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A historic State of the Union address
January 23, 2007
I can appreciate that a State of the Union address may only serve to capture particular moments and events in time. But as I anticipate President Bush’s seventh State of the Union address, I am reminded of the words of former United States Sen. Robert Kennedy, who said, “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.”
House Democratic Leaders on What They Would Like to Hear From the President Tomorrow
January 22, 2007
“The American people voted for an end to the rubber stamp, do-nothing, ethically challenged Congress. Our widely bipartisan 100 Hours Agenda was the Democrats’ response, and concrete evidence of our commitment to working together in Congress to meet the needs of the American people rather than the special interests. I hope the President comes before Congress with that change in mind; prepared to debate, rather than dictate the road ahead.”
Clyburn says there must be oversight in Iraq plan
January 16, 2007
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn says there must be congressional oversight for President Bush's new plan for Iraq and American troops should be redeployed from the areas of heaviest fighting.
House GOP Shows Its Fractiousness In the Minority
January 14, 2007
House Republican leaders, who confidently predicted they would drive a wedge through the new Democratic majority, have found their own party splintering, with Republican lawmakers siding with Democrats in droves on the House's opening legislative blitz.
Clyburn sworn in with Gullah Bible
January 8, 2007
Clyburn has been instrumental in pushing a Gullah-Geechee Heritage Corridor Act through Congress over the past two years. The program will help preserve and protect historic Gullah-Geechee sites along the coast between Wilmington, N.C. and Jacksonville, Fla. Clyburn is not Gullah, but his wife, Emily, is a Gullah descendant. Clyburn's oath of office was administered by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Clyburn is the first South Carolinian and the second African-American to ever assume majority whip position in Congress.
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