Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy.

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Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible...

Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible...

In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites...

In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites...

Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care...

Community health centers do a great deal with limited resources. They provide critical medical care...

We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care...

We need a vibrant Medicaid program and strategies to expand affordable access to health care...

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a...

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a...

Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents.

Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents.

If you look at the U.S. government data, our own data, there is as much...

If you look at the U.S. government data, our own data, there is as much...

The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.

The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.

Plan Colombia was supposed to reduce Colombia's cultivation and distribution of drugs by 50 percent,...

Plan Colombia was supposed to reduce Colombia's cultivation and distribution of drugs by 50 percent,...

There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop...

There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop...

Simply raising fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks to 33 miles per...

Simply raising fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks to 33 miles per...

Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people,...

Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people,...

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it...

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it...

Rather than proposing a forward-looking energy initiative, House Republicans continue to push Big Oil's tired...

Rather than proposing a forward-looking energy initiative, House Republicans continue to push Big Oil's tired...

As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur,...

As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur,...

And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic...

And we've also had now the speaker of the Parliament in Iraq using blatantly anti-Semitic...

Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from...

Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from...

As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come...

As a first generation Jewish American, I have witnessed firsthand Jewish immigrants who have come...

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it...

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it...

Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal...

Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal...