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Obama
Draws
Crowds
N ew C au cu s L ead er
Talks of new
spirit, unity
cratic field vying fo r the nomina
tion. But he’ s already ig niting ex
citement w ith his exploratory trip.
The freshman senator said the
government should be able to help
make sure ail Americans have basic
h e a lth in s u ra n c e , a lte rn a tiv e
Black lawmakers
to wield more
power in Congress
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(A P )-lllin o isS e n . Barack Obama
drew large crowds curious about
his presidential prospects during
his First trip to the pivotal campaign
state o f New Hampshire w hile he
decides whether toenterthe Demo
cratic race.
Several hundred New Hampshire
voters turned out to hear Obama
speak at a signing fo r his best
selling book, "A u da city o f Hope,"
where he spoke about a new p o liti
cal spirit to unite Americans and
solve their problems.
New Hampshire’ s first-in-the-
nation prim ary is over a year away
and O bam a h a s n 't even said
whether or not he w ill jo in the Demo
December 13. 2006
(A P )-T h e Congressional Black Caucus has
lapped Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick as its
chairwoman for the next two years, when black
lawmakers will wield more power in Congress
than ever.
Kilpatrick, D-Mich., a former school teacher
and the mother o f Detroit Mayor Kwame
Kilpatrick, was chosen unanimously. She suc
ceeds Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C.
"Watch for us," Kilpatrick told reporters.
"We will take this caucus to another level."
Because Democrats will be in control when
Congress convenes a new session Jan. 4, the
43-member caucus will take up a historic slate
of leadership positions, including the third-
ranking member in the House, Majority Whip
James Clyburn of South Carolina.
It also will count as members four likely
committee heads, up to 20 subcommittee lead
ers, and the only black senator, Barack Obama
of Illinois, a possible presidential candidate.
"That's more power than African-Americans
have ever had in the Congress of the United
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U.S. Sen. B arack Obam a, D-lll. s p e a k s S unday a t a D e m o cra tic
P arty c e le b ra tio n in M a n ch e ste r, N.H. (AP p h o to )
sources o f energy to reduce depen
dence on foreign o il and a d ip lo
matic power that matches its m ili
tary might.
He said Am erican slaves, im m i
grants, women and workers have
been able to change the country,
and the current generation needs
to recover that spirit.
“ C ertainly our politics is not ex
pressing it," Obama said. “ What
w e’ ve come to be consumed by is
24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative
ad. bickering, sm all-m inded p o li
tics.”
He said he saw an awaking o f
Am erican voters in last month's
midterm election, and played to the
States," said Ronald Walters, a political scientist
and director o f the African American Leader
ship Institute at the University of Maryland.
Kilpatrick said she would continue the
organization's focus on issues such as health
care, housing and education. Watt said the
caucus also would seek to address racial ineq
uities in the cri minai justice system and the crisis
in Sudan's Darfur province.
The shift marks a dramatic turnabout from
current Republican rule; there are no black
Republicans in Congress much less committee
chairmen or party leaders.
The black representatives will have direct
oversight on issues such as tax policy, home
land security and the legal system. With their
committee gavels will come the ability to shape
the public agenda through hearings and to regu
late which bills get a public airing.
"The Congress is going to look like America.
At least our side of the aisle will look like
America." said Georgia Democrat John Lewis,
a civil rights leader who marched alongside the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s before
winning his House seat in 1986. "This is a
historic Congress. It's amazing what we're
going to be able to do."
"Our problem is going to be more than any
thing else to find the resources," he added.
Kilpatrick. 6 1, has represented a Detroit-area
district since 1997.
seriousness that New Hampshire
voters take w ith their responsibil
ity as the nation's first presidential
prim ary state.
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Rep. Carolyn C heeks K ilp a trick, D-Mich. le a d s the C o n g re ssio n a l B la ck C aucus.
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"Keep Alive The Dream ”
Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith has started
criticizing the Iraq war after years of
hacking up the Bush administration.
Smith said U.S. troops in Iraq too often
find themselves "being target practice in
the middle o f sectarian strife" that they
neither created nor can stop.
A Republican who faces re-election in
2008. Smith said he voted in favor o f the
useof forcetooverthrow Saddam Hussein,
but does no, support a strategy that ap
pears to place U.S. troops in harm's way
without a chance to win.
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Tribute to: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
When?
Monday January 15th, 2007
12:00P.M.-6:00P.M.
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Prince to Perform
at Super Bowl
Who?
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Funk rock veteran Prince
will perform during the h alf
tim e show at the S uper Bowl.
The 48-year-old Rock and
Roll Hall o f Fam e inductee
w ho ro se to fam e on the
s tre n g th o f su ch tu n e s as
" L ittle R ed C o rv e tte " and
"L et'sG o C razy ," will perform
at D olphin Stadium near M i
ami on Sunday. Feb. 4. I he
gam e will be televised on C BS. ______
It's unlikely Prince will have
problem s with censors from
the netw ork and the National
Football League. He has be
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