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Topic: Congressional Black Caucus

Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to recognize law enforcement as part of Police Week, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP lawmaker deletes racist threat

Griffin Eckstein
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) join fellow Democrats from the House and Senate kneel in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds to honor George Floyd in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center June 08, 2020 in Washington, DC. Democrats are introducing new legislation to end excessive use of force by police across the country and make it easier to identify, track, and prosecute police misconduct following the recent deaths of unarmed African-Americans in police custody, including George Floyd, and the nationwide demonstrations demanding an overhaul of law enforcement. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Pelosi gets grief for George Floyd line

Jon Skolnik
Marcia Fudge and Nina Turner (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fudge's Ohio seat: Open for Nina Turner?

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Cory Booker and former Vice President Joe Biden (AP Photo/John Bazemore/Salon)

Booker to Biden: Are you high?

Shira Tarlo
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/MediaPunch)

What's behind the AOC-Pelosi feud?

Andrew O'Hehir
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY); Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) (Getty/Alex Wong/Larry French)

Clay: AOC played "race card" on Pelosi

Shira Tarlo
Steve King (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Steve King may lose committee positions

Matthew Rozsa
John Conyers; Al Franken; Nancy Pelosi (Getty/AP)

Dems face a Conyers-Franken dilemma

Sophia Tesfaye
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FILE - In this May 24, 2016, file photo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing. Police in Houston say they're searching for Conyers' son after he was reported missing this week. Twenty-one-year-old Carl Conyers, a student at the University of Houston, was last seen Tuesday by his roommate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

Will Conyers and Pelosi kill #MeToo?

Matthew Sheffield
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. () (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

"Are they friends of yours?"

Rachel Leah
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump's unhinged press event

Taylor Link
Jeff Sessions takes his seat on Capitol Hill at his confirmation hearing (AP/Alex Brandon)

Jeff Session's cabinet hearing

Nico Lang
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(AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Brendan Gauthier
Bernie Sanders (AP/Cheryl Senter)

CBC vs. Bernie Sanders

Sophia Tesfaye

Clinton "black friends" Obama:

Sarah Burris
(AP/Lynne Sladky/Carolyn Kaster)

CBC not feeling the Bern

Sophia Tesfaye
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Ron Paul (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Paul's racist smear

Luke Brinker
Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Jacquelyn Martin/Photo montage by Salon)

A new day for liberals

Joan Walsh
Rep. John Lewis (AP)

Lewis slams Obama nominee

Ian Blair
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