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The Congressional Black Caucus is putting the hurt on President Obama by refusing to support financial reform legislation until he comes up with an acceptable plan to support minority businesses.

Or the other way around? Looks like the Congressional Black Caucus is moving their own king into check"we want more money or else." A civil war is breaking out within the left of the Democratic Party pitting the Congressional Black Caucus against the first African-American president.

In what is being portrayed as a direct rebuke of the White House's lack of response to the deepening unemployment meltdown, Rep.

T his is a warning shot Barack Obama should not ignore. Angered by a laundry list of perceived slights, 10 members of the Congressional Black Caucus who also sit on the House Financial Services Committee boycotted a vote Wednesday on a financial regulation reform bill the Obama administration wants Congress to pass.

While the overall unemployment rate for Americans fell in November, the jobless gap between African-Americans and all other races actually rose, continuing a disturbing trend that has many lawmakers up in arms.

White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers arrives for a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington, on Nov.

President Obama said at a much-anticipated jobs summit Thursday that chronic unemployment isn't merely academic and is "a struggle that cuts deep and touches people across the nation." President Obama speaks at the opening of his jobs summit, officially known as the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum, Thursday, Dec.

Percy Sutton and Malcolm X, 1963. Well, well, well. The Congressional Black Caucus is trying to shake down the White House - and taxpayers - by holding a Democrat financial regulation "reform" bill hostage until Team Obama stuffs it with taxpayer goodies for a minority-owned radio station and other minority-owned businesses.

Steele: GOP "Purity Test" May Not Come To Vote >> For most of the public policy decisions in the first 10 months of his presidency, President Obama has enjoyed the backing of the liberal wing of his party.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm.

Ten members of the House Financial Services Committee boycotted a panel vote on a key component of the regulatory overhaul.

President Barack Obama speaks about the war in Afghanistan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec.

Close December 1, 2009, 2:39 PM ET By Damian Paletta Congressional Black Caucus members are expected to meet Tuesday evening to discuss whether to remove their objections to a bill overhauling financial regulations after spending weeks in negotiations with the White House over separate concerns about ways to address the financial crisis's impact on ...

'Tis the season to spread joy-and celebrities are getting in on the action. California's unemployment rate hit 12.5 percent in October.

There's no need to go to Washington to hear the increasingly shrill arguments over phantom congressional districts and the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic-stimulus plan.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters recently joined me on my radio show. The interview was primarily focused on the October 28th NFL Congressional Hearing and her questioning Commissioner Roger Goodell.

From Gillibrand, Press: WITH 5 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S, GILLIBRAND INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT New Measure Would Improve Treatment Services For Alzheimer's Patients And Expand Training And Support Services For Their Families And Caregivers Washington, D.C. - " With an estimated 5 million ...

It looks like opponents of redevelopment in California will have a new friend in the state Assembly.

Johnnie Daniels and Kerwin Barber search through job listings at a job fair Los Angeles.

In a display of populist anger toward the Federal Reserve , a House panel voted on Thursday to let Congress carry out sweeping new oversights of the central bank's policy decisions and operations.