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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), the chairman of the congressional Black Caucus, condemned some in his party's claim Sunday morning that the GOP is waging a "war on women."

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.

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.

African-American support for Barack Obama appears to be softening, because of a rocky economy that has hit US blacks especially hard, and a perception that the president has ignored the economic travails faced by this once rock-solid pillar of his political base.

As the debate over whether and how to raise the nation's debt ceiling and cut the deficit droned on and on the past few weeks, lawmakers seemed to be running out of not just time before the August 2 deadline, but also out of original metaphors to brighten up their statements and positions.