Topic: Emanuel Cleaver

Reactions are pouring in to President Barack Obama's third State of the Union Speech, with black leaders from both parties weighing in.. NAACP...
By Shawna Thomas NBC News. . It wasn't on the president's public schedule, but Tuesday morning he and Valerie Jarrett held a meeting with the...
US President Barack Obama might back off his threat to veto legislation approving the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to carry oil from Canada to the Gulf, a Democratic lawmaker said Friday.Representative Emanuel Cleaver told MSNBC television that Obama might bow to ...
From The Huffington Post:. . After a long, somewhat contentious summer, in which the Congressional Black Caucus seemed to fall out of love with...
RawReplay. . Congressional Black Caucus chairman Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) isn't a fan of the proposed deal to raise the debt ceiling. Cleaver...
The unemployment rate in the African-American community is staggering. Congressional Black Caucus leader Rep. Emanuel Cleaver commented on the jobs...
This week House Republicans will convene an interactive forum on job creation, which they say is part of their ongoing efforts to listen to...
Former US Rep. Karen McCarthy dies at age 63 after suffering from Alzheimer's diseaseKaren McCarthy, who represented the Kansas City area in Congress for more than a decade before retiring in 2005, died Tuesday at age 63.McCarthy died at a ...

Rhetoric and reality

The nasty words and comments in politics have hurt public discourseOver the past few years the tenor of American politics has turned for the worse. Many politicians have been reckless with their words, and the nation is now seeing the result. Political ...
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., won't press charges after being spat on by Capitol Hill protestorA congressman who was spat on by a protestor on Capitol Hill says he is declining to press charges, but turns out the Capitol Police say they ...