“The people we represent can feel comfortable with what we have included in this package. Regardless of party, we all cast our votes with one hand and crossed our fingers with the other.”- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver By Roxana Tiron Clients of a defense lobby shop under investigation are continuing to score earmarks from their patrons […]

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“I’m all for bipartisanship, but I don’t consider three Republican senators bipartisan,” said Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, who oversees economic recovery issues for the Congressional Black Caucus. “Let’s not deny who we are legislatively for three senators.” Rep. Cleaver is one of the most inconsequential members of the House, but he’s important to follow […]

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Yesterday, we criticized Rep. Cleaver because we mistakenly thought that the Congressman didn’t ask any questions at the Wednesday’s House Financial Services inquisition of banking executives who had accepted TARP funds. In fact, Mr. Cleaver did ask a very thoughtful, insightful, and intelligent question. Kudos to the staff on this one! Here it is courtesy […]

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 $850 Billion, 1588 pages, and counting… somebody needs to read it! Rasmussen Reports: 60% Say Stimulus Plan Is What Democrats Want, Not Bipartisan  “Speed is important” “Debate starts at 10 in am. Votes late tomorrow aft or early eve. Holding flight home tomorrow night. Hope I make it.” – Sen. Claire McCaskill on Twitter “The […]

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We were the first to tell you yesterday about the opensecrets.org piece reporting that Rep. Cleaver had accepted $5,000 from a TARP bailout recipient. We also told to watch how indignant the Congressman would act toward the banking executives while questioning them. In the below quotes, one from our beloved Emanuel Cleaver, try to guess […]

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While Rep. Cleaver, and the other Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee feign outrage today during their hearing, remember to keep this piece from OpenSecrets.org in the back of your mind. By Lindsay Renick Mayer “Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo) $5,000″ The eight CEOs testifying Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee about how their companies […]

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“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. ” Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998 If you guessed that each had run ins with the tax man while either trying to get confirmed to a cabinet position or elected, then you are correct! […]

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Photo hat top: The Pitch “I’m not only a client, I’m the club president” Here’s an excerpt from a Washington Post piece written today by “Clueless” Cleaver. The Reverend/Congressman seems to be doing his best Jesse Jackson impersonation: “But brothers and sisters of hue, we must be candid: Race relations in America are far from […]

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Is Congressman Cleaver now the official defender and protector of White Democrat women politicians? He sure got a lot of practice during the primary season. Still a member of the Tom Tom Club we see. By Mike Soraghan DENVER — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s energy pep rally Tuesday turned into a shout-fest when Republican protesters […]

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Cleaver ought to be ashamed of himself. STILL bootlicking for Hillary! “I have been in private meetings with her where her supporters spoke ill of the Obama campaign and she shooshed them. She stopped them.”  – Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (The Hill)

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