President Barack Obama needs your help. This year’s midterm elections, taking place nationwide on November 4, are crucial to the President’s legislative agenda in his last…
Ken Smukler, the President of Infovoter is back on the Tom Joyner Morning Show with his ‘Trickery Report’. He touches on what to expect at…
The sense of urgency over the Black vote in the upcoming mid-term elections is mounting. Black congressional leaders are feverishly urging black voters to turn…
According to Bloomberg.com, an unidentified man posing as a member of Congress made it into a secure area backstage during President Barack Obama’s appearance at the…
You may not know Chaka Fattah but you should. Fattah has helped more than 25 million individuals through programs and initiatives he has created since…
The Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to slash food stamps for 850,000 households across the nation, resulting in an average $90 per month loss in…
Here’s how Congressman Chaka Fattah is making Living History e Congressman Chaka Fattah is a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee. This committee is responsible for setting spending priorities of over $1 trillion in annual discretionary funds. Congressman Fattah is Ranking Member (senior Democrat) on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and […]
When the Great Recession hit, food stamps were one of the ways the federal government tried to help struggling families keep their heads above water. But on Friday, the country’s largest anti-hunger program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is set to take huge cuts to its budget that advocates say will make it even more […]
Users and those who get the EBT card will start seeing some changes, and not in a good way. (RNN/CNN) – Millions of Americans who rely on food stamps will soon see a change in benefits. Starting Friday, on Nov. 1, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – also known as food stamps – will […]
CLEVELAND – The federal government’s partial shutdown is now in its eighth day. But an even bigger financial crisis looms next week when the government will reach the limit of its authority to borrow money. Republicans have said they want changes to the president’s health care law in exchange for reopening the government, a […]
CLEVELAND – Local members of Congress are join forces to cleanup neighborhoods in Cleveland. Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14), Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (OH-11) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) held a news conference on Wednesday to talk about the bi-partisan legislation that would impact northeast Ohio. On Wednesday, Joyce announced the Restore Our Neighborhoods Act, which will […]
The U.S. Postal Service plans to stop delivering and collecting letters and other first-class mail on Saturdays beginning Aug. 5, although packages will continue to be delivered. It would mark the end of an era for the agency, which started Saturday delivery in 1863. Tired of waiting for Congress to help, the Postal Service on […]