At a news conference on Thursday, President Barack Obama said he’s “comfortable” with Senate Democrats including a 5.6 percent surtax on millionaires in an amended version of his administration’s plan to boost job creation. “The approach that the Senate is taking I’m comfortable with,” he said. “In order to deal with the jobs bill, we’re still [...]
President Barack Obama formally released his administration’s plan to boost job creation on Monday. “This is the bill that Congress needs to pass,” the president said. “No games. No politics. No delays.” The Obama administration announced on Monday a series of tax policy changes that officials say will pay for the costs of the president’s job [...]
WASHINGTON — The White House continued on Friday to insist that it wants the President’s new jobs bill to be considered as a single piece of legislation when it is formally introduced next week. But with Republican lawmakers hinting that they would rather consider the components of the president’s plan individually, it’s not entirely clear whether [...]
WASHINGTON — The economy weak and the public seething, President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again. Republicans offered Tuesday to compromise with him on jobs – but also assailed his plans in advance of his prime-time speech. In effect, Obama [...]
In the conventional wisdom, there is nothing President Obama can do to put Americans back to work in large numbers. He is a president supposedly held hostage by vengeful politics, holed up in a White House surrounded by lunatics and impotent hacks, with congressional combat rendering meaningful action impossible. Nonsense. There is one thing the [...]
DETROIT — President Barack Obama says it is time for congressional Republicans to put their country ahead of their party and vote to create new jobs. In a preview of the jobs speech he will deliver on Thursday to Congress, Obama told a Labor Day rally that there are numerous roads and bridges that need [...]
In preparation for a major jobs address to be delivered after Labor Day, President Obama spoke on the phone with Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Alan Mulally, the CEO of Ford Motor Co., on Monday, a White House spokesman has told reporters, according to The Hill. The president, currently vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard, [...]
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