Topic: U.S. Democratic Party
Combative Obama insists on ending Bush-era tax cuts for nation's wealthiest; would keep othersPolitically weakened but refusing to bend, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that Bush-era tax cuts be cut off for the wealthiest Americans, joining battle with Republicans - and some ...
US President Barack Obama Monday promised more than 50 billion dollars to create jobs rebuilding roads, railways and airports, targeting huge unemployment and ripping resurgent Republicans. Obama, under intense pressure due to the sputtering economy ahead of November's mid-term congressional elections, announced ...
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 ...
Analysis: Time has run out for Obama, Democrats on economy, unemployment before November vote"It's still the economy, stupid." And there's virtually nothing Democrats can do to change that reality before Nov. 2. Time has all but run out for President Barack Obama ...
Bad economy, tough election have more Dems opposing Obama plan to let taxes increase for richCongress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans. Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming elections, a growing number of ...
Texas congressman among dozens of Democrats trying to hang onto conservative districtsRep. Chet Edwards, an imperiled Democrat deep in the heart of Republican territory, finds exiting American Legion Post No. 273 slow going. Supporters and well-wishers keep stopping him. The wife of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An expert panel named by President Barack Obama spelled out ideas to simplify the byzantine U.S. tax code, including pre-filled-out returns for some individuals and reducing the corporate tax rate while cutting loopholes. The panel's report stops short of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost one-third of Americans support President Barack Obama's proposal to allow tax rates to rise for the wealthiest, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Tuesday. Nearly half of those surveyed think the tax breaks, which were enacted under former President ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biggest U.S. companies stepped up their lobbying on Monday to block Democrats' plans to let taxes on wealthier Americans rise at year's end, asking lawmakers not to cut short the hearing process in Congress. The Senate is set ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved, and President Barack Obama promptly signed into law, an election-year bill providing $26 billion to struggling states by closing tax loopholes for multinational companies and cutting food aid to the poor. The ...
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