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A House committee is debating a bill that would create a commission to study the legacy of slavery and proposals for redress including reparations.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla said he’s doing his best to “drink through the fire hose.”

Copy to Clipboard Jaime Harrison (Getty Images) President-Elect Joe Biden has selected South Carolinian, Jaime Harrison, to head the Democratic National Committee, a sign that the partys future is in what party operatives call the "New South" and with the emerging majority-minority of the party rank and file. Harrison, a 44-year-old, ran against South Carolina Republican Sen Lindsey Graham in 2020. Even though the charismatic Harrison lost that race, he then broke fundraising records, collectin...

With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.

1,466 shares US Rep. Gregory Meeks speaks during a news conference outside the USPS Jamaica station, Aug. 18, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) WASHINGTON (AFP) — The new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Tuesday the United States would look to resume aid to the Palestinians as he voiced hope for reviving a multilateral approach to the world under President-elect Joe Biden. In an interview with AFP, Representative Gregory Meeks also ca...

Heres A Look At Congress Incoming Freshman Class at 2:01 am NPR With 2020 in the rearview mirror, the 117th Congress is now getting under way as members take their oaths of office on Capitol Hill Sunday. For many, the process will be familiar territory. But for most of the incoming lawmakers, its the beginning of a brand new chapter. Heres a look at that group of lawmakers and what their first few days will look like: Pandemic looms large The first day brings with it consider...

Pandemic shaped a political year like no other Changes to election processes upended primary season, delayed results FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON — Dan Smith of Niskayuna had never really been involved in politics until this year, when volunteering for Democrat Joe Bidens campaign became a 40-hour-a-week endeavor. Smith, who is gay, said President Donald J. Trump reminded him of the "bullies" he had known in childhood. When the election rolled around, the 61-year-old decided he could not s...