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In President Barack Obama's hands, the $700 billion financial rescue fund offers a bit of bookkeeping magic: an opportunity to pay down the deficit while also spending more — thereby adding to it. Complete Story...
President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a tax incentive for small businesses that add workers, even as Congress struggles to figure out how such an idea would work.
A Tennessee mayor is apologizing for writing on his Facebook page that President Barack Obama deliberately timed a speech last week to block the "Peanuts" Christmas special.
Key elements of the job creation package President Barack Obama outlined Tuesday:
The publisher of President Barack Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope" has stepped down.
President Barack Obama has sharp criticism for Republicans, taking them to task for opposing economic stimulus efforts and health care reform while supporting tax cuts and spending that have ballooned the deficit.
President Barack Obama says government investment in clean-energy projects can help put Americans back to work.
President Barack Obama is proposing ways to encourage new hiring by small businesses, including several tax incentives and new access to credit.
President Barack Obama is defending infrastructure projects while acknowledging the potential for abuse.
President Barack Obama focuses Tuesday on getting Americans back to work and the possibility of using leftover bank bailout money to help do it.
In his first year, President Barack Obama has marshaled the largest infusion of cultural funding in decades — despite a few stumbles.
The Great Bank Bailout of 2008 appears to be winding down — or at least some of the money is flowing back to the U.S. Treasury where it came from. So when the books are finally closed, how much will all this have cost taxpayers?
President Barack Obama has met with former Vice President Al Gore at the White House as the president prepares for his appearance at a major international climate summit in Copenhagen.
Several Missouri schools are complaining about notebooks and pencils with designs similar to the logos from President Barack Obama's campaign. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that complaints from unhappy officials at three Missouri schools have prompted the supply company responsible for the materials to travel across the state recalling notebooks and pencils.
A White House spokesman says President Barack Obama still prefers legislation on climate change and that Monday's EPA declaration on greenhouse gas dangers was done in response to a court-ordered timetable.
President Barack Obama called for a major new burst of federal spending Tuesday, perhaps $150 billion or more, aiming to jolt the wobbly economy into a stronger recovery and reduce painfully persistent double-digit unemployment.
President Barack Obama strode into office backed by a Democratic majority in Congress and pledged to do something his predecessor had not: set mandatory limits on global warming gases and show that the U.S. was ready to tackle a problem it played a lead role in creating.
Europeans might have reason to feel disappointed with Barack Obama.
A Republican senator who sponsored a law meant to help people with open-records requests says a government workshop on openness shouldn't have been closed to the public.
President Barack Obama talked about his ideas for job creation in a city whose very name conjures Rust Belt images of shuttered factories, high unemployment and persistent hopelessness.
The White House says President Barack Obama has told Democratic senators to keep up the fight on health care legislation.
He's the Nobel Peace Prize winner who just ordered 30,000 more troops to war. He's the laureate who says he doesn't deserve the award. He's not quite 11 months on the job and already in the company of Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.
President Barack Obama is shifting the timing of his visit to an international climate summit in Copenhagen as prospects for a political agreement at the event seem more likely.
President Barack Obama has told some Pennsylvania residents at a jobs center that the new unemployment numbers are just the first of what he hopes will be "a string" of good economic reports.
The mayor of a suburban Memphis city accused President Barack Obama of deliberately timing his speech about the war in Afghanistan this week to block the airing of the "Peanuts" Christmas television special.
I just shoveled 6 inches of global warming off my driveway!The UN announced 2000-2009 to be the warmest decade as the country braces for a massive winter storm as reported by Weather Channel: Winter Blast hauls blizzard, heavy snow, rain
Should Tax Dollars be used to pay for Abortion? Is Abortion Reproductive Health Care? You Vote and please leave comments!
Calls Mount for Reid to Apologize Over Slavery RemarkFrom Nevada to Washington, calls were mounting Tuesday for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to apologize for comparing opponents of health care reform to supporters of slavery
Asian carp uproar is smelling a little fishyWait, someone wants to crimp a world engineering marvel that made Chicago what it is because some fat, ugly carp are swimming in it?
Cheney: 9/11 Trial in New York a 'Huge Mistake'Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that trying professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in New York City will make him "as important or more important than Usama bin Laden."
Yes we can, has been twisted to "no you can't" by the Republican's and some Blue-Dog Democrats. The spirit of providing affordable health care to millions of Americans and tripped up with typical moral details like abortion and women's pre-existing conditions.
President Obama says spare bailout funds can be redirectedFacing record job losses and record budget deficits, President Obama proposed a series of steps Tuesday that he said could reduce pink slips and red ink simultaneously. The president urged Congress to cut taxes and increase loan guarantees for small businesses, speed up highway …
Obama's 47 Percent Approval Lowest of Any President at This PointPresident Obama's job approval rating has fallen to 47 percent in the latest Gallup poll, the lowest ever recorded for any president at this point in his term.
Outstanding anti-racist Jewish American writer Stephen Lendman on Jews Against ZionismArticle by an outstanding anti-racist Jewish American writer and commentator Stephen Lendman summarizes major Jewish groups - from secular to orthodox - opposed to Zionism and genocidal Israeli racism.
Sarah Palin To Obama: Last Thing America Needs Is Misguided Legislation (Copenhagen = Cap And Tax)
YouTube - John Rich - Shuttin Detroit DownIt's not a brand new song but I think it's pretty moving. You have to listen to the lyrics. They send a powerful message.
Deficit Reduction? U.S. Already $292 Billion in the Red This Year WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. government racked up a gaping shortfall in the first two months of this fiscal year after posting a record budget deficit last year, congressional analysts said on Friday.
New Yorkers turn out to protest trial of KSM in civilian court(Apologies for the untimely post, I'd first heard of this story less than an hour ago.) The pictures say it all.
Brilliant, must-see demolition of ETS: Annie Leonard presents the Story of Cap & TradeAnnie Leonard presents a cartoon-illustrated account of the nature and dangerous flaws of Cap-and-Trade Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) (e.g. the Obama Waxman-Markey Bill ETS) and why we should reject it..
If Peace is the Answer, Is War Ever the Question?How can peace-loving believers support a strong defense? In an open letter to pacifists, Christian and soldier, Jeff Courter, considers President Obama's decision to increase U.S. troops in Afghanistan - and examines larger questions about the necessity of war.
MURDOCH: Government assistance is greater threat to press than any new technology... By RUPERT MURDOCH We are at a time when many news enterprises are shutting down or scaling back. No doubt you will hear some tell you that journalism is in dire shape, and the triumph of digital is to blame.
Editorial: Draining the Democratic swamp When the Democrats retook Congress in 2006, incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi promised the "to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history." So how's that promise work …
Global Warming Is Not Slowing, Report SaysDespite recent fluctuations in global temperature year to year, which fueled claims of global cooling, a sustained global warming trend shows no signs of ending, according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public on Tuesday. More Articles
If, as most say, Democrats are Left and Conservatives are Right, then Independents are in the middle.
Obama Issues New Open Government DirectiveSoon, the public will be able to see how seriously the government is taking President Barack Obama's call for more transparency at executive branch agencies like the Pentagon, the State Department, and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Think the Democrats are going to step up and help the working class, unlike the Republicans who favored the rich? Think again. Here's a true story: I've owned a small business for the last three years and a half years.
The Advocate and Democrat - News StoryDespite a brief media frenzy, indictments sought against President Obama, a grand jury foreman and an assistant district attorney were not returned by the Monroe County grand jury.
December 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by Japan. The attack was deliberately planned long ago. The attack caused severe damage to America.. Very many American lives have been lost..
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