Topic: Elijah Cummings
Democrat Elijah Cummings represents the 7th congressional district in Maryland . Preceded by Kweisi Mfume, Cummings has held office since 1996. Cummings serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, on which he is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard ...
House backs off plan to let Congress nominate Coast Guard Academy cadets to promote diversityLawmakers upset over how few blacks attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy have backed off their proposal to shift for the first time to congressional nominations of cadets, ...
US President George W. Bush Friday signed an economic rescue bill just hours after the US House of Representatives reversed course and approved the historic 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout.The House, which sparked market and political turmoil by rejecting an earlier version of ...
US President George W. Bush signed a historic 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout but markets slumped as investors realized the bill would not be an instant fix for the broad financial crisis.The House of Representatives voted 263 to 171 to pass the largest ...
Several Democratic members of the House of Representatives Friday said calls from Barack Obama helped convince them to switch their votes and back a 700 billion dollar Wall Street bailout.Maryland Democratic representatives Donna Edwards and Elijah Cummings said they had both received ...
Parren J. Mitchell, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and a champion of civil rights, has died, Greater Baltimore Medical Center said Tuesday.Mitchell, 85, had been in intensive care and died on Memorial Day, hospital spokesman Michael Schwartzberg said. He ...
Photo Gallery
-
Coast Guard Academy Diversity
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md ...AP News - -
Joint Economic Cmte Holds Hearing On February 2010 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON - MARCH 05: Chairman Robert Casey (D-PA),(L) and Rep. Elijah Cummings ...Getty Images - -
The Joint Economic Committee Holds Hearing On Unemployment Numbers
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 05: U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) (R) speaks during ...Getty Images -
From Around the Web
Video Gallery
-
Elijah Cummings Speaks The Truth
Elijah Cummings Speaks The Truth. Interview with Michael Moore2010-03-11 -
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Questions AIG ...
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) questions AIG Chairman & CEO Edward Liddy ...2009-05-13 -
Rep. Elijah Cummings Talks Cain, Unemployment ...
US Rep. Elijah Cummings provides a candid assessment of the ...2011-12-04
