2 resultsfor “Black representation Congress decline reasons”
representation by Black members of Congress may be on theway after the U.S. Supreme Court's [landmark decision Wednesday](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5754657/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting) to [further](https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5482864/scotus-voting-rights-act-8th-circuit-vra) weaken the Voting Rights Act. Now that
declined to advance on Tuesday](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/26/nx-s1-5831996/redistricting-midterms-trump-south-carolina), would have targeted Clyburn, the lone Democrat in South Carolina's congressional delegation and an institution in state and national politics. "We have someone in the White