The virtual event began with a video introducing the caucus’s new theme “our power, our message,” featuring CBC members celebrating Black History Month and the caucus’s 50th anniversary. Established in 1971, the caucus has a record 58 members, three more than the previous record set in the last Congress.
The release of the caucus’s “100 Day Plan” comes as Black activists and lawmakers have set high expectations for the Biden White House. In November, after becoming president-elect, Biden promised to have Black Americans’ backs, a pledge that the caucus fully expects the president to keep.
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Black voter turnout was up across the country, with record turnout occurring in Georgia, a traditionally Republican stronghold that Democrats were able to flip. Notably, Democrats swept the Peach State’s Senate runoff races, giving the Democratic Party the majority.