Black caucus chair not feelin Barack Obama’s budget

Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri

Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri

Black Democrats are hitting President Barack Obama hard for his 2012 budget, further illustrating a divide between a core constituency and the White House.

The most resounding statement came Monday from Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, who said he is “struggling to understand how this budget helps us to best achieve” the goal of protecting “our children from a mountain of debt.

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