Topic: George H.W. Bush
How did the United States, the world's richest nation and sole superpower, come to the brink of a catastrophic default on its debt that could send shockwaves through the fragile world economy?Dire economic downturns -- including the worst since the Great Depression ...
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 ...
AJA BROOKS, OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM VOLUNTEER FOR THE BLACK RIBBON OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN AGAINST MEDIA BIAS AND GA LOBBYIST FOR "LIFE AND LIBERTY"WHAT IS "THE SYNTHESIS"? Allow me to answer you, Juan Williams, since you have gone so far as to become Obama's ...
I've frequently argued that the main purpose of " Hoyer, the second-ranking House Democrat, said in an interview that he expects Congress to extend middle-class tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration that are set to expire at the end of this ...
In the third and final installment of articles comparing today's economic situation to the Great Depression, economic historian Price Fishback implores policy makers to avoid the mistakes that were made in the Great Depression. President Obama and the Congress might find it ...
Auto bailout would expand government control and take step toward nationalizationIt was hard enough to get policymakers to finally utter the word " Yet that's pretty much what the government takeover of big chunks of the economy amounts to, at least in ...
Last Tuesday was truly a historic occasion: For only the second time in her adult life, Michelle Obama was proud of her country!The big loser of this election is Colin Powell, whose last-minute endorsement of Obama put the Illinois senator over the ...
In their 1992 presidential campaign book, Putting People First, Bill Clinton and Al Gore said, " By Jan. 15, 1993, however, the newly elected President Bill Clinton told The New York Timesthat because of worsening deficit projections he was forced to renege ...
Inadvertently, John McCain brought back memories of George H.W. Bush over the weekend, when in an unusual bit of pre-debate bluster he pledged to whip Barack Obamas you-know-what when they face off on Wednesday. Like McCain, Bush was matched in 92 against ...
The Olympics are over, but as the Democratic national convention ends and the Republican convention begins, we're in another epic contest: Both Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and the inevitable Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, have spelled out their programs in ...