Topic: Bill Clinton

Former President Clinton campaigns for New York Democrat, chides GOP for economic "mess"Former President Bill Clinton slammed Republicans Friday for their stewardship of the economy during their years in power in Washington, and said the party's campaign message heading into the 2010 ...

White House insists stimulus plan a job engine

The White House said Wednesday that President Barack Obama's stimulus law had raised employment by up to 3.6 million jobs, as it battled to trump public skepticism over the mammoth plan. But fears deepened that the recovery may be slowing, as it ...

Clinton as cheerleader for Reid

Leave it to Bill Clinton to capture the political zeitgeist in an old Cajun joke.There he was, the former president and one-time Arkansas governor, doing his best Southern revival act in a high school gymnasium in West Las Vegas last week, rallying ...

Geithner confident on financial overhaul

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Sunday expressed confidence that lawmakers will bridge partisan differences on the overhaul of financial regulations and pass a bill that protects taxpayers from financing future bailouts. "I am very confident that we're going to ...
President Obama, former President Clinton have lunch together after Obama's speech on Wall St.President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton met privately for about 90 minutes on Monday, discussing the global economy over a meal in Manhattan. The two leaders emerged ...
Task force appointed by President Obama to oversee restructuring of auto companiesPresident Barack Obama's auto task force was appointed three months ago to coordinate the government's restructuring efforts of General Motors and Chrysler LLC. That included lengthy negotiations with the automakers, unions, ...
Taxes on sodas, alcohol and insurance among the options to pay for health careA federal soda pop tax. Higher levies on beer, wine and hard liquor. Taxing some health insurance benefits. Those are among the options the Senate is considering to pay ...

Obama names new deputy treasury secretary

President Barack Obama has offered under-staffed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner some relief, nominating Clinton-era veterans as his deputy and top advisor for global finance policy. Obama named Neal Wolin as Deputy Treasury Secretary and Lael Brainard as under secretary of the treasury ...

Obama names deputy treasury secretary

President Barack Obama on Monday offered under-staffed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner some relief, nominating Clinton-era veterans as his deputy and top advisor for global finance policy. Obama named Neal Wolin as Deputy Treasury Secretary and Lael Brainard as under secretary of the ...
Analysis: Obama pivots from dour rhetoric, giving American audacity to hope againPresident Barack Obama gave America the audacity to hope again. After describing the U.S. economy in nearly apocalyptic terms for weeks, pushing his $787 billion stimulus plan through Congress, the president ...
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