Two-thirds of Americans support key elements of the compromise tax bill worked out by President Obama and Republican leaders this week: extending tax breaks for two years for all Americans and extending unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. View full post on All Stories
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Tax Deal Suggests New Path for Obama
December 7th, 2010
davidguide President Obama agreed to a tentative deal to extend the Bush tax cuts, part of a package to keep jobless aid and cut payroll taxes. View full post on All Stories
Obama: U.S. faces ‘Sputnik moment’
December 6th, 2010
davidguide WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 6 (UPI) — One lesson taken from the recession is that the U.S. economy can’t be driven by too much borrowing or too much spending, President Obama said Monday. View full post on All Stories
Sunday shows: Into the lame duck
November 14th, 2010
davidguide Tax cuts, leadership races, President Obama’s fiscal commission and more figure to be the topics of conversation this weekend. Read more… View full post on All Stories
Protest Delays Civil Rights Commission’s Criticism of Justice Department
October 30th, 2010
davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – A civil rights commission’s report that criticizes the Justice Department’s handling of a voter intimidation case was delayed Friday when one of the commissioners walked out of a meeting in protest. He called the commission’s planned vote on whether to approve the report [...]
Democrats Struggle To Make Case On Economy
October 26th, 2010
davidguide President Obama and other Democrats say the huge economic problems they inherited would have been worse without the programs they put in place. But with unemployment at 9.6 percent and foreclosures continuing to mount, that argument hasn’t gotten much traction. View full post on All Stories
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