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DALLAS — President Joseph Biden, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Democratic leader U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and dozens of elected officials from across the state and around the country spent Monday night in Dallas remembering the late Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson.

“Without an Eddie Bernice Johnson, there would be no Vice President [Kamala} Harris. Without Eddie Bernice Johnson, there would be no U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brown Jackson," said Pastor Michael Waters. “Eddie Bernice Johnson extends a baton from the balcony of heaven.”...

Watch Tracy Martin, the father of Trayvon Martin, appear at the Congressional Black Caucus' hearing on "Black Men on Boys." He joined Georgetown University sociology professor and radio host Michael Eric Dyson, former Congressional Black Caucus Chair and former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume, and David Johns, the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, to "discuss the challenges and opportunities black men and boys face at every stage of life."

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), the chairman of the congressional Black Caucus, condemned some in his party's claim Sunday morning that the GOP is waging a "war on women."

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) appeared on MSNBC Monday morning to express her major concerns over the "super committee" deficit reduction talks.

Kicking off the "Take Back The American Dream" summit in Washington, D.C., Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) told the crowd that "We must have in this country, once again, an FDR moment," in which the haves take more responsibility for the have-nots because, she said, "They have gained their wealth on the hard work of other Americans, and they have a responsibility."

Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said he is confident that he can capture at least a third of the country's African-American votes, drastically cutting into a demographic President Barack Obama swept during the 2008 presidential election.