Black Caucus sees power grow with new Democratic majority
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is set to hold unprecedented influence after a House GOP majority in which not a single African-American chaired a committee.
Five members of the CBC are leading committees in the newly empowered Democratic majority. And two CBC members, Majority Whip James Clyburn (S.C.) and Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.), are in the top rungs of the House Democratic leadership.
Those prominent perches are only part of the influence the CBC wields in the Democratic caucus.
The CBC now comprises a record 55 members, which includes two nonvoting delegates and Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.). That’s up from the previous record of 49, from the last Congress.
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