Black caucus requests Katrina committee
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The Congressional Black Caucus has asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to form a new committee on Hurricane Katrina to focus more urgently on rebuilding the Gulf Coast, particularly New Orleans.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--BAY ST. LOUIS -- The Bay City Council on Monday formally asked City Hall to freeze construction of a new beachfront bistro on Washington Street and force a pair of investors back through sometimes-brutal public hearings.
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SELMA, Alabama  - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by former President Bill Clinton, descended on a hallowed shrine of the civil rights movement on Sunday to court black voters who could help pick the party's 2008 presidential nominee.
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Reunited rock-rap group Rage Against The Machine brought its militant politics to New Orleans on Friday, and urged the citizens of the ravaged city to fight alleged government belligerence.
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By Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Feb. 8--Members of a committee studying Mayor Ron Littlefield's proposed  homeless services center said they want more definitive answers on what the  facility will contain.
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National Basketball Association players union chief Billy Hunter expressed concern that New Orleans has not sufficiently recovered from Hurricane Katrina to host the 2008 NBA All-Star Game.
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Members of Congress toured the city Monday and President Bush was headed for the region to see the state of recovery efforts one year after the city was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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The Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday tapped Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick as its chairwoman for the next two years, when black lawmakers will wield more power in Congress than ever.
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New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday urged the Bush administration to speed aid to Hurricane Katrina victims, suggesting the government was not meeting its legal obligations to help the city recover.
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Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco went to New Orleans last August to oversee the opening of the city's first housing-assistance center aimed at people whose homes were destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina. "This is not just a real estate transaction, but an emotional transaction as...
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Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on Monday bemoaned the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina as they called for ways to spur the recovery of New Orleans two years after the devastating storm.
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Parren J. Mitchell, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and a champion of civil rights, has died, Greater Baltimore Medical Center said Tuesday.
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Local residents having difficulty reaching relatives in the areas recently hit by Hurricane Charley are urged to contact the Washtenaw County Chapter of the Red Cross for assistance.
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The first virtual and most comprehensive library on the political history and legislative legacy of African-Americans in the shaping of the nation's democracy was unveiled today during the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF).
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Leaders of a presidential commission on Wednesday implored Congress to quickly pass measures providing lifetime treatment to Iraq war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, warned Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to ``watch out'' in her comments on race.
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A watchdog group says the $14 billion blueprint for rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is a muddled wish-list of projects