Black Caucus, White House Standoff Continues

Wall Street Journal ^ | DECEMBER 1, 2009 | DAMIAN PALETTA

[STONEWALLS]

"WASHINGTON -- The standoff between the White House and the Congressional Black Caucus dragged on into Tuesday night, continuing to cloud the prospects of a vote Wednesday morning to overhaul supervision of banks.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.) has scheduled a 10:15 a.m. vote on a bill to rework financial regulation. The 10 CBC members of his committee have said they won't vote for it until their concerns on a range of other issues relating to the economy are met by the White House.

One problem: it's unclear to many what their concerns are, and CBC members are refusing to discuss it publicly."

[STONEWALLS]

"Later, he said the main concerns from the CBC had to do with access to credit for minorities and minority-owned businesses."

translation: "you gotta do some set aside money for minority liar loans just like you did on housing"

[Freddd]

God help us all.

[Frantzie]

CBC = ACORN = CRA = why our financial system was wiped out.

Also CBC why American troops died during BlackHawk Down. The army begged for M1s and M2 Bradleys in Somalia when Clinton changed the mission. The CBC tolf Clinton - NO. No tanks were to be used against Africans. Our troops had no backup.

[Cicero]

The Congressional Black Caucus was smack in the middle of this financial meltdown.

[kromike]

One problem: it's unclear to many what their concerns are, and CBC members are refusing to discuss it publicly."

Reparations and 300-million-dollar bribes.

[Graybeard58]

What does the Congressional White Caucus have to say about all of this?

[Gator113]

“One problem: it’s unclear to many what their concerns are, and CBC members are refusing to discuss it publicly.”

Fire Whites to make jobs for Blacks.

Need more clarity?

[Steely Tom]

The tribal fathers need their cumshaw.

[RoadKingSE]

One problem: it's unclear to many what their concerns are, and CBC members are refusing to discuss it publicly.

"This liberal is all about gettin' some uh what that beotch Senator from Nawlins got. $300 mil Barry, my brutha!"

[HiTech RedNeck]

And have the Congressional Yellow and Congressional Red Caucuses weighed in?

[Candor7]

Historic Justice. Reparations!

These CBC parogies make me sick. They are nothing more than a bag gang, arranging kick backs from petty dictators and thugs for arranging US aid packages to the third world.

And guys like William Jefferson are their bagmen,now languishing in prison under a 13 year sentence for getting caught at it.

How dare they not reveal to the public what they want to do with OUR tax dollars!!!! Bastids!

[javachip]

"I don't think anybody is going to say anything," Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D., Mo.) told reporters after an evening vote. "I'm not sure because we are still studying and discussing." Asked if CBC lawmakers were having more meetings about it later Tuesday night, he said, "I can't remember."

Not bad, but the WSJ needs to make this sound more believable to be good satire. /sarc