Black congresswomen

Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California is one of the best-known members of the U.S. House of Representatives, earning notoriety as the first woman to represent the state’s 9th district. Rep. Lee was born on July 16, 1946 in El Paso, Texas. Lee moved with her military family to California where she became a cheerleader at […]

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump‘s chief of staff distorted the facts when he accused a “selfish” Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson of grandstanding at a building dedication in the memory of two slain FBI agents in 2015. John Kelly said she stunned the audience at the somber ceremony by recounting how she […]

Rep. Maxine Waters does not have time for distractions in her campaign to impeach Trump. Reporter Michael Tracey learned that the hard way when he was shut down by the California representative on Saturday. At a March of Truth protest in L.A., Waters was approached by Tracey in what started off as a standard interview. Waters […]

  Lisa Blunt Rochester made history earlier this year when she was sworn in as the Delaware state representative for the U.S. Congress in January. Ms. Rochester is the first woman and African-American to represent the state. But her call to the office was inspired by heartbreaking circumstances. Rochester, 55, came to politics in 1989 […]

Their caucus vows to join the effort and work earnestly toward a solution.

The outspoken 78-year-old California Congresswoman is not holding back when it comes to #45!

Rep. Maxine Waters relishes lowering the hammer on President Donald Trump and she is not showing any signs of letting up. And now Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is also squarely in her crosshairs. “They need to go to jail,” Waters (D-CA) said during a recent appearance on MSNBC. Waters was referring to Trump and […]

On Tuesday night, the California Congresswomen got the last word on MSNBC's "All In With Chris Hayes."