Wade Henderson

...of people -- both native-born and immigrant -- who would have been discouraged from being counted had the amendment passed," said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. "We also hope that today's vote...

In this article: Census Bureau, Fourteenth Amendment, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, David Vitter, Robert Bennett, Utah, and United States

The proposition that citizens should shape their own democratic institutions does not amount to a recipe for oppression, but Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, accuses Vitter of inflaming "public...

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...urged senators to resist the effort. "This amendment is intended to flame public sentiment against illegal immigration, " said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Henderson said the Vitter amendment...

In this article: David Vitter, Census Bureau, GAO, Louisiana, Inflation, Robert Bennett, National Coalition, and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, spoke at a press conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill in opposition of the amendment offered by Republican senators to include a...

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...and making "every effort to make confirmation wars a thing of the past." However, some say Obama is being too cautious. Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, said, "I commend the president's...

In this article: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Jeff Sessions, Senate Judiciary Committee, and Washington Post

...in the same period that Obama has forwarded 23. "I commend the president's effort to change the tone in Washington," said Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. "I recognize that he is extending...

In this article: Barack Obama, Lee H. Hamilton, George W. Bush, White House, and Andre M. Davis

...color are heard and heeded. Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP, Janet Murguia, NCLR's president and CEO and Wade Henderson, LCCR's president and CEO joined me Monday as we made the momentous announcement at the Press...

In this article: National Council of La Raza, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Aspirin, Janet Murguia, and Charles Schumer

...positions to fill in both Democratic and Republican administrations, because of the polarizing issues the division oversees. Wade Henderson, who heads the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, has been quoted as describing Perez as...

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...Finance Committee and the Senate Health Committee come together to develop a merged bill that will be sent to the floor," said Wade Henderson, CEO of the Leadership Conference of Civil Rights. The overall tone of the health care debate is...

In this article: National Council of La Raza, Washington, Dog, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Anxiety, National Press Club, and Janet Murguia

ACTING CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much for your testimony. We'll now hear from Wade Henderson, a familiar person to this committee. Wade Henderson is the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and counsel to the...

In this article: Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Robert Morgenthau, Yale Law School, Manhattan, Civil Rights Act, University of the District of Columbia, and Leadership Conference on Civil Rights