Obama vows to call out GOP's bluff on deficit talk
NorthWest Cable News Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:10 PM PDT
WASHINGTON รข€" President Barack Obama has a warning for Republicans who denounce the federal deficit but reject proposals to cut it. Obama tells CBS, "I'm going to call them on their bluff." The president promises to have "a bunch of ideas" for deficit reduction, but he didn't specify them in the broadcast interview. Many analysts say both spending cuts and tax increases are needed to tame the ... |
Lawmakers stoke the public's disgust
Washington Post Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:05 PM PDT
It's hard to imagine what could drive public approval of Congress even lower than it has been this year. But a pending public ethics trial of one of the House's most senior Democrats (and possibly a second) and an angry, prolonged tirade on the House floor that has gone round the cable networks and... England - Barack Obama - Africa - President of the United States - Politics |
NO COMPARISON
David Shribman via Yahoo! News Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:57 PM PDT
With the economy still in tatters, with White House officials speaking openly about the possibility of a Republican takeover of one or both houses of Congress, with the administration frustrated by the stalling of campaign-finance legislation in the Senate, and with the president's poll numbers at alarmingly low levels, the last thing Barack Obama needs is fresh doubts about the American role in ... |
EDUCATION REFORMS WILL HELP POOR KIDS GET BETTER TEACHERS
Cynthia Tucker via Yahoo! News Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:57 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Living in Indonesia with her second husband, Ann Dunham Obama Soetoro couldn't afford a fancy private school for her son, Barack, but she made up for her lack of funds with discipline and dedication. Obama was only 9 years old when she supplemented his education with a U.S. correspondence course. |
US stalls on 9/11 trial
Straits Times Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:57 PM PDT
SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico) - AS THE US military prepares for the first war crimes trial under President Barack Obama, its most high-profile case against the planners of the Sept 11 attacks is stuck in political and legal limbo. Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr, accused of killing an American soldier during a raid on an Al-Qaeda compound, is scheduled to go to trial Aug 9 at the US base in Cuba. But ... |
Obama blames GOP on small biz lending
The Clarion-Ledger Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:54 PM PDT
President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses. |
Obama mismanagement of Afghan war leads to needless deaths: commentary
The Jersey Journal Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:47 PM PDT
View full sizeCagle Cartoons By FLOYD AND MARY BETH BROWN CAGLE CARTOONS With the deaths of three additional U.S. troops on July 29, this month is officially the bloodiest of the nine-year conflict in Afghanistan. The death toll for July... |
Demonstrators Call for Release of American Hikers
KAAL Austin Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:38 PM PDT
President Barack Obama is calling on Iran to immediately release three U.S. hikers detained in the Mideast country. July 31 marks one year since Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were seized while on a hiking trip in northern Iraq. |
Senate stalling on judges is like an old family feud
Los Angeles Times Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:37 PM PDT
Obama has been able to fill only 36 of 134 seats that have opened on his watch. For some Republicans, it's simple payback. Judge James Wynn of North Carolina, President Obama's nominee for the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, looked to be a safe bet for an easy Senate confirmation. He is a former Navy lawyer and a well-regarded state appellate judge with a moderate record and "well-qualified ... |
Rangel Under Growing Pressure to Resign
CBS News Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:25 PM PDT
Obama Sends Blunt Message in CBS News Interview; Embattled Congressman Shows No Sign of Abruptly Ending 40-Year-Career |
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