Obama Administration

  • White House works to boost rural economies

    2/21/12 11:43 AM Comment

    The Obama administration is working to boost job growth in a continually lagging economy--by bolstering rural businesses and resources.

  • Congress approves payroll tax cut, sends it to Obama's desk

    2/17/12 1:45 PM Comment

    Congress on Friday approved legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more.

     

  • Obama pushes payroll tax cut extension

    2/14/12 5:45 PM Comment

    President Barack Obama said Tuesday there are "hopeful signs" Congress will reach a deal to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for millions of Americans. But he urged the public to keep up the pressure on Congress until an agreement is finalized and a bill lands on his desk.

     

  • Obama unveils $3.8 trillion 2013 budget

    2/13/12 6:54 PM Comment

    President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion spending plan on Monday for 2013 that seeks to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade but does little to restrain growth in the government's huge health benefit programs, a major cause of future deficits.

  • Obama announces birth control compromise

    2/10/12 6:50 PM Comment

    U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday announced that his administration found a solution that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free birth control, as he rushed to defuse an election-year political uproar that threatened to overtake his administration.

     

  • White House delays release of 2013 budget

    1/24/12 8:05 AM Comment

    The White House will delay the release of the 2013 budget to "finalize decisions" on some of the details of the document.

     

  • Close Guantanamo, U.N. tells Obama

    1/23/12 10:58 AM Comment

    U.N. chief is urging the Obama administration to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, saying keeping it open is a "clear breach of international law."

     

  • Religious employers must cover the pill

    1/22/12 12:39 PM Comment

    Many church-affiliated institutions will have to cover free birth control for employees, the Obama administration announced Friday.

  • Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline permit

    1/18/12 3:27 PM Comment

    President Barack Obama has rejected a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, the controversial project that would have transported tar sands oil from Canada to Texas.

  • Obama officials to survey Hurricane Irene damage

    8/30/11 11:41 AM Comment

    Top officials from the Obama administration are traveling to Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia to get a first-hand look at damages caused by Hurricane Irene.

  • D.C. to get electric cars, charging stations in Obama plan

    5/24/11 1:53 PM Comment

    To boost use of electric vehicles, the Obama administration is installing charging stations for government vehicles in five cities, including Washington and Detroit.

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