Topic: Bill Clinton
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. GM is expected to do the same as ...
Taxes on sodas, alcohol and insurance among the options to pay for health careA federal soda pop tax. Another would limit the tax-free status of health insurance to the value of the standard plan available to federal employees.Potential revenue raisers also include ...
President Obama's tax reforms won't affect the economic recovery either way says the Forbes. Obama preserves the 10% tax bracket for lower-income workers that was part of the Bush-era tax reforms.. Obama's budget will spend $214 billion over three years trying to ...
The recurrence of mass unemployment is the first major test to the U.S. welfare system since former President Bill Clinton enacted fundamental reforms in 1996. The resulting social strains and economic deprivation are likely to be acute, particularly as households exhaust modest ...
Rahm Emanuel: Abrasive "bad-cop" chief of staff who makes sure the President gets what he wants. Former investment banker and Democrat member of the House of Representatives, the 49-year-old is part of Obama's Chicago inner circle who have been with him since ...
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 for ...
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 treasury ...
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 used his ...
Obama's recovery deal pricier than FDR's, but he's yet to close deal with publicIn sheer size, the economic measures announced by President Barack Obama to address " Some Democratic supporters say the plan won't help very much very quickly.Former President Bill Clinton, ...
Bill Clinton predicts economy will rebound in 12 to 15 months, supports Obama's stimulus planFormer President Bill Clinton told legislators in his home state of Arkansas on Wednesday that he'd be shocked if it took more than two years for the nation's ...