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    SPAKOVSKY: Voter ID is a good idea after all

    Do laws that require citizens to present valid identification to vote create an undue hardship? Worse, are they racist? Artur Davis used to think so. He represented Alabama's 7th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011 and was an active member of the Congressional Black Caucus. He vigorously opposed voter ID laws.

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CHASTENED: Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks to the media after being censured by the House for 11 ethics violations, mostly related to his efforts to raise funds for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Policy.

    Divided House votes to censure Rangel

    Acknowledging they were breaking new ground, deeply divided House lawmakers voted Thursday to censure Rep. Charles B. Rangel for breaking tax laws and House rules, saying Congress needed to live up to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pledge to be open, honest and ethical.

  • Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, waves as he leaves after speaking to the media in the Capitol after being censured by the House on Thursday. The vote was 333-79 for censure, which carries a stigma, though no other official loss of privileges. (AP Photo)

    Divided House votes to censure Rangel on ethics

    Acknowledging they were breaking new ground, deeply divided House lawmakers voted Thursday to censure Rep. Charles B. Rangel for breaking tax laws and House rules, saying Congress needed to live up to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pledge to be open, honest and ethical.

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Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas Democrat, says her violations of scholarship rules were unintentional.

    Scholarship favoritism scrutinized

    The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will investigate its scholarship program following the admission by a House member that she wrongly steered scholarships to her relatives and the children of a staff member, the longtime attorney for the tax-exempt group said Tuesday.

  • SIMMONS: Black Caucus weak on families

    Dear Congressional Black Caucus members: Something is missing, and it's called family values. Do you prefer Republicans claim them as a conservative issue?

  • ** FILE ** Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington in October 2009.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

    Calif. Rep. Waters may face ethics trial

    A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.

  • Travel dispute

    Pentagon officials were privately upset that a member of Congress sought to arrange separate military transportation for members of the Congressional Black Caucus to travel together to the funeral of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, to be held Monday in Los Angeles.

  • Travel dispute

    Pentagon officials were privately upset that a member of Congress sought to arrange separate military transportation for members of the Congressional Black Caucus to travel together to the funeral of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, to be held Monday in Los Angeles.

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