Reporting from Washington – Amid signs that black Americans are not sharing in the nation’s fledgling economic recovery, President Obama on Wednesday met at the White House with African American leaders, who urged him to adopt a new approach more tightly focused on chronically depressed communities. While the unemployment rate in January dropped below 10% for the first time in five months, joblessness among blacks increased slightly, to 16.5%
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Reporting from Washington – In a rare move toward bipartisanship, Senate Democrats prepared Tuesday to unveil an $85-billion jobs bill that would include payroll tax breaks for employers who create new jobs, aid to small businesses and other GOP-backed ideas to attack unemployment. After more than a year of relentlessly partisan conflict in which Republicans complained of being excluded from drafting the healthcare bill and Democrats denounced them as the “party of no,” senior members of both parties were working to blend their ideas on an issue voters seem to care far more about — jobs and job security
Reporting from Washington – Unhappy with Senate Republicans for blocking his nominations, President Obama warned Tuesday that he would use a procedural tactic to bypass lawmakers unless the Senate moved to confirm government appointees more swiftly. Obama, making a surprise appearance in the White House press room, said that he had raised his concerns in a private meeting earlier Tuesday with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders, and that he would use “recess appointments” unless he got more cooperation
February 9, 2010 | Posted in
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There is nothing self-hating liberals love more than to be told they’re elitists who detest and fear the real America. So when Gerard Alexander pitched an essay to the Washington Post explaining why liberals are so condescending, the editors must have been overcome by paroxysms of joy
In an attempt to counter growing speculation that healthcare reform might be dead, President Obama plans to hold a televised bipartisan summit this month with Republicans to hash out their differences on the legislation. While there’s value to challenging his opponents in a public forum, it seems safe to expect that this event will yield zero Republican support.
February 9, 2010 | Posted in
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