Tag: senate
U.S. House Votes to End Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor
In March U.S. House Democrats Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) joined Republican Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)...
All Eyes on Sens. Manchin and Sinema as President Biden Declares ‘A Meteor is...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Krysten Sinema of Arizona reportedly remained silent during...
Senator Cory Booker (D-NY), Environmental Justice Advocate, Proud to Receive NNPA Leadership Award
Sen. Booker, who served two terms as Newark mayor before his election to the Senate, will receive the 2021 National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)...
Thousands March on For Voting Rights, D.C. Statehood
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire
Like the suppressive bills passed and on the table in Republican-led states and the reluctance by some Democratic...
Martin Luther King III and Wife Arndrea King Talk Voting Rights, Abolishing Filibuster
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire
In 1963, more than 250,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., for jobs and freedom with Dr. Martin Luther...
