House Financial Services Committee members, from left, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressman who was spat on by a protester on Capitol Hill is declining to press charges.
Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver was making his way through a group of angry protestors when the incident occurred. It was one of several ugly incidents in a day of protests against President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul measure, which faces a House vote on Sunday.
Cleaver, who is black, was also one of several lawmakers who faced racial epithets as they walked to the Capitol to vote.
A spokesman for Cleaver says the man who spit on the lawmaker was arrested by Capitol Police and said Cleaver won’t press charges.
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