Grover Norquist: Obama campaign called Romney a ‘poopy head’
theGRIO REPORT - Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist has his own opinion on why President Barack Obama won the elections: Mitt Romney was portrayed as a 'poopy head'...
Obama to push extension of middle-class tax cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is launching a push to extend tax cuts for the middle class, as he seeks to shift the election-year economic debate...
Senate OKs 2-month tax cut, jobless benefits
TheGrio REPORT -- The Senate has passed a temporary extension of a payroll tax holiday and jobless benefits, in a partial victory for President Barack Obama that sets the stage for yet another showdown in February...
Payroll tax holiday blocked; so much for jobs
OPINION -- On the eve of the release of new unemployment numbers, and amid expectations the jobless rate will remain at 9 percent, Senate Republicans late Thursday killed -- at least for now -- an extension of the payroll tax cut...
Obama tries to fire up frustrated base
WASHINGTON (AP) - "We're just a quarter of the way through," Obama said, sounding almost as if he was assured of a second term. "We've got to finish our task"...
12/13/10 – theGrio & CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - President Obama and Republicans have a tentative deal to extend tax cuts for all Americans for two years as well as extend jobless benefits through 2011...
Congressional Black Caucus 'overwhelmingly opposed' to Obama's tax cut deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Extending Bush-era tax cuts for the nation's highest earners is unfair, unneeded and unaffordable, they said...
GOP, Dems nearing deal on taxes, jobless benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - Any deal would require the approval of the House and Senate, and the president's signature...
House Dems deeply divided over Obama tax plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the case that Obama's plan was "good policy and good politics," her spokesman said...
Republicans, Democrats clash on Obama tax plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - A spokesman for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said that every Senate Republican has pledged to oppose the president's tax-cutting plan...
