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November 07, 2025

In 1972, Barbara Jordan of Texas and Andrew Young of Georgia become the first southern Blacks elected to Congress since Reconstruction.

President's Weekly Address - 10/5/13

POSTED: October 07, 2013, 4:00 pm

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President Obama lays the blame for the government shutdown on House Republicans, charging they refused to fund the government over a law that they don't like.





Source: The White House

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