Emanuel Cleaver

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May 13, 2011

Black caucus takes challenges to White House

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Cleaver told TheGrio, "no president is always right. We have taken every president to task since…
March 2, 2011

Are black vs. brown tensions being exploited in jobs debate?

theGRIO REPORT - The third immigration hearing since January focused on whether illegal immigration contributes to higher jobless rates among…
March 1, 2011

Cleaver says GOP causing minority jobs tension

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, and other lawmakers say the GOP want to…
February 15, 2011

Why are blacks always the biggest targets of budget cuts?

OPINION - One reason is a failure to develop what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called permanent units of political…
January 11, 2011

Black Caucus Chair: Re-electing Obama will be ‘enormous challenge’

It will not be a landslide or easy victory", Cleaver said...
January 9, 2011

Obama calls for moment of silence for AZ victims

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says the moment will allow people to come together, in prayer or reflection, and…
January 5, 2011

Black caucus swears in first GOP member in years

WASHINGTON (AP) - A strident conservative, Allen West is the first Republican to join the caucus since Rep. Gary Franks…
January 5, 2011

Black Caucus to confront harsh new climate on Capitol Hill

OPINION - Starting today, CBC members lose three full committee chairmanships and more than a dozen subcommittee chairmanships...
April 13, 2010

Tea Party vs. black lawmakers: The N-word feud continues

New interviews show that a much-viewed YouTube recording cited as evidence by conservatives was actually shot well after the time…
March 25, 2010

Health reform hysteria proves America isn’t ‘post-racial’

OPINION - Too many of the opponents of Obama's health care reform are being destructive to control the debate and…