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...Earlier this month, it upheld a lower court’s ruling that threw out a congressional district map in the state of Alabama because it diluted the votes of black citizens....
...Jordan is a former head of the Freedom Caucus, the most rightwing group in the legislative party. But a lot depends on what is meant by conservative....
...Pelosi, 82, enthusiastically endorsed him, saying “a new day [was] dawning” and it was time “for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus”....
...“When we talk about Black Swan events, this is one of those,” she added....
...And we went to historically Black colleges and universities. We went to a lot of places that the State Department had not been before. And we did a lot of recruitment....
...I will not let them end this [legislative] session without changing some of these laws,” Alice O’Lenick, the Republican chair of the board of elections in Gwinnett County, outside of Atlanta, was quoted...
...And his power comes from keeping his caucus together against all odds,” says Ms Heitkamp. james.politi@ft.com...
...TRUMP LAWYERS David Schoen: The experienced trial lawyer has offices in New York and Montgomery, Alabama, and describes himself primarily as a civil rights attorney....
...In the House of Representatives, the largest recipient of police union funding is Bill Pascrell Jr, the Democratic co-chair of the House Law Enforcement Caucus, which examines law enforcement issues....
...Ms Pelosi publicly endorsed Mr Engel this week, as did House majority whip Jim Clyburn, House Democratic caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton....
...Two senators — Angus King of Maine, and Bernie Sanders of Vermont — are independents but caucus with the Democrats....
...In 2008, he quit after having won just 0.9 per cent of the Iowa caucus vote....
...“I got every earmark I wanted, didn’t have to go to a single meeting,” he says, smiling, before adding that it let him focus on his role as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus....
...Critics say the caucus’s older, white leadership was pitted against the party’s younger and more diverse freshman class, as well as minority groups, such as the Congressional Black Caucus....
...This sociological shift will mean a shift in legislative mindset....
...While, as a newcomer in Congress, Ms Ocasio-Cortez has little formal power within the Democratic caucus, on social media she has been able to harness her status as an outsider....
...Senator Ronald Rice, a senior Democrat who chairs the state Legislative Black Caucus, warns that authorising marijuana sales will spur more people to use it....
...A diminished majority in the Senate — the balance now stands at 51-49 — will make it harder for Mr Trump to advance his legislative agenda....
...But Mr Trump has previously come under criticism from the Republican caucus for his public humiliation of Jeff Sessions, the former Alabama senator who now serves as his attorney-general....
...In Georgia, they won three state legislative seats from Republicans, two of them in traditional Republican strongholds....
...Moreover, the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus in the House said those cuts did not go far enough and that the budget as a result would not have enough support to pass the chamber....
...Mark Meadows, the head of the Freedom Caucus, said he was not afraid of being ejected for opposing the bill....
...Alabama and Georgia, which have similar demographics and hold their primaries on March 1....
...That an avowed liberal like Mr Ellison, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and former civil rights lawyer, made his comments while speaking against one of the economic priorities of the country’s...
...Which state has the greatest disparity between white and black in voter registration? Mississippi? Alabama?...
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