have felt whenf members of the congressional black caucus suggested that she janets yellen was in fact a racist, maybe even a white supremacist. what does jenny ellen do wrong? well, they suggested what shest did wrong was she failed to harness the power of the federal reserve to help african-americans specifically now at first yellen seemed confused by this complaint. the point of the fed f is to kep the american economy stable. the point is not to pay off oil blocks democratic voters and she tried to explain this our power she said, can tnc be targeted at the experience of particular groups. th that was her response. but the congressional black caucus did not buy it. r messagt their message to janet yellen was the same as their message. you and every othero person in this country. three hundred and fifty millionn people do it. we say we will denounce as a racist. and finally, janet yellen got that message. boy, did she. within a year yellen had all but abandonedtr the trad
Concern on labour benches over their newest recruit, Natalie Elphicke. As its alleged that she lobbied a formerjustice lobbied a former justice secretary over her ex husbands sex abuse trial. Sex abuse trial. And harry and meghan continue their not so royal tour of nigeria. Its a couple open up on their family life and glorious weather returns to the country today with the hottest day of the year expected. But for how long can we expect the sunshine belem . For most of us, the fine and sunny weather will continue today, but there will be a scattering of thunderstorms developing. Find out where with developing. Find out where with me in a little bit. Good morning. It was a huge day at the bottom of the premier league as Nottingham Forest all but confirmed their survival at the expense of luton and burnley at the other end , manchester at the other end, Manchester City edged closer to retain their title, as did celtic north of the border with their win over rangers. Meanwhile, englands l
We are going to leave this program here to keep our over 40year 40year commitment to congress. We take you live to the floor of the u. S. House here on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. O god, you desire not the strength of our arguments, nor the vigor of our opinions, but the gravity of our humble sacrifice. On this day, may we sacrifice our inclination for contempt and instead initiate kindness. Loosen our grip on jupt and instead may on judgment and instead may we grab hold of a generosity of spirit. May we foreswear our grudges and commit instead to exercise forebarrens. Hold us accountable that our arguments will hold forth your righteousness and not ring hollow in our rightness. May our struggles preserve the dignity of this body and not erode our commitment to its noble purpose. May our words underscore our devotion to the common good and not undermine our ability to see, even in
Term in congress they discuss run for Public Office, having to navigate a divided government and how to best inspire Younger Generation to get involved in politics in the public sector. The discussion was hosted by Howard University. I am dr. Elsie scott, im the director of the Ronald Walters leadership and Public Policy center to at Howard University. We are so honored today to have special guests on our campus in the form of freshmen women from the congress. And they are members of the Congressional Black Caucus. And we are so pleased that they took time out of their busy schedules, the day after the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual legislative conference. If anybody knows, they work very hard during that time. Period back. So we thank them coming to the campus today, and to being with us, and we look forward to working with their offices on getting more howard students working in internships and more howard students hired in the congress. So they have brought staff with
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