Black Caucus tells Obama "you've done too little for African-Americans"

[Bluebear]

Welcome to the fringe left/left of the left/whiners along with the rest of us, Black Caucus!


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Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members on Wednesday criticized the Obama administration for not doing enough to help African-Americans through the bleak economy.

Soon after withholding their votes on a wide-ranging financial services bill, 10 CBC members said they are pressuring the White House to do more.

The House Financial Services Committee voted 31-27 in favor of the bill, but the lawmakers’ boycott came on a major financial measure the administration wants to see Congress pass this month.

“We have not been forceful enough in our efforts to protect the most vulnerable of our population,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who represents one of the nation’s poorest districts. “We can no longer afford for our public policy to be defined by the worldview of Wall Street.”....

The CBC members laid out a series of policies they would like to see enacted: efforts to reduce foreclosures, including through principal write-downs; better access to credit for African-American-owned auto dealerships; more aid to small and community banks that lend to African-Americans; and more federal money going to support ad buys in minority radio stations and newspapers.

The 10 Democratic members include: Waters, Mel Watt (N.C.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), Lacy Clay (Mo.), David Scott (Ga.), Al Green (Texas), Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.), Gwen Moore (Wis.), Keith Ellison (Minn.) and André Carson (Ind.).

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/70353-black-caucus-tells-obama-youve-done-too-little-for-african-americans-

[msongs]

1. get over it there Maxine, the conservadems are running the show now nt

[Bluebear]

2. See:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=7131394

Now examining the Representative for bus tracks.

[tnlefty]

3. I hope that the CBC got their point across

and were heard. :kick:

[FLAprogressive]

4. why the fuck did 80% of the CBC members on the Financial Services Cmte. vote against Fed

transparency then? Was it only to back up Watt? The CBC gets WAY too self-serving at times (and by that I mean some of them care about each others' interests far more than they care about the interests African American community).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUW2XVpAL30

Kudos to Lacy Clay though for standing up to Wall Street....which means he's standing up for the African American community.

I digress though because I agree with their point, this time. But some members of the CBC need to stop pretending to go against Wall Street then vote for pro-Wall Street measures.

[tnlefty]

5. I'm not sure quite how to say this....

but I keep an eye on the CBC because they more often than not speak for me, a white woman. Standing up to Wall Street is in the interest of most Americans as well as slowing foreclosures, etc. I don't understand protecting Mel Watt in this instance, just trying to diffuse your slightly broad brush. :hi:

[FLAprogressive]

8. I just think it's hypocritical to bitch at the president for being to pro-wall street (which I agree

with) after voting nearly in lockstep to protect Wall Street.

[tnlefty]

9. Well, I went back and read the article a second time, and

when I saw Rahm's name again I'm assuming that he's leaning on any progressive yet again. Just a thought of mine.

[unkachuck]

6. the CBC....

"...the lawmakers’ boycott came on a major financial measure the administration wants to see Congress pass this month."

"We can no longer afford for our public policy to be defined by the worldview of Wall Street."

....and nowhere is there to be found a finer group of proud, patriotic and honorable Americans as the CBC!

[napi21]

7. I see that the CBC has to fight for thir agenda, but the Prez ids

Prez of everybody! He sure isn't doing anything against any enthnic group! Argue all you need to for your points but I do't think you deserbe any better treatm,ent tnan annyone else.

[Bitwit1234]

10. I have to say this

We are all Americans no matter what the color of our skin. So every job should be available for every American. No one ethnic group should be singled out.

[Thickasabrick]

11. When you look at the percentage of white/black/hispanic unemployment

rates - I would beg to differ. White unemployment is 8.8%, Black unemployment is 15.0 and Hispanic unemployment is 12.7%. The disparity needs to be addressed somehow.

[Deja Q]

15. Education is a start, but will employers, parents, schools, and pupils do their respective parts?

It's a symbiosis...

We all have to do our part.

[Thickasabrick]

16. I think there are bigger issues. An article the other day compared

college educated black to college educated whites unemployment rates. The black unemployment was still double to that of whites. Education was not a factor.

[HipChick]

42. and how do you solve the problem of institutional racism?

someone was telling me the other day, he got 600+ resumes for a few positions, he threw out any resumes whose last names looked foreign...next he went through and threw out anything that sounded ethnic..if he did a phone interview and talked to anyone that sounded ethnic, those went too...what do you do with people like that?

[Deja Q]

14. Agreed.

There should be a proper job available for every American. And no group should be singled out. Find one's talents, build skills, and use them.

Yes, we ALL can.

[left is right]

12. I can't speak to the CBC's concerns

BUT as the grandmother of three Biracial children, I think Obama is failing the African American and biracial children of this country. He has abandoned the progressive principles that so many of us had hoped would guide his decisions. In doing so he is likely to fail. In 2012, IF most progressives abandons him, we may not be able to elect another A-A/biracial president for a generation maybe two. He owes it to his own children, and my grandchildren and all of the rest of them to be a good president.

(I have already decided that the 15-month old is running for president in 2044, I would hate to think that he will have to answer for Obama's failing. Given our racism, that is a real possibility. By the way, we would appreciate your vote. 2044 vote for Left Is Right, Jr!

[EFerrari]

43. LOL! I'm in!

:applause:

[QC]

13. They have never supported PO. n/t

[notesdev]

17. He's done plenty for African-Americans

...on Wall Street

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. Geez!!!!

Is there ANYBODY who is NOT upset at President Obama for one reason or another? He's racking up a HUGE (and growing) list of adversaries. Frankly, I'm surprised that Articles of Impeachment haven't been drawn up. President Obama must be superhuman to be able to deal with so much opposition to everything he is (or is not) doing from all corners.


Oh, and the CBC is part of Congress, right? WHAT are THEY doing to help create jobs for African-Americans (and everybody else)? I mean, they could do........something, right? They do still have that power, you know, to LEGISLATE? Or can President Obama issue decrees now? The CBC needs to grab a mop and get busy like he is.

My gosh!!! A lot of Democrats in Congress seem to have become rather impotent over the past eight years and seem to expect that President/Lord/Savior/FDR v. 2.0 Obama will handle everything (even though he can't actually legislate from the Oval Office). Somebody should remind them that President Obama is only human and that he seems to be working as hard as he can on a lot of things. They also apparently need to be reminded that Bush isn't POTUS anymore and isn't mucking around in its affairs and *legislating* via "signing statements" anymore nor are the Republicans still oppressing them (with anything other than their own stupidity).

:wtf: just........ :wtf:

[HipChick]

19. Well said..why should he single out a specific ethnic group to help

[Thickasabrick]

20. Because there is a single ethnic group that is being hurt more by

this recession than any other ethnic group?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

23. Got a link with some evidence of that?

[Thickasabrick]

24. Absolutely.....I was referencing Quarterly averages III 2009

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

White 8.8, Black 15.0, Hispanic 12.7

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

25. What were they this time last year and 2006 and 2004?

[Stinky The Clown]

22. ....

:eyes:


:nopity:

[Bluebear]

28. Wow.

[Bluebear]

30. What's your opinion on affirmative action?

[EFerrari]

41. Because this country still hasn't recovered from African slavery?

Hello, McFly?

[bobbolink]

21. Awwwww... poor Obama. He is sooooo picked on.

:nopity:

[Bluebear]

27. And "bashed". Don't forget bashed!

:crazy:

I'll show someone who has been gay and bashed or homeless and bashed and they can see the difference.

[bobbolink]

32. Yes, indeed, you could show them.

But they wouldn't see it.

:(

[Proud Liberal Dem]

33. Well, he is IMHO

Thankfully, he doesn't let it get to him.

[bobbolink]

36. Yes, stubborn people with a huge ego are like that.

They don't hear anything contrary to their own beliefs and ideas.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

45. Yeah, President Obama has a HUGH ego, doesn't he?

:sarcasm:

:eyes:

ummmm....yeah, whatever

[bobbolink]

46. Sadly, it appears that way.

He begged for our votes, took our money and time and efforts, and now refuses to hear us.

Sounds, sadly, like big ego.

[bobbolink]

37. Yes, stubborn people with a huge ego are like that.

They don't hear anything contrary to their own beliefs and ideas.

And, then they go on to lose the support of those they tune out.

[ecstatic]

26. Interesting. Have they (along with the Senate) come up with some measures that need to be signed

into law? If not, why not?

[EFerrari]

39. Yes, they have. And they want to put it into the regulation bill

because they know the White House wants that bill.

[Freddie Stubbs]

29. Maxine Waters sure seems to know a lot about banking:

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/17/nation/na-waters-ethics17

[Bluebear]

31. OK, denigrate Ms. Waters. Do you have dirt on the other members of teh black caucus?

[Bluebear]

44. hello?

[asdjrocky]

34. Replace black with poor and I'm right there with them.

[EFerrari]

40. This is what Maxine said:

“We have not been forceful enough in our efforts to protect the most vulnerable of our population,” said Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who represents one of the nation’s poorest districts. “We can no longer afford for our public policy to be defined by the worldview of Wall Street.”....

[goldcanyonaz]

35. give me a fucking break! He's the first African American president and he's done plent for us.

[anonymous171]

38. He's done far too little for the common American in general. nt