Despite setbacks, Obama’s aims unchanged
For a president in political trouble, the State of the Union address seems the ideal launch site to tweak one’s agenda. But not so for President Obama.
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.
Obama assails Republican foes, urges bipartisan effort
President Barack Obama on Friday scolded his Republican opponents for trying to block his legislative agenda at almost every turn and urged them to join a bipartisan push to create jobs and spur economic recovery.
US pledges to cut federal government emissions by 28% by 2020
Barack Obama will also propose a tripling of government funding for new nuclear reactors to more than $54bnBarack Obama used his presidential authority to help advance his climate change agenda today, announcing that the US federal government and agencies would cut their giant carbon footprints by 28% by 2020.The announcement was held up by administration [...]
Obama sees the positives as US gives formal notice on greenhouse gases
State department climate change envoy Todd Stern writes to UN to formally promise to reduce emissions by 17% by 2020America embraced the accord reached at the Copenhagen climate summit yesterday by formally giving notice to the United Nations that it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.The announcement was the second piece of encouraging news from the [...]
State of the union pressed the reset button | Michael Tomasky
Now Obama must work out how to harness any momentum the speech generates and stay in control of the agendaThe main task before Barack Obama in his state of the union address was to push the reset button. To reclaim some control over the agenda, which he had basically lost since about last October, when [...]
Embattled US troops take cynical view of progress in Afghanistan
Reintegration will be high on London agenda – but that might be hard for some to swallow, not least the US soldiers in fieldIt was meant to be a routine patrol. But when a group of 28 American paratroopers and Afghan soldiers found themselves pinned down by the Taliban it almost ended in a bloodbath.As [...]
Fears Barack Obama will omit climate change from State of Union speech
Environmental organisations believe Obama is being urged to downplay climate change during this year’s speechGlobal warming – a signature issue for Barack Obama – is at risk of getting the short shrift in this year’s State of the Union speech on Wednesday, further shrinking the already slim prospects of getting a climate change law through [...]
The ’sandwich generation’ | Michael Tomasky
This is the chosen metaphor of the White House for the new middle-class agenda that will be at the heart of the new direction”[M]iddle class families in the ’sandwich generation’ — struggling to care for both their children and their parents — will also benefit from new initiatives to support elder care for seniors, and [...]
Obama blasts Supreme Court campaign finance ruling
President Barack Obama on Saturday sharply criticized a Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, saying he couldn’t “think of anything more devastating to the public interest.” He also suggested the…