Obama faces uncomfortable questions from black community, lawmakers

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Obama faces uncomfortable questions from black community, lawmakers

By Peter Wallsten and Krissah Thompson

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This week, the White House dispatched a top official to participate in a Congressional Black Caucus jobs forum in Miami that had been scheduled in part to pressure the White House.

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Both ideas would help mostly minorities, said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.), chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. In steering clear of the overt race label, he added, “it’s not as in-your-face.”

“They are paying closer attention to what’s going on in the urban core of the major cities,” Cleaver said.

Several black lawmakers said they think the White House is considering additional targeted steps to boost urban communities as part of the jobs package the president plans to release shortly after Labor Day.

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Poverty

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Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (President Obama’s anti-poverty initiative, PDF; California Promise Neighborhoods Initiative Passes)

Edited to add: President Obama and The African American Community