Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The White House has begun a full frontal assault to get President Obama’s first budget through Congress. During an appearance on Tuesday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Mr. Obama took a swipe at Republican critics of his $3.6 trillion budget and its agenda for health care, energy, taxes and economic recovery. “If there are members [...]
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Here’s the video of the entire Presidential address given February 24, 1009. Many hope this will be the first of at least eight. ON EDIT (March 3, 2009 @ 09:45 EST): The old video player started automatically and crashed Safari browsers, so I replaced it with better-behaved YouTube code.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Savoring his first big victory in Congress, President Barack Obama on Saturday celebrated the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus bill as a “major milestone on our road to recovery.” Speaking in his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said, “I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we’ll begin making the immediate investments [...]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
President Barack Obama pressed Congress Monday night to urgently approve a massive economic recovery bill, using the first prime-time news conference of his presidency to warn that a failure to act; “could turn a crisis into a catastrophe.” He took his case for an $800 billion economic recovery package to one of the most distressed [...]
The House Ways and Means Committee has approved $275 billion in tax cuts The House Energy and Commerce Committee late Thursday approved a $2.8 billion program that would expand broadband service into underserved areas. It also approved various programs costing an estimated $27 billion to promote energy efficiency. On a key vote Democrats preserved a [...]
