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The Congressional Black Caucus is adamant about having the voice of Black Americans heard by the U.S. president, presenting its lengthy agenda to the Biden administration last week and pledging to meet with White House officials regularly to move the needle on their issues.

Members of America's influential Congressional Hispanic Caucus have urged US President Joe Biden to champion vaccine collaboration with India to bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Top Democrats are pleading for President Joe Biden to act alone on some of the party's core legislative priorities, viewing executive action as their best hope of delivering on their promises and energizing liberal voters they worry are going to sit out the elections in November.

This week, members of the historic Black Greek letter organization Delta Sigma Theta Sorority painted Capitol Hill red as they visited for their annual Delta Days in the Nation's Capital program. In its 33rd year, women within the sorority, across their collegiate and alumnae chapters, make their way to Washington D.C. to speak with members of government.

PHILADELPHIA — House Democrats planned to pull into town for their retreat toting a shiny spending victory. Instead they limped up the I-95 corridor near midnight after getting stalled in a familiar intraparty jam.

Democratic Congresswoman from Ohio and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Joyce Beatty (C-L), surrounded by other CBC members, speaks to the media following a meeting with United States President Joe Biden and his advisors outside the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, March 7, 2022.

Fifty Ohio women held held state and federal elected offices in 2021, the most of any year in state history.

On Tuesday, Rep. Colin Allred delivered the Congressional Black Caucus response to the State of the Union, marking the first time the Caucus has offered an official response to the event.