Topic: Bill Clinton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton, known for sometimes upstaging the current occupant of the White House, managed to get the last word again in a joint appearance with President Barack Obama on Friday.The White House enlisted the popular ex-president to ...
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Captains of Google, Bank of America and Citicorp say they are ready to pay higher taxes, as long as Congress uses the money to get the U.S. economy back on its feet.Democrats on Wednesday proposed a 5 ...
CARSON CITY - Let's play "Who said it?""I believe that that will in fact kill the current recovery and put us back in a recession. It might take one and half or two years, but it will happen."That's Gov. Brian Sandoval, attacking ...
US President Barack Obama Friday sought to channel the economic alchemy of the Clinton boom years, as he named policy veteran Gene Sperling to a top White House job.Obama also argued that current economic trends were heading in a favorable direction, after ...
US President Barack Obama will on Friday tap expertise polished in the fondly remembered Clinton-era economic boom years with the choice of policy veteran Gene Sperling for a top White House job.The move will be the latest step in a staff shuffle ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bill Clinton basked in the spotlight again at the White House on Friday, holding court with the press and trying to use his popularity to help the current Democratic president pass a controversial tax deal.Wearing a green tie and ...
Clinton backs Obama's tax deal in surprise appearance in White House press roomFormer President Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at President Barack Obama's side on Friday to back the tax cut compromise Obama negotiated with Republicans."I don't believe there is a ...
Analysis: Obama swivels from talking spending cuts to proposing $900 billion deal with GOPSo much for slashing those soaring budget deficits.Less than a week after his bipartisan deficit commission offered a package of tough tax hikes and spending cuts to stem the ...
The president does have significant powers, in conjunction with Congress, to use fiscal policy, whereas monetary policy is controlled by the Federal Reserve Board. Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton's Universal Healthcare System Promise Bill Clinton promised a national healthcare system in his 1992 ...
Change: The Republicans' Pledge to America is being attacked as "ideological," even "hysterical. Then again, Bill Clinton's 1992 manifesto, "Putting People First," was over 200 pages and a lot of the people who voted him into the White House that year never ...