WASHINGTON The Congressional Black Caucus, its influencehistorically limited because of a small membership, anticipateshaving a bigger voice in the next Congress because the number ofblack lawmakers is likely to increase about 50 percent.
And when the enlarged black caucus does raise a collectivevoice, it will speak with more of a Southern accent than ever.
Reapportionment after the 1990 census created a dozen blackmajority congressional districts - all but Maryland's in the South -under new provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Victories by twoblack legislators over white candidates in Georgia runoffs Tuesdayvirtually guarantee that black lawmakers will represent …
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