Black lawmakers irate over Emanuel’s $1.5 billion promise to Sen. Lincoln

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African-American lawmakers are irate that the Obama administration has promised Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) $1.5 billion in farm aid while claiming it can’t pay a landmark legal settlement with black farmers.

Six members of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote to President Obama on Thursday calling on him to find a way to compensate black farmers who suffered discrimination in government loan programs during the 1980s and 1990s.

The letter was spurred by behind-the-scenes deal-making in the Senate as part of an effort to pass small-business legislation.

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