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July 26, 2011

White House threatens to veto Boehner's House plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto emergency legislation pending in the House to avert a…
July 25, 2011

Obama: Default would be reckless, irresponsible

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation will run out of ability to borrow money and pay its existing bills after Aug.…
July 23, 2011

Is Obama the last reasonable man in Washington?

OPINION - The White House is betting most American will tire of the bomb throwers (and that Wall Street will…
July 22, 2011

Boehner withdraws from debt talks with Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - "I expect them to have an answer in terms of how they intend to get this thing…
July 17, 2011

Debt crisis may help Obama woo independent voters

WASHINGTON (AP) - Polling by the Pew Research Center suggests that unaligned voters are increasingly alarmed about the prospects of…
July 16, 2011

Obama, lawmakers push plans to avoid debt default

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama and lawmakers pushed separate plans to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt, with…
July 15, 2011

Obama: Chance for 'something big' to calm economy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Administration officials and private economists say that if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit by…
July 15, 2011

Deficit reduction could make single, senior black women poor

Deficit reduction plans currently on the table would cut social security benefits, impacting single, senior African-American women the hardest and…
July 14, 2011

Republicans would rather beat Obama than revive recovery

OPINION - If some financial catastrophe were to take place President Obama will not magically net the maximum amount of…
July 12, 2011

Contrary to popular opinion: Deficit cuts are colorblind

OPINION - Most Americans, believing the mythology of rugged individualism and bootstrap levitation, refuse to believe they benefit from government…
July 1, 2011

Can Obama force the GOP's hand on debt and taxes?

OPINION - Should the stalling continue, the extension of the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit will be put at risk…
June 29, 2011

Obama: Congress should 'get it done' on debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) - The president said members of Congress needed to stay in Washington until budget negotiations are finished --…
April 26, 2011

Clyburn says compassion necessary in deficit talks

WASHINGTON (AP) - But Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina told MSNBC that government safety-net programs like Medicare and Medicaid…
April 14, 2011

Congress OKs funding measure cutting $38B

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the compromise negotiations, Democrats won the deletion of all of the EPA-related provisions as well as…
April 14, 2011

Limbaugh calls Obama's base 'savages', 'walking human debris'

Limbaugh said that the president was attempting to placate his base during his deficit reduction speech, and he used a…
April 14, 2011

How Obama's deficit speech may recapture '08 spirit

OPINION - Even if he doesn't succeed at obtaining the change he is seeking, progressives will at least give him…
April 13, 2011

Obama aims to lower US deficit by $4 trillion

WASHINGTON (AP) - While the president recommended trimming health care costs in Medicare and Medicaid, he also called for cuts…
April 7, 2011

Why a government shutdown would hurt blacks more than most

OPINION - The figures on the number of blacks in federal government positions tell the story of just who will…
January 26, 2011

Why the jobless can take heart from Obama’s ‘Union’

OPINION - President Obama demonstrated last night that it's possible to promote an ambitious agenda for change without attacking or…
September 14, 2010

Five reasons why Obama should raise taxes on the rich

OPINON - President Obama must dig in hard on this one. The breaks must go, and the reasons why aren't…