All posts tagged "James Clyburn"

Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) announced on Wednesday that he will be stepping down from a key leadership role in the House, in what could be a major shakeup for the Democratic Party's congressional leadership team.

Clyburn, 83, still intends to seek re-election to his congressional seat. However, he no longer intends to serve another term as Assistant House Democratic Leader.

"Events of the last several years have made it clear that the greatness of America is at peril, and the threats to our continued pursuit of ‘a more perfect Union’ are real," wrote Clyburn in his statement. “Yesterday’s results in New York and Pennsylvania, however, undergird my devotion to Alexis de Tocqueville’s admonition that ‘America’s greatness is not that she is more enlightened than any other nation, but that she has always been able to repair her faults.’ I am convinced that a significant majority of Americans are committed to de Tocqueville’s notion, and I feel compelled to expand my efforts to maintain America’s greatness and make that greatness accessible and affordable for all Americans."...

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Like other such buildings dedicated to ex-presidents, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., contains a replica of the Oval Office, complete with photos, mementos and flags placed carefully to depict what it looked like when the actor-turned-politician was the most powerful man in the world.

Five miles away, California Lutheran University had a replica office, too. But this replica was designed — “within an eighth of an inch” — to depict the Capitol Hill haunt of former Rep. Elton Gallegly.

If Gallegly’s name isn’t familiar, that’s understandable. The California Republican left Congress more than a decade ago, having decided against seeking re-election instead of running in what would’ve been a highly competitive race for a newly redistricted congressional seat. ...

Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the House assistant Democratic leader, on Wednesday warned that some online media outlets were spewing dangerous levels of "negativism."

Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) believed Sunday morning that Newt Gingrich is using racially tinged language on the campaign trail.

For the second time in recent weeks, C-SPAN's video on Friday morning cut away from high drama in the U.S. Congress as Democrats demanded to be heard, only to see their session immediately shut down by Republicans.