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	Congressional Black Caucus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Caucus was founded in January 1969, by a group of fl members of the House of Representatives, including Shirley Chisholm of New York, Louis Stokes of Ohio and William L. Clay of Missouri.
		Blacks had begun to enter the House in increasing numbers during the 1960s, and the formation of the Caucus reflected their need for a formal organization.
		The Caucus is officially non-partisan, but in practice it has been almost exclusively composed of Democrats, and tends to function as a lobbying group with the wider Congressional Democratic Party.
	www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Congressional_Black_Caucus (473 words)

	African Americans - Congressional Black Caucus
		The Congressional Black Caucus was formed in 1969 when the 13 Black Members of the U.S. House of Representatives joined together to strengthen their efforts to address the legislative concerns of Black and minority citizens.
		Today, there are 39 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus representing many of the largest and most populated urban centers in the country, together with some of the most expansive and rural Congressional districts in the nation.
		Historically, the CBC Alternative Budget policies depart significantly from Administration Budget recommendations as the Caucus seeks to preserve a national commitment to fair treatment for urban and rural America, the elderly, students, small businessmen and women, middle and low income wage earners, the economically disadvantaged and a new world order.
	www.africanamericans.com /CongressionalBlackCaucus.htm (705 words)

	US Congressional Black Caucus
		Maxine Waters, D-California, and Chair of the Black Caucus, Rep. Earl Hilliard, D-Alabama,Vice Chair of the CBC, and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Texas, Whip of the CBC, were joined by 3 additional CBC members and others in a delegation that arrived in Cuba on Feb 17th.
		Representative Waters told reporters that CBC members want to analyze the effects of the U.S.-imposed embargo in preparation for a debate in the U.S. Congress which is likely to occur in the next three months.
		This first Black Caucus delegation to visit Cuba is made up of congressional Representatives Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee of California, Sheila Jackson of Texas, Julie Carson from Indiana, Gregory Meeks of New York and Earl Hilliard of Alabama.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /blackcaucus.htm (2290 words)

	Congressional Black Caucus on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Crime bill is a blunder, as Black Caucus claims.
		Black Christians, white church: at the Black Methodist caucus.
		Members of the Congressional Black Caucus take a ceremonial oath on the opening day of the 109th Congress Tuesday, January 4, 2005.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CongressB1C1.asp (579 words)

	USATODAY.com - Congressional Black Caucus questions push for war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although it cannot stop congressional approval of a resolution paving the way for war, the 38-member Congressional Black Caucus issued a joint statement Thursday cautioning against what many members see as a headlong rush into the use of military force.
		Black caucus members say their constituent mail and telephone calls are running heavily against war with Iraq.
		One caucus member, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said she could not vote for a resolution that would grant Bush authority to use "all means he determines to be appropriate" against Saddam.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2002-09-26-black-caucus_x.htm (418 words)

	African American Registry: Congressional Black Caucus formed
		While the CBC has been primarily focused on the concerns of African-Americans, the Caucus has also been at the forefront of legislative campaigns of human and civil rights for all citizens.
		Members of the Congressional Black Caucus represent a variety of districts and constituents from coast to coast, urban and rural, northern and southern.
		CBC Members past and present, have been advocates for the human family nationally and internationally and have played significant roles as local and regional activists as well.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/2377/Congressional_Black_Caucus_formed (289 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: What's the Congressional Black Caucus thinking? by Star Parker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Congressional Black Caucus members are already uniformly lining up in opposition to including individual retirement accounts as a key element of Social Security reform _ despite the fact that a specific proposal from the Bush administration has yet to arrive on Capitol Hill.
		The fl caucus, with 43 members, is now the largest it has ever been.
		Yet, not one of these fl legislators has indicated it might be worth giving serious thought to the possible benefits of individual retirement accounts to fls.
	www.townhall.com /columnists/StarParker/sp20050111.shtml (905 words)

	Jet: Congressional Black Caucus brings about coalition of black leadership.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Congressional Black Caucus brings about coalition of fl leadership.
		During the Congressional Black Caucus' recent 23rd Annual Legislative Weekend in the nation's capital, no one was a Democrat, a Republican, a liberal, or a conservative.
		For 22 years the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation has brought together some of America's most influential leaders during the annual legislative weekend,' said Rep. Harold Ford (D., Tenn.), who chaired the event.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:14532031&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (166 words)

	Congressional Black Caucus Supported Tough Crack Law [Free Republic]
		Go check the Congressional Record: in 1986, when the federal crack law was debated, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) supported it, and some CBC members pressed for even harsher penalties.
		A few years earlier it was CBC members and other Democrats in Congress who pushed President Reagan, against his considered judgment, to create the Office of National Drug Control Policy (better known as the drug czar’s office).
		More fls are being charged with hate crimes than whites, who were the original targets of the hate crime legislation.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3aeb2b4362a3.htm (779 words)

	Congressional Black Caucus Slams Janice Rogers Brown Nomination
		The Congressional Black Caucus came out Friday in strong opposition to the confirmation of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, calling her a conservative activist with a “disdain for legal precedent.”
		In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the caucus called Brown a “notoriously conservative lawyer and jurist” who has shown herself to be unable to separate her own personal views from “her responsibility to render decisions based on a fair and precedent-based interpretation of the law and the Constitution.”
		According to the caucus, Brown is the second sitting judge nominated by Bush to an appellate court who has received a partial “not qualified” rating from the American Bar Association.
	www.metnews.com /articles/brow102003.htm (801 words)

	Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Retention Resolution, PR 12-673
		Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Retention Sense of the Council Resolution of 1998
		RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Retention Sense of the Council Resolution of 1998".
		(a) The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ("CBCF") is a non-profit, non-partisan, public policy, research, and educational institution that was established by members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1976.
	www.dcwatch.com /archives/council12/12-673.htm (294 words)

	Gore Presides as Congress Makes Bush Win Official (washingtonpost.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		When it came time to count Florida's votes, House Democrats, most of them members of the Congressional Black Caucus, rose one by one to object to the awarding of the state's 25 electors to Bush and his running mate, Richard B. Cheney.
		The Democratic protest was led by Black Caucus members who share the feeling among fl leaders that votes in the largely African American precincts overwhelmingly carried by Gore were not counted because of faulty voting machines, illicit challenges to fl voters and other factors.
		At the end of their protest, about a dozen members of the Black Caucus walked out of the House chamber as the roll call of the states continued.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A27270-2001Jan6 (1336 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Whites more to blame for `global warming`? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A new study released by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation suggests rising temperatures will kill more fl citizens than whites in the U.S., while claiming African-Americans are less responsible than others for causing so-called "global warming."
		The research, conducted by the Oakland, Calif.-based group Redefining Progress, is being billed as the first-ever comprehensive examination of the health and economic impact of climate change on the fl population.
		More than 70 percent of fls live in urban areas which are in violation of federal air pollution standards, according to the report.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39577 (852 words)

	The Congressional Black Caucus: Brain Trust on Liberia
		The CBC as an institution and its individual members has done an exemplary job making Liberia relevant by keeping our issues on the front burner.
		In addition to the members of the Congressional Black Caucus, I will be remiss if I did not take this time to express special thanks and appreciation to others who have consistently advocated for Liberia.
		Liberians are encouraged by the tireless and steadfast engagement of the Congressional Black Caucus to ensure that US foreign policy goals and objectives help to fulfill the hopes and aspirations of ordinary Liberians for the rebirth of a peaceful, secure and stable society.
	www.theperspective.org /2004/feb/congressionalblackcaucus.html (2103 words)

	Jet: Congressional Black Caucus brings about coalition of black leadership
		And while the Caucus Weekends, which actually extend over a five-day period, always have been a must ticket for the civil rights establishment, this year it embraced a number of gang leaders and Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, who was a panelist on a heated debate on race relations.
		CBC Chairman Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D., Md.) concluded the program by announcing the Caucus' allegiance with other Black organizations and leaders.
		Clinton thanked the Caucus - which on occasion has been at odds with the administration - for its 'constructive criticism" while saying there is a need for unity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n24_v84/ai_14532031 (912 words)

	Nader angers CBC with demand for apology=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Tensions between Ralph Nader and the Congressional Black Caucus flared again yesterday, after a letter from the independent presidential candidate to the caucus chairman, Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), demanded an apology for an “obscene racial epitaph” at a tense meeting last month.
		Black lawmakers reacted to Nader’s letter with a combination of anger and disdain, questioning his mental health and accusing him of acute and advanced egomania.
		Black House members at the meeting had urged Nader to pull out of the presidential race so that votes wouldn’t be channeled away from Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), his party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
	thehill.com /news/071404/nader.aspx (531 words)

	Caribbean Net News: US Congressional Black Caucus wants Caribbean talks
		A common issue for the Congressional Black Caucus and the Caribbean relates to U.S. foreign policy where there are substantial disparities between Europe, Africa and the Caribbean, for example.
		"I predict the Congressional Black Caucus will stay in there and fight every day and hope to have some success during the course of this year," said Watt, noting the CBC was willing to compromise politically with its Republican colleagues, but not when it came to CBC's basic commitments.
		The new officers of the CBC for the 109th Congress are: U.S. Rep. Melvin L. Watt, Chair; U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, 1st Vice Chair; U.S. Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, 2nd Vice Chair; U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis, Secretary; and U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, Whip.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2005/03/11/talks.shtml (598 words)

	Black Caucus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The issue of reparations continues to be an issue for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC).
		She is the highest-ranking Democratic Member on the House Committee on Science Subcommittee on Basic Research, and the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation.
		She is Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was named by Ebony Magazine as one of the Ten Most Powerful African-American Women of 2001.
	www.ustreas.gov /irs/ci/tax_fraud/docblackcaucus.htm (317 words)

	Bush, White House snub Congressional Black Caucus
		WASHINGTON (NNPA)—President Bush and his White House staff are apparently ignoring the Congressional Black Caucus and its chairwoman, who have sent four letters requesting meetings with him since Sept. 21.
		The CBC has an upcoming meeting with Secretary of State Colin Powell, the second with him this year.
		Only days before Sept. 11, CBC members were lambasting the president for withdrawing the U. from the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.
	www.finalcall.com /national/cbc_snub12-25-2001.htm (394 words)

	PHR Testimony to Congressional Black Caucus
		Congresswoman Christian-Christensen and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Working Group on Health Care, my name is Leonard Rubenstein.
		For almost twenty years, PHR has been engaged in investigating the health impacts of human rights violations, advocating against discrimination in health services, and promoting the right, established in international law, to the highest attainable standard of health for all.
		We salute the leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus for its work to bring the problem of racial and ethnic disparities in health to the nation’s attention and to address it, especially through securing passage of the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000.
	www.phrusa.org /research/methics/caucus_0303.html (1712 words)

	TPMCafe \|\| Congressional Black Caucus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Congressional Black Caucus has succeeded in preserving an uncorrupted vision of justice and equality as primary values in society.
		My experience is that many long-time Democratic voters dislike the Congressional Black Caucus for its past history--specifically but not exclusively they especially disliked the divisive racial rhetoric they have used in the past, especially when Democrats had more power.
		BTW, I was talking about the past Black Congressional Caucus, sort of in the hopes that people like Obama could undo some of the damage attached to the label.
	www.tpmcafe.com /story/2005/9/23/143840/493 (1440 words)

	AlterNet: The Vanishing Congressional Black Caucus
		The Caucus is squeezed hard by a politically resurgent Bush who has repeatedly refused to meet with the Caucus and has yielded not one inch to its traditional demands for greater funding for social, education and HIV/AIDS treatment programs, drug law reform, and the elimination of disastrous racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
		In the absence of this feedback and involvement, the impression is that the Caucus leaders spend much if not the bulk of their time and resources to the narrow and self-preserving task of electing more fl Democrats to office, and making sure that those already there stay there, i.e.
		The Congressional Black Caucus is in a political fight for its life.
	www.alternet.org /columnists/story/14148 (884 words)

	The HistoryMakers
		Formed in 1970 by 13 African American members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) joined together to strengthen their efforts in addressing the concerns of Black and minority citizens.
		CBC members believed that a united voice representing “the general welfare” of African American constituents would positively impact legislation and issues of public policy being considered in Congress.
		Currently, thirty-seven CBC members provide political influence and visibility for the largest and most populated urban centers in the United States in addition to many expansive and rural Congressional districts.
	www.thehistorymakers.com /historymakers/glossary/glossarytext.asp?index=230 (110 words)

	ABC News: Watt to Lead Congressional Black Caucus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Congressional Black Caucus Elects Democrat Rep. Mel Watt to Be Their Leader
		Melvin Watt, D-N.C., discusses selection as the new chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus at a news conference on Capitol Hill Monday, Dec. 6, 2004.
		After a meeting with the caucus this year, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader accused Watt of using an "obscene epithet" while trying to persuade Nader to drop out of the race.
	abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=306685&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (540 words)

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