How Katie Britt came to be one of the US Senate’s ‘most effective leaders’
The Alabama senator, who took office in 2022, is a rising star. The Laken Riley Act she sponsored is expected to be the first ...
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119th Congress brings new growth in racial, ethnic diversity to Capitol Hill
Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.
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Tim Scott becomes longest-serving Black senator in US history
making this the largest group of Black senators to ever serve concurrently in the U.S. Capitol, a building constructed with the labor of enslaved Black people. The previous longest-serving Black ...
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Congressional Black Caucus welcomes new members at swearing-in ceremony
On Jan. 3 in Washington, D.C. the Congressional Black Caucus of the 119 th Congress held a ceremonial swearing-in for its 62 members. Included in the number were nine new members. Among the nine ...
CNN25d
Tim Scott celebrates historic milestone as longest-serving Black US senator
With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has become the longest-serving Black US senator. Scott will also serve as the first Black chairman of a Senate ...
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Tim Scott becomes longest-serving Black senator in US history
With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has become the longest-serving Black U.S. senator.Scott will also serve as the first Black chairman of a Senate ...