Topic: The White House
Obama to pitch trio of economic proposals, draw contrast with Republicans' agendaSeeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic initiatives Wednesday and voicing unwavering opposition to Bush-era tax breaks ...
US President Barack Obama will travel to the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin Monday as part of a broad effort to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery. The president will deliver remarks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest, ...
Officials: Obama to call for more spending on roads, railways, airports to stimulate economyVowing to find new ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Barack Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation's roads, railways and airports that would cost at ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the U.S. economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have stopped the bleeding" and put the middle class on the road to recovery. Obama, struggling to bring down ...
Obama preparing to roll out new package of tax cuts, aid to boost economyEager to jumpstart the economy ahead of crucial midterm elections, President Barack Obama said Friday he intends to unveil a new package of proposals, likely including tax cuts and ...
President Barack Obama will next week make a new bid to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery, with visits to the struggling Midwest and a formal White House news conference. Obama's economic team is meanwhile considering a raft of ...
The White House Thursday ruled out an "extraordinary" new economic stimulus plan to fire up the slowing recovery, but said President Barack Obama was scouting new ideas to boost jobs and growth. Comments by Obama's spokesman followed remarks by a departing White ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he and his economic team discussed additional steps to promote economic growth, including looking at tax cuts for businesses. "My economic team is hard at work in identifying additional measures that could make ...
Biden: After slow start, states on track to weatherize 600,000 homes by March 2012Vice President Joe Biden says states are on track to weatherize 600,000 homes by March 2012 after a huge increase in activity in the last six months. By March ...
FACT CHECK: White House claims for stimulus rely on rosy assumptions, best-case scenariosThe Obama administration claimed this week that $100 billion invested in innovative technologies under the economic stimulus law is "transforming the American economy" by putting the nation on track for ...