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The confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US supreme court marked a moment in American history many in public life waited over decades for – and one some thought they would never see happen.
Dozens of members of the Congressional Black Caucus gathered in the Capitol's Rayburn Room on Wednesday to pose for a photo, many of them holding T-shirts that read "Black Women Are Supreme."
The caucus, which began more than 50 years ago, was celebrating the vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congresswoman and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Joyce Beatty (OH-03) announced a $172,384,124 investment from the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) to lower energy costs and increase energy efficiency for hardworking Ohio families.
About 40,000 pieces of undelivered mail and hundreds of packages that hadn't been scanned correctly were found during audits of two Greater Columbus post offices earlier this year.
More than a century after such legislation was first introduced, President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill to make lynching a federal hate crime, condemning the "pure terror to enforce the lie that not everyone belongs in America, not everyone is created equal."
Padilla says bipartisan support for Jackson important for public trust in court
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) ended the fourth day of Jackson's confirmation hearings by calling for bipartisan support for Biden's nominee, even though she would be confirmed even if only Democrats voted for her.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on the cusp of making history this year. If she is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Black woman and the first former federal public defender to serve on the nation's highest court.
WASHINGTON, D. C. -- Congressional Black Caucus chair Joyce Beatty, a Columbus Democrat, on Thursday told the Senate Judiciary Committee that confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court would "shatter a glass ceiling" that many Americans thought they'd never live to see broken.