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		<title>Mel Watt FHFA Confirmation Set for June 27</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[June 27. Members of the Senate Banking Committee question him. The Chairman is Sen. Tim Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mel Watt FHFA Confirmation Set for June 27]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The confirmation hearing for Mel Watt to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has been set for Thursday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who is a Watt fan.]]></category>

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		<description>The confirmation hearing for Mel Watt to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/bmCHez4wLV8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>300: “Direct Action” March to Pressure Obama Gets Lift by Rev. Jesse Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[300: "Direct Action" March to Pressure Obama Gets Lift by Rev. Jesse Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowski.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pushed through the House and Senate by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduced the crack powder sentencing disparity from 1:10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[That legislation]]></category>

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		<description>The group was not all that large: 300 people. But the march may be noteworthy because, [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/BTpvlhce0AY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>850 Laid Off from Chicago School System and 3,783 in Philly — But $500 Million for Prisons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[000 students and 850 jobs. Last October]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[000. The need for jobs is a frequently used justification for building prisons. But how does it make sense to lay off 850 people from the Chicago School System while at the same time spending $170 mil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[783 But $500+ Million for Prisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[800 people. The closing of 54 Chicago Public Schools effected 30]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Schools Lay Off 850]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philly Lays Off 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Durbin announced that the federal government would by the prison for $165]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomson Correctional Facility can house 1]]></category>

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		<description>&amp;#160; Build a Prison Close a School: 54 schools closed in Chicago (88% black), 23 [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/I2UzCvckyms" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Overdue Look at Over-Criminalization Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Will mandatory minimum policy be part of their discussion? That's unknown. But with Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) present on the task force the topic should come up.]]></category>

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		<description>&amp;#8220;The school-to prison-pipeline, explosion in mandatory minimums, and excessively harsh drug sentences have been key [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/chLGddC6F8A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Matthew Shepard, Black Agendas and Capehart’s DOA Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[how dead-on-arrival would such a piece of legislation be?” he asked. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) answered: It would be dead-on-arrival in the House but not the Senate. But Capehart's question indica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[If President Obama sent Congress a definable “black agenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on the Urban Jobs Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[would fail in the House and be filibustered in th]]></category>

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		<description>At a roundtable on June 13 with African American journalists and U.S. Senators, Washington Post [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/l4WiVIFbpzY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Supreme Court: Fudge Reacts to SCOTUS Striking AZ “Show Me Your Papers” Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Congressional Black Caucus is pleased with today’s Supreme Court decision and will continue to be supportive of legislation that eliminates barriers to voting. We will also continue to be vocal ]]></category>

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		<description>From the CBC: CBC Chair Marcia Fudge&amp;#8217;s Statement on Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council Decision [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/7syM6QJ7RTY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Rev Jackson to Join WH Protest to “Demand Direct Action” from Obama on Jobs/Drug Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amidst growing disaffection in some quarters of Black America with President Obama's failure to directly address a myriad of crises afflicting distressed Black communities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contingents of "Drum Majors for Justice" are planning a Day of Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug and criminal justice policy reform advoca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 17th in Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to mark the 42nd Anniversary of the "War on Drugs." Mobilized by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW)]]></category>

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		<description>&amp;#160; Interesting&amp;#8230; A rally here (see release at bottom) that went from being a relatively quiet affair [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/jDpTLQNokiI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Rep. Bobby Scott Talks NSA Spying on Meet the Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a member of the Black Caucus has been on a Sunday talk show. Remember when there were rarely any Black members on? Rep. Scott joined David Gregory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Ignatius]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For the second week in a row]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Risen and Andrea Mitchell on the roundtable for Meet the Press.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Hayden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Bobby Scott Talks NSA Spying on Meet the Press]]></category>

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		<title>June 19: Fudge to Speak on State of Black Women at Press Club</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Appointments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June 19: Fudge to Speak on State of Black Women]]></category>

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		<description>&amp;#160; Press Club: WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 &amp;#8212; Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio, the new chair of the [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/0BtaU-WIZ9Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Reps. Cedric Richmond, John Carney Honor Black Baseball Players at Congressional Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren victoria burke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Carney Honor Black Baseball Players at Congressional Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) wore a Dodgers uniform with the number 42 in tribute to the great Jackie Robinson at the annual congressional baseball game on Thursday night. Also playing on the Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reps. Cedric Richmond]]></category>

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		<description>&amp;#160; &amp;#160; Dems win 22-0. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) wore a Dodgers uniform with the [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CrewOf42/~4/IOmvfRd3JN8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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