Boosting Small Businesses with Obama’s Plan, Is It Too Late?
Earlier this week, President Obama decided to refocus his agenda on Americans jobs, especially small businesses.
Keep the focus on health care and taxes
From my new column for National Journal:
President Obama says he gets the message from Massachusetts. Expect a new focus on jobs and living standards. Expect fresh attention to overgrown public borrowing. The country’s pressing concerns, he says,…
Obama urges GOP to work with Dems on jobs
President Barack Obama urged Republican lawmakers Friday to work with Democrats on job-creation proposals and other initiatives, decrying sharp partisan splits and “the politics of no” that have divided Congress into warring camps.
White House pitches rail project as job creator
President Barack Obama is pitching his $8 billion high-speed rail program to Americans as a jobs generator that will revitalize the domestic rail industry. But the full picture is more complicated.
Deficit fears could crush Obama’s jobs plan
President Barack Obama laid out his jobs plan in his State of the Union, but finding money for fresh programs could be tough amid rising concern over deficits.
The state of the union
Little sign of a reset that I could see. The speech emphasized jobs and the economy over healthcare reform, but that would have made sense even if the political landscape had not shifted. As for the poll numbers, as for Massachusetts, they might never …
Obama’s goal: Get agenda moving
Facing a divided Congress and a dissatisfied nation, President Barack Obama will unveil a jobs-heavy agenda in his State of the Union address Wednesday, retooling his message more than his mission.
Questions hang over Obama’s jobs tax credit
President Barack Obama’s promised push to create jobs includes a new tax credit for small businesses that add employees – an idea that clearly appeals to a nation struggling with a nearly 10 percent unemployment rate.