget plan proposed by President Clinton.