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Why it’s so rare for Congress to expel a member
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt almost seems to be harder to get kicked out of Congress than it is to get elected in the first place. There’s been no shortage of scoundrels elected...
House Republicans Vote To Cripple Ethics Watchdog
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHouse Republicans voted nearly unanimously to cripple the Office of Congressional Ethics, a bipartisan watchdog whose work has led to resignations and...
Longtime Harlem lawmaker Inez Dickens to retire as candidates angle to replace her
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAssemblywoman Inez Dickens, a Democrat and longtime fixture in Harlem politics, said Monday that she...
Barbara Jordan was one of the first Black and LGBTQ women in Congress, but her relationship was kept...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBarbara Jordan.File/AP Barbara Jordan was one of the first Black and LGBTQ women in Congress,...
Dems protest Schiff censure in dramatic display on House floor
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe House floor spun into chaos Wednesday after Republicans voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff...
Bill Perkins, a force in Harlem politics, is dead at 74; ‘Harlem has lost a giant,’ says Mayor Adams
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBill Perkins, a hard-charging, reform-minded city and state lawmaker who championed equality in health care and criminal justice as an energetic force in Harlem politics across three decades ...
Threats of impeachment and censure used to be rare. In this Congress, they're becoming routine
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHouse Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months....