Barack Obama

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March 21, 2010

Health care reform narrowly passes House

WASHINGTON (AP) - Widely viewed as dead two months ago, the Senate-passed bill cleared the House on a 219-212 vote.…
March 21, 2010

Obama looks for another win with student loan plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - With health care dominating House action, President Obama was looking for another domestic policy victory Sunday -…
March 21, 2010

Obama and Dems: ‘We’re well past 216’ votes for health reform

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and House Democratic leaders struck a last-minute deal Sunday with abortion foes to secure the…
March 21, 2010

Why Smiley and Sharpton are both right about racial politics

OPINION - There is little hope of holding any Democratic president "accountable" to a "Black Agenda."...
March 20, 2010

Obama to Dems: Health reform ‘is in your hands’

VIDEO - Victory within reach, President Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and…
March 20, 2010

African-Americans support Obama’s race-neutral stance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Obama has refused from the beginning of his candidacy to separate the solutions to black America's…
March 20, 2010

Tavis Smiley can’t win with anti-Obama talk

OPINION - While Obama-mania is bad for African-Americans, consistently attacking him in black America is like telling a child that…
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...