Barack Obama

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March 19, 2010

Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes

VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to…
March 19, 2010

Obama: ‘We are going to fix health care in America’

FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) - President Obama delivered a closing argument for the goal to which he has devoted much of…
March 19, 2010

Obama skips Asia trip to push health care bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - A trip to Asia must wait as President Obama's sweeping $940 billion U.S. health care reform plan…
March 19, 2010

Barbershop Buzz: Should ‘No Child Left Behind’ be left behind?

VIDEO - We hit the barbershops to find out how African-Americans feel about the state of America's education system...
March 18, 2010

Obama signs jobs bill: ‘By no means enough’

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the…
March 18, 2010

Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama’s Fox interview

OPINION - Republicans should realize that when they disrespect the presidency, they are disrespecting themselves...
March 18, 2010

House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The bill delivers on President Obama's top domestic priority by providing coverage to more than 30 million…
March 18, 2010

Lawmakers fight to finish health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pushing toward a history-making vote, Democrats struggled to eliminate lingering complications standing in the way of House…
March 18, 2010

Baller-in-chief: Obama’s ‘March Madness’ bracket scores well

OPINION - As much as I would have loved to see the president go out on a limb and pick…
March 17, 2010

Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama’s signature

VIDEO - Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won…
March 17, 2010

Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - Liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich says he will support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill when the…
March 17, 2010

Late-innings hardball in health care push

VIDEO - With time and tempers short, everyone's playing hardball in the drive to pass - or stop - Obama's…
March 17, 2010

Hawaii considering law to ignore ‘birthers’

HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii may start ignoring repeated requests for proof that President Barack Obama was born there...
March 17, 2010

Obama’s new partner: Al Sharpton

President Barack Obama has turned to Mr. Sharpton in recent weeks to answer increasingly public criticism in the black community…
March 16, 2010

Obama woos wavering Dems on health vote

VIDEO - Days away from a make-or-break vote on his fiercely contested health care overhaul, President Obama is turning up…
March 16, 2010

It’s ‘do or die’ week for health care reform – how did we get here?

OPINION - While it may feel like déjà vu all over again, democrats actually are closer than ever to passing…
March 16, 2010

Indonesia remembers young Barack Obama

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Somewhat bluntly, Barack Obama's former teacher sums up the neighborhood thinking when the future American president…
March 15, 2010

Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care

VIDEO - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching…
March 15, 2010

Obama portrait removal is a prank to some, prejudice to others

VIDEO - Oklahoma state lawmakers are investigating a presidential mystery. A portrait of President Obama keeps moving from a wall…
March 15, 2010

A look at Democrats’ health care overhaul

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and…