President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for millions of strapped homeowners.
Obama, in his radio and Internet address Saturday, urged the public to “get on the phone, send an email, tweet,” and visit with their lawmakers about his housing proposal [...]
The former congresswoman and one-time Mary Kay saleswoman dashed up to the pulpit of the black megachurch and offered stories of growing up poor and raising two children on her own as she tried to win the congregation’s support for her bid to unseat Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
Debbie Halvorson, who is white, is giving the [...]
Rep. Emanueal Cleaver — the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus – told The Daily Caller that African Americans won’t “march on the White House” over the high unemployment rate in the black community because President Barack Obama is black.
Following his appearance at Republican Rep. Allen West’s Black Conservative Forum, Cleaver elaborated on his past [...]
Worried by polling indicators and a dire economic climate that some observers say will result in lower Black voter turnout this year, Democrats are putting heavy focus on outreach through ramped up messaging and candidate grooming. The latest effort is from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the fundraising arm for House Democrats, as [...]
President Barack Obama is praising Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as an “inspiration” and “the very best of what public service should be.”
Giffords announced Sunday that she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt last January.
Obama praised Giffords for “a dedication to fairness, a willingness [...]
