President Barack Obama’s proposal to freeze government spending is turning out to be a tough sell on Capitol Hill. His liberal base warned Tuesday the three-year cap on most non-defense discretionary spending could hamper an economic recovery…
Jan. 22 — Ralph Silva, a strategist at Silva Research Network, talks with Bloomberg’s Scarlet Fu about the impact of President Barack Obama’s proposal to limit U.S. banks’ size on the nation’s competitiveness in the world.
The best thing about Obama’s proposal for new restrictions on banks’ activities is the branding: you cannot do better than the “Volcker rule”. But how the rule would work, if it were ever adopted, is very unclear. No more “…
President Barack Obama stepped up his campaign against Wall Street on Thursday with a far-reaching proposal for tougher regulation of the biggest banks.
President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $1.35 billion in his 2011 budget proposal to extend an education grant program for states, although the Education Department remains months away from announcing its first round of awards, senior administrati…