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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) issued the following statement after voting against House Republicans’ bill to rescind $72 billion in funds allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act to help the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) hold ultra-wealthy tax cheats accountable and make the agency work more efficiently for hard-working Americans:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Joyce Beatty(OH-03) issued the following statement as House Republicans obstruct the proceedings of the 118th Congress by consecutively failing to elect a Speaker to lead the U.S. House of Representatives for the 118th Congress:
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Biden signed H.R. 7776, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023. The bill included legislation authored by U.S. Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Joyce Beatty (OH-03),the Fair Hiring in Banking Act (H.R. 5911).
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congresswoman and Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Joyce Beatty (OH-03) joined bipartisan colleagues in passing a historic omnibus appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2023 (H.R. 2617). Included in the legislation was $18.5+ million in funding for fifteen community projects located in Franklin County.
The legacy of civil rights leader Rosa Parks was honored at The Ohio State University’s Fawcett Center last week.
“The Power of One: The Spirit of the Movement” was part of the 17th Annual Statewide Tribute to Rosa Parks at Ohio State. The university and the Central Ohio Transit Authority supported the Thursday night discussion, which was hosted by former news anchor Jerry Revish and featured Congresswoman Joyce Beatty and Congressional Black Caucus Executive Director Vincent Evans.
What's happening? The Congressional Black Caucus is making a last-ditch — and very long-shot — push for voting rights legislation in the final days of Democrats’ House majority.
The Black Caucus is meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss next steps after several of their members told Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team that they will refuse to advance a must-pass defense policy measure without securing a vote on their voting rights bill, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.
House Democrats have delayed action on a sweeping defense policy bill following an eleventh-hour push from Black lawmakers for an accompanying vote to protect voting rights.
The House entered Wednesday expecting to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in the evening. Negotiators had reached a deal on the $847 billion defense bill Tuesday night, and it was expected to sail through the lower chamber with bipartisan support when it hit the floor 24 hours later.
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Ala. for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. A critical moment in the fight for civil rights, Parks went down in history books as a revolutionary.
Now, 67 years after her arrest, members of the Congressional Black Caucus are paying tribute to the woman who helped spark the Civil Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS CHAIR JOYCE BEATTY (OH-03) issued the following statement on the mass shooting at Colorado Springs, Colorado night club: