Emanuel Cleaver

Nationalizing D.C.'s WWI Mem'l Could End In Stalemate

| Posted 02.01.2012

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By Emma Dumain Roll Call Staff All Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wants is for his hometown's World War I memorial to have the status of a national monument...

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Champions of the Green Movement

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 03.16.2012

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When Dr. King was assassinated, it was 1968. President Obama was 7 and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson was 6. Many of the African-American leaders who now carry the torch of justice that King lit were young when he died.

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Obama Ally Changes Stance On Voter ID Law, Says There's No Evidence It Hurts Blacks

Posted 12.26.2011

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Artur Davis, a former congressperson from Alabama who ran for governor last fall, is raising eyebrows for an editorial he wrote supporting the voter I...

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Jennifer Bendery

Longing For Rahm: Democrats Still Adjusting To Life With Bill Daley

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Ask a congressional Democrat about the job Bill Daley is doing as President Barack Obama's chief of staff, and chances are you'll be met...

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Top 10 Ways the Congressional Black Caucus Should be More Like Allen West

Katie Halper | Posted 11.01.2011

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Katie Halper

I doubt that any members of the Congressional Black Caucus got any sleep last night. I'm sure they were tossing and turning, sick with worry and regret, trembling in fear over Allen West's threat to leave the caucus.

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Jennifer Bendery

Obama Ignites Partisan Firestorm

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama succeeded in uniting his party and reminding Republicans who lives in the White House with his first major fiscal...

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Congressional Black Caucus Chairman: Reelecting Obama Will Be 'Enormous Challenge'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), the new chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, emphasized Monday the difficult task that he believed Democrats have...

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Sarah Palin's Flying Circus

Stu Kreisman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stu Kreisman

As shown in the Python sketch, it's impossible to have an intellectual discussion with anyone whose sole purpose is to undermine and demonize your beliefs or position.

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Roy Sekoff: Michele Bachmann Saying Idiotic Things Is like A Law of Nature (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huffington Post editor Roy Sekoff appeared on "The Ed Show" Wednesday to discuss recent comments from Rep. Michele Bachmann. This past weekend, the M...

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Roy Sekoff: Michele Bachmann Saying Idiotic Things Is like A Law of Nature (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Huffington Post editor Roy Sekoff appeared on "The Ed Show" Wednesday to discuss recent comments from Rep. Michele Bachmann. This past weekend, the M...

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Tea Party Health Care Protests: N-Word Feud Still Rages After Video Discredited

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three Democratic congressmen – all black – say they heard racial slurs as they walked through thousands of angry protesters outside the U....

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Trash Talking Mounts In Tea Party Debate (VIDEO)

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Alex Brant-Zawadzki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost's Citizen Reporting Team During a Tea Party protest in DC last weekend during the health care reform vote on Capitol Hill, Re...

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Congressman Spit On By Tea Party Protester (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Last weekend, as the House of Representatives gathered to debate health care reform while Tea Partiers protested outside the Capitol, word emerged tha...

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Congressional Black Caucus Vice Chair Contradicts Rush: Obama Seat Not A 'Black Seat'

CNN Political Ticker | Deirdre Walsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the new vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat should not ...

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Meet the Delegates: Kansas City, MO

Max Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

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Asked if Claire McCaskill was still on Obama's running mate list, the organizer gave an intriguing answer. "I don't think so, but she's going to make a major speech at the convention," he said.

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Obama Supporter Cleaver: Time For An Honest Conversation About Race

Politico | Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II | Posted 05.25.2011

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After the election, the next president, be it John McCain or Barack Obama, should seize the moment to call on the nation to have an honest, painful an...

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Rep Emanuel Cleaver, Clinton-Supporter, On Obama: "I Will Be Stunned If He's Not The Next President"

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an unusually frank interview on Canadian public radio, CBC, Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver of Kansas City -- a Hillary supporter and superdelegate -- gives ...

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