
GOP to Block Obama Pick Cordray, Leaving Consumer Watchdog CFPB Toothless Consumer Financial Protection Bureau the next front in partisan warfare. Read more on US News & World Report
July 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Obama raises more than $86M for campaign, party Off to a huge early lead in the money race, President Barack Obama hauled in $86 million for his re-election campaign and the Democratic Party in the past three months. It’s better than he did in his victorious first presidential campaign, despite the sluggish economy and constant [...]
July 14, 2011 | Posted in
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Obama, Republicans, seek to break debt impasse US President Barack Obama, seen here on July 7, will meet with his top Republican foes in a high-stakes effort to forge a crucial budget deal before an early-August deadline with little sign of any consensus…. Read more on AFP Journal Internet Finance News (EU) via Yahoo! UK [...]
July 10, 2011 | Posted in
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Obama, lawmakers still far apart on debt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and top U.S. lawmakers emerged from talks on Thursday still far apart on breaking a budget deadlock and said negotiators will work through the weekend for a deal to avoid a debt default. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News
July 8, 2011 | Posted in
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House GOP Freshmen To Obama: Stop Playing Politics With Medicare President Barack Obama walks from Marine One to the White House, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in Washington, as he travels from Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Read more on The Huffington Post
May 13, 2011 | Posted in
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Obama slams Republicans on immigration US President Barack Obama Tuesday predicted Republicans would seek to block his drive for immigration reform, in an apparent play for vital Hispanic votes in his 2012 reelection bid. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News
May 11, 2011 | Posted in
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Obama lays out plan for cutting Medicare, Medicaid President Obama unveiled a plan Wednesday to cut Medicare and Medicaid costs, but without slashing benefits for seniors and the needy. Read more on CNN
April 14, 2011 | Posted in
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Obama Embraces Individual U.S. Tax Code Rewrite to Raise Revenue President Barack Obama is making his clearest pitch yet for an overhaul of the entire U.S. tax code for individuals and businesses. Read more on BusinessWeek
April 14, 2011 | Posted in
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Obama to travel to Indy on Friday WASHINGTON – President Obama travels to Indianapolis Friday to visit Allison Transmission, the White House announced today. Read more on Chicago Tribune
April 6, 2011 | Posted in
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Iowa called vital component of Obama re-election strategy President Barack Obama will likely pamper Iowa with attention because he won’t have the luxury of losing this state in the 2012 presidential election, several politics watchers said. Read more on The Des Moines Register
April 6, 2011 | Posted in
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