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April 21, 2021

Congressman Davis is hosting a Reparations Town Hall Meeting. Alderwoman and Chairperson Robin Rue Simmons, Reparations Sub-Committee, Evanston, and others will join. This Town Hall is a ZOOMGOV meeting, and the details are below:


When: May 15, 2021 02:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

April 20, 2021

Congressman Danny K. Davis

In Conjunction with Alderman Jason Ervin, Alderman Chris Taliaferro,

Commissioner Brandon Johnson, Commissioner Dennis Deer,

The Consortium of African American Doctors & Health Care Professionals,

Near North Health, Howard Brown Health, Westside Branch NAACP,

Chicago Park District

sponsors a MASS VACCINATION EVENT

April 16, 2021

Congressman Danny K. Davis today applauded the work of the Biden Administration, notably, the IRS under Commissioner Charles Rettig for his pledge to implement groundbreaking new provisions in the American Rescue Act to reduce child poverty.

April 14, 2021

Congressman Danny K. Davis

in Conjunction with Alderman Pat Dowell,

The Consortium of African American Doctors & Health Care Professionals,

Howard Brown Health, Near North Health Care Corp., Superior Ambulance Services

and XS Tennis Village

sponsor FREE COVID-19 Vaccine Event

April 14, 2021

Congressman Danny K. Davis announced today that FEMA has begun accepting applications for funeral assistance for Illinois residents who've lost loved ones to COVID-19. Davis helped pass the funeral assistance program as part of the American Rescue Plan.

April 8, 2021

Today, a bipartisan group of 27 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to reverse a legal memo issued in the waning days of the Trump administration that would require thousands of people on home confinement to return to federal prison.

April 6, 2021
The 7th Congressional District of Illinois is deeply saddened by the passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings, the Dean of the Florida Delegation.
April 1, 2021

Today, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B. Larson (D-CT) and Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn a harmful rule adopted by the Trump Administration. The rule, “Hearings Held by Administrative Appeals Judges of the Appeals Council” (85 Fed. Reg.

March 31, 2021
RUSH LEADS LETTER TO DOJ REQUESTING RELEASE OF UNREDACTED FILES RELATED TO ASSASSINATION OF FRED HAMPTON
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) led six of his colleagues in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the release of unclassified and unredacted versions of U.S.
March 25, 2021
SSA satisfies 24-hour ultimatum to stop blocking payments to 30 million waiting Americans; IRS must now take quick action to deliver
WASHINGTON, DC—Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John B.