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Black Congress Caucus Refocusing Mission
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| Contributor | Ced |
| Last Edited | Ced Dec 01, 2003 09:20am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Monday, December 1, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ".....But these are changing times. Largely due to redistricting, some blacks are now elected from majority-white suburbs, Southern farmlands or thriving business hubs, forcing the caucus to refocus its mission. The agenda is still shaped by the liberal causes of urban black American, but no longer is limited to them.
"It just calls for the caucus to send a message out there that we have sent out in the past but maybe not as clearly: We not only represent African-Americans. We represent the vast majority of Americans," said the group's chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.
A decade ago, the caucus might not have weighed in on the extra money for Iraq or even the war itself, which it also opposed, figuring these questions were not unique enough to black constituencies.
But now, the group of 39 Democrats (there are no black Republicans currently in Congress) is taking on topics more national and international in scope."
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