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There’s an expectation that any federal judicial nominee President Barack Obama seeks to place on the bench would get opposition from Congressional Republicans, but lately that hasn’t…

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You may not know Chaka Fattah but you should. Fattah has helped more than 25 million individuals through programs and initiatives he has created since…

Via Foxbaltimore.com The Maryland senate has finally voted to accept some changes to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s gun control measure. The senate voted 28-19  today to accept nineteen out of twenty amendments made by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee last week.  The amendment would ban people who have been involuntarily committed from maintaining a rifle or […]

Via: Foxbaltimore.com A bill modifying a law that allows Maryland prisoners to ask the court to suspend their child support payments is scheduled for a final vote in the state Senate. Prisoners can already apply for a waiver because they have no income while in jail, but the bill would allow child support payments to […]

Hiram Rhodes Revels spoke in the Senate March 16,1870.Revels became the first Black in the House or Senate to speak in Congress. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY.

Roland Martin appears on JKUSA with Erick Erickson, Dana Bash and host John King to discuss Sen. Jim Webb decision not to run for office in 2012 plus the Tea Party’s desire to obtain the vacant seat. WATCH:

Washington — The tax bill that extends the Bush tax cuts and slashes the estate tax while extending unemployment benefits has passed the House House by a vote of 277-148 and is heading for the President to sign, according to The Huffington Post RELATED STORIES Attacks From Right Take Toll On Obama’s Tax Plan CBC […]

Linda McMahon, the GOP Senate Candidate from Connecticut and wife of World Wrestling Entertainment head, Vince McMahon is being criticized for her past as a WWE performer and her propensity for kicking men in the crotch. The DNC released a statement saying Today the party of Bob Dole, Jack Kemp and Dick Lugar nominated a […]