Longtime Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush (IL) will reportedly not seek reelection, further putting doubt on the House Democrats’ ability to keep the slimming majority after the midterm in less than a year.
GOP House lawmakers introduced the OMAR Act after Rep. Ilhan Omar paid her husband’s consulting firm $2.8 million for campaign services.
Rocker Melissa Etheridge, Jackson Browne, are among the music stars headlining an October 7, 2020, gun control concert sponsored by States United, Stop Handgun Violence, and Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence.
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) joined SiriusXM’s The Joe Madison Show on Wednesday and claimed that President Donald Trump wants to “instigate a race war” and become the “real Grand Wizard.”
In an interview with Politico on Sunday, Chicago Democrat Congressman Bobby Rush attacked Chicago law enforcement.
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) — who claimed “we are living in a police state” — berated Chicago police for “lounging” in his campaign office instead of stopping looters.
Friday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) said President Donald Trump is “really in the throes of some type of insanity.”
Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) discussed footage captured on security cameras of Chicago police officers resting in his Chicago office as protests were underway outside.
Monday on MSNBC, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) discussed the Trump administration supporting Republican State Rep. Darren Bailey’s lawsuit challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s (D-IL) stay-at-home order.
House Democrats are proposing the TRACE Act, H.R. 6666, to ramp up contact tracing, even through “door-to-door outreach.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the Congressional Black Caucus, and Rep. Ilhan Omar are in Africa to mark anniversary of U.S. slave trade.
A senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday, despite the frontrunner’s position on busing and recent praise of segregationists.
Democrats are calling for authorities to evaluate security for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and other members of the “Squad.”
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) blasted former Vice President Joe Biden over his praise for segregationists on Friday, saying he had proven “woefully ignorant” of the “black American experience.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to draw fire from across the political spectrum after praising the “civility” of well-known segregationists.
Congressman Bobby Rush has chimed in on the Smollett case to exclaim that the city’s police union is “the sworn enemy of black people.”
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) on Saturday slammed the Chicago police union as the “sworn enemy of black people” for demanding Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx resign over her office’s handling of Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s case, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The stunning end to Jussie Smollett’s case may be something typically Chicagoan: namely, a favor to a political patron.
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) announced Monday that he will introduce a resolution to formally censure Rep. Steve King (R-IA) after the Iowa Republican questioned why the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” were offensive.
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is asking Democrats to support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for Speaker as anti-Pelosi Democrats have moved this week to block her from winning the Speakership on the first ballot.
A group of Democrats from Chicago slammed the Chicago Bears for backing the NFL’s new policy meant to put an end to player protests during the national anthem, a report says.
During Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Chicago in the Crosshairs” town hall, Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL), who defeated President Obama in a primary race for Rush’s seat in the House, stated, “we have not yet at this moment, including the eight
Students who volunteered for political campaigns for course credit at Occidental College are learning a hard lesson in defeat after every single one of them joined a Democratic candidate in 2014–and all of them lost. The sole survivor, Sen. Mary
Chicago Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) is being investigated by the House ethics committee for somehow getting his Chicago South Side congressional offices rent free for 20 years, a violation of state and federal laws not to mention House ethics standards.
Congressman Bobby Rush speaks with Newt Gingrich on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) is not backing down in his public war of words with Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL). Last week, the congressman said, Kirk’s idea to go round up thousands of suspected gangsters in Chicago was an “upper-middle class,
Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush’s recent tirade against Republican Sen. Mark Kirk’s plan for getting tough on the street gangs that have left the city of Chicago a killing field was truly eye-opening, and revealed a soft-on-crime approach. When local media
WGN: Congressman Bobby Rush unleashes criticism on U.S. Senator Mark Kirk over his proposal to crackdown on gangs.
The root of Operation Fast and Furious is gun control. And the root of Barack Obama’s obsession with gun control is not typical left-wing politics, but the burning memory of the only political defeat in his career: his failed primary
Over the weekend I wrote about Barack Obama’s involvement in the New Party as a dues-paying member. I followed up with an article on Noam Chomsky’s take(circa 1997) on where the New Party belonged on the politicalcontinuum. Chomsky said the
Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale gave new meaning to constituent advocacy yesterday when he told Metra’s executive director “people are going to get hurt” in the dispute over how many minorities they decide to hire for a railroad bridge project, the
All week, Democrats have been disagreeing publicly with President Barack Obama’s attacks on Bain Capital, with Newark Mayor Cory Booker describing the ad campaign as “nauseating.” It is not the first time that Democrats have attacked Obama for running dishonest
According to the new book, The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, by Edward Klein, Michelle Obama was so angry in 2000 that her husband had run for a House seat and failed miserably that she prepared divorce papers
Former Black Panther Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) made quite a fuss when he donned a “hoodie” during a speech in the U.S. House of Representatives until he was escorted out.At the time, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “applauded his courage”
After Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) took to the House floor wearing a hooded sweatshirt in protest over the Trayvon Martin case, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) lauded his fashion statement, claiming it demonstrated “courage.”
Bobby Rush (D-IL) was removed from the House floor today for wearing a hoodie during a rant about the Trayvon Martin case. Appearing on CNN later he called the shooting a “murder” before any charges have been filled or the
Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) is at it again with his failure to pay his taxes and other assorted debts. The former Defense Minister of the Black Panthers-turned-Illinois Congressman has represented the first congressional district – which includes my hometown of
Newsletters published by the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America show President Barack Obama actively participated in a 1996 rally co-sponsored by the group and held at The University of Chicago during his first campaign for the Illinois