Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) acknowledged in a statement Monday he was the Member who shouted “baby killer” on the floor Sunday night while Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) addressed the chamber.

Democrats say they have the votes, but in case they need miracle to pass healthcare reform, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) will be praying this weekend.

An academic forum on whether U.S. President Obama should have a “black agenda” will not include any participants from the White House, a spokeswoman says.

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett has not committed his vote on the Senate’s version of the health care bill, which the House of Representatives is expected to take up Sunday.

RagingElephants.org candidate Marilyn Jackson’s opponent was arrested and charged with DWI on Thursday, March 18, 2010.  Eddie Rodriguez represents Texas House District 51 in southeast Austin, Texas.

Now that a vote on the health care bill seems imminent, members of Congress are being bombarded with calls by constituents asking (and sometimes demanding) that their member vote a certain way.

I was always puzzled at why Doggett’s major campaign contributors were health insurance companies…   allowing his net worth to exceed 21 million dollars since his 2005 election to Congress.

Two ominous political realities have settled in hard at the White House. One is a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll that showed that 86 percent of African-Americans approve President Obama’s performance.

The jobs bill on its way to the president’s desk will not help the black community, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said today.

President Obama on Thursday gave a thumbs-up to the framework of a plan to legalize illegal immigrants and create a flow of low-skilled foreign workers for the future…