WBRZ - Baton Rouge

UPDATE: It turns out Capitol Police in Washington D.C. did not make an arrest after a congressman was spat on by a protestor on Capitol Hill.

Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver declined to press charges after a protestor spit on him while he was making his way through a group of protestors angry with President Barack Obama's health care plan.

Cleaver, who is black, was also one of several lawmakers who faced racial epithets as they walked to the Capitol to vote.

It was earlier reported that a spokesperson for Cleaver told the Associated Press that the spitting protestor had been arrested.