Boehner rebuffs Obama on time for jobs speech
It's the people's House, as Speaker John A. Boehner made clear to President Obama on Wednesday. Published August 31, 2011
Dave Boyer
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Obama enlists business, labor in spending push
A day after enlisting veterans to help him fight congressional Republicans for a second economic stimulus plan, President Obama joined forces with big labor and big business Wednesday to pressure lawmakers for more spending on federal construction projects. Published August 31, 2011
Obama’s proposed regs would cost billions annually
In a preview of a battle likely to be waged throughout the fall, President Obama told GOP House Speaker John A. Boehner in a letter Tuesday that the administration is considering seven regulations that would each cost the U.S. economy more than $1 billion per year. Published August 30, 2011
Obama presses Congress on jobs for veterans
President Obama on Tuesday told veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they have "have earned their place among the greatest of generations" and that Congress has a duty to find more jobs for returning service members. Published August 30, 2011
Multiple disasters put FEMA in a funding bind
The Obama administration is giving itself high marks for its emergency response to Hurricane Irene, except for one problem — the government's disaster fund is going broke. Published August 29, 2011
Obama picks Krueger for economic adviser
A week away from delivering a major speech on jobs and renewing a battle with congressional Republicans on the economy, President Obama on Monday named labor economist Alan B. Krueger of Princeton University to lead his depleted economic team. Published August 29, 2011
Obama’s campaign muddled in name game
President Obama's re-election campaign has appropriated for its voter-registration operation the name of an existing group, Project Vote, that has been the target of voter-fraud complaints tied to the much-criticized and now-defunct activist group ACORN. Published August 28, 2011
Democrats get secret donors to ease out school chief
Philadelphia's Democratic machine is under fire after officials arranged for private, anonymous cash payments to buy out the contract of the unpopular school superintendent in the nation's eighth-largest public school district. Published August 23, 2011
Sentences meted out in Philly ‘flash mob’ melee
The leader of a Philadelphia teen "flash mob" that assaulted people at random and provoked the mayor to lecture black youths of personal responsibility has been sentenced to confinement in a juvenile detention facility. Published August 19, 2011
U.S. tightens sanctions on Syria
President Obama and other world leaders ramped up pressure Thursday on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, but the authoritarian regime responded by accusing the West of inciting more violence. Published August 18, 2011
On digital battleground, Obama is armed and dangerous
President Obama holds the early advantage in the digital campaign for re-election, but his Republican challengers aren't ceding any ground in the race to gain an edge through social media and other online strategies. Published August 17, 2011
Obama calls for ‘shared sacrifice’
President Obama wrapped up his three-day bus tour of the Midwest on Wednesday by previewing his renewed plans for deficit reduction involving what he called "shared sacrifice." Published August 17, 2011
Obama: Tea-party GOP blocking U.S. recovery
A day after clashing with a tea party activist, President Obama Tuesday told crowds in Iowa that it was "a faction in Congress" that was to blame for blocking economic progress. Published August 16, 2011
Tea party activist takes on Obama during town hall meeting in Iowa
President Obama was confronted by a tea party activist Monday night who wanted to know how Mr. Obama can call for compromise with Republicans while Democrats accuse the tea party of being "terrorists." Published August 15, 2011
Obama calls for tax hikes, blasts GOP
President Obama launched a Midwestern bus tour devoted to the economy Monday by again calling for tax increases and accusing Republicans who oppose his plans of failing to put the "country first." Published August 15, 2011
Obama embarks on ‘economic bus tour’ of Midwest swing states
President Obama embarks on a taxpayer-funded bus tour of Midwestern swing states Monday, trying to make the case to voters that Republicans are blocking his efforts to create jobs for the middle class. Published August 14, 2011
Philadelphia mayor talks tough to black teenagers after ‘flash mobs’
Mayor Michael A. Nutter, telling marauding black youths "you have damaged your own race," imposed a tougher curfew Monday in response to the latest "flash mob" — spontaneous groups of teens who attack people at random on the streets of the city's tourist and fashionable shopping districts. Published August 8, 2011
Markets present unhappy birthday surprise for Obama
The Obama administration struggled Thursday to explain its plans for turning around the economy as stock markets plummeted for the second time this week. Published August 4, 2011
Tea partyers exult in Democrats’ name-calling
Democrats in Washington have called them terrorists and extortionists, but tea party activists say the name-calling is only proof they are finally having a real impact on the debate over government spending. Published August 4, 2011
Obama: Congress to blame for economy
The chairs of lawmakers departing for their summer recess had barely cooled Wednesday when the White House tried to shift blame onto Congress for the faltering economy. Published August 3, 2011
