WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressman who was spat on by a protestor 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.
Emanuel, who is black, was also one of several lawmakers who faced racial epithets as they walked to the Capitol to vote.
A spokesman for Emanuel says the man who spit on the lawmaker was arrested by Capitol Police and said Emanuel won't press charges.
