Obama pairs a push for jobs with proposed spending cuts
The president is anxious for a $100-billion jobs bill to clear Congress soon. His budget, being proposed Monday, includes spending freezes on NASA and other domestic programs.President Obama wants Congress to quickly approve a jobs bill in the range of $100 billion, a top White House official said Sunday, reflecting the growing political anxiety among Democrats about stubbornly high unemployment in an election year.
Question of foreign funding of U.S. elections unsettled
President Obama and other officials have disagreed about the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling allowing corporations to spend money on campaigns. Experts say the jury's out.The most heated controversy over the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down parts of the nation's campaign-funding laws has focused on whether the decision frees foreign corporations to pour money into American elections.
Family link is found between Obama and Scott Brown
The president and the Massachusetts Republican senator-elect are 10th cousins, according to genealogy experts.President Obama has found another long-lost cousin: Scott Brown, the Republican state senator from Massachusetts who won the Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
Democrats quietly working to resuscitate healthcare overhaul
While the focus shifts to legislation on jobs, party leaders are taking advantage of a cooling-off period to strategize, seek a new compromise and improve the public's opinion of the legislation.President Obama's campaign to overhaul the nation's healthcare system is officially on the back burner as Democrats turn to the task of stimulating job growth, but behind the scenes party leaders have nearly settled on a strategy to salvage the massive legislation.
Question of foreign election funding unsettled
President Obama and other officials have disagreed about the implications of the Supreme Court's ruling allowing corporations to spend money on campaigns. Experts say the jury's out.The most heated controversy over the recent Supreme Court ruling striking down parts of the nation's campaign-funding laws has focused on whether the decision frees foreign corporations to pour money into American election races.
Bush 41 Pays a Social Call to Obama
Former President, Son Jeb Visit White HouseObama, Republicans face off at Baltimore retreat
The president repeatedly defended his policies and accused House Republicans of distorting his positions for political gain.President Obama went toe-to-toe with some of his fiercest critics today, engaging in an unscripted, unusual and public question-and-answer session with Republican members of the House of Representatives.