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Black caucus chair: We’d ‘be marching on the White House’ if not for Obama
The Congressional Black Caucus is growing increasingly frustrated with a black unemployment rate of nearly 17% — almost twice the national average. Even the group’s chairman, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), believes they’d already be leading a march on Washington if not for a desire to avoid weakening President Obama. “If…
Rep. West considers leaving Black Caucus after anti-tea party remarks
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) is considering leaving the Congressional Black Caucus after a Democratic member said that the tea party — whose caucus West also belongs to — wants to see African-Americans “hanging on a tree.” West is the first Republican member of the Black Caucus in more than a…
African American support waning for Obama
African American support for Barack Obama is softening amid a sense that the president has ignored the economic travails faced by this once rock-solid pillar of his political base. A Gallup poll last week found Obama’s poll numbers in the African American community down from its once stratospheric 95 percent…
Congressional Black Caucus to Obama: Use 14th Amendment to solve debt crisis
The Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday urged President Barack Obama to invoke the Fourteenth Amendment to raise the debt ceiling if Congress failed to pass the necessary legislation before August 3. “We believe that you have both the authority and a moral obligation to do so in order to avoid…
The Republican Guide To Dealing With Black People
(Remember, you can contribute to the recovery fund – I’ve got nothing to do the next two weeks but this.) This is a watershed year for both the black community and the Grand Old Party. The black community because it’s looking pretty good that for the first time in American…
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