By The Admin on February 26, 2009
Despite the furor surrounding Sen. Roland Burris, experts say Illinois is unlikely to suffer much from having a senator who’s getting the cold shoulder from colleagues and faces constant calls for his resignation.
Burris can still vote and serve on committees. He can still help constituents getting the run-around from government bureaucrats. Experts say he’ll probably [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on February 26, 2009
ANDIE COLLER, Politico
- If a woman in red demands to be noticed, a thousand women in red are impossible to ignore.
At least that’s what the members of Delta Sigma Theta are counting on when they head to the Hill next week, clad in crimson and cream, to lobby their senators and representatives on the African-American [...]
Posted in National Politics
By The Admin on February 26, 2009
President Barack Obama may be in familiar company when he sits down for his first White House meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus, but it won’t be a clubby reunion.
Members of the liberal, all-Democratic caucus that just last year counted Obama as one of its own say they plan to press him on their priorities. [...]
Posted in Congress, Featured, White House
By The Admin on February 26, 2009
President Barack Obama on Wednesday thanked musician Stevie Wonder for creating “a style that’s uniquely American” as he presented the singer-songwriter the nation’s highest award for pop music.
Obama, who called Wonder the soundtrack of his youth, gave the star the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an East Room tribute that featured [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on February 26, 2009
The Merck Company Foundation (Foundation), the philanthropic arm of Merck & Co., Inc., today announced the launch of The Alliance to Reduce Disparities in Diabetes (Alliance), a new initiative designed to improve healthcare delivery among those populations most at risk for diabetes — African-American, Hispanic, and Native American adults. The U.S. Department of Health and [...]
Posted in Health
