Obama Debt

Obama On Defense As Republicans Pounce On Critical Issue

AP | KEN THOMAS and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Government spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war, with Mitt Romney blaming President Barack Obama for a "prairie fire ...

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John Boehner Not Going To Get His Way With Debt Ceiling Fight, Senior Administration Officials Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senior administration officials said Tuesday that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) isn't going to win if he keeps up a fight about ty...

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Pelosi, Boehner Trade Barbs Over Prospect Of Another Debt Limit Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday slammed House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for sparking another potential sho...

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Kent Conrad Advised Barack Obama Not To Back Bowles-Simpson

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said on Sunday that he urged President Obama not to publicly support a much...

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Obama-Boehner Debt Deal Not On Table, Administration Officials Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Top officials in President Barack Obama's administration pushed back Tuesday on a report that they would still support a debt-reduction ...

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Harry Reid: Grover Norquist Is Thwarting Super Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A new wave of pessimism colored super committee talks on Tuesday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted anti-tax crusader...

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Misleading Obama Debt Chart Goes Viral -- Again

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 12.03.2011

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Sometimes data does lie. The chart below has been incredibly viral in recent days, making its way across the internet in one form or another, reach...

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What Would You Do About The Debt?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 11.22.2011

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What should be done about America's debt? It's the $14 trillion question that continues to fuel debate in the halls of Congress and across dinner tabl...

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Obama Caters To Base By Taxing The Wealthy, But Entitlement Cuts Loom

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is back in the good graces of progressives. For now. Hours after Obama delivered a fiery speech demanding that...

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Late Paying Your Taxes? Expect A Call On Your Cellphone

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama isn't leaving a single couch cushion unturned in his effort to lower the deficit. A new proposal by the White House woul...

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Labor's Discontent With Obama Surfaces Yet Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The debt ceiling bill set to be voted upon Monday evening has left labor advocates in yet another precarious -- and deeply frustrated --...

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Beyond A Fair And Balanced Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- By the traditional standards of Washington, the debt ceiling deal is a serviceable one. It ended a series of long nights and anguished s...

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Days Away From Default, Democrats Nervously Eye Constitutional Route

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.29.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may not be pushing the issue publicly, but in private she "clearly" supports President Bar...

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Democrats, GOP Have Now Rejected Each Other's Debt Plans

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With just three days left until the country is set to begin defaulting on its debt, the House rejected a debt proposal by Senate Majorit...

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Hoyer Backs Obama Using 14th Amendment To Resolve Debt Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Wednesday night became the highest ranking Democratic leader to throw his support behind the ...

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WATCH: Democrats Pressure Obama To Use 14th Amendment To Raise Debt Ceiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With time running out and still no bipartisan debt deal in sight, a growing number of House Democrats are pressuring President Barack Ob...

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"Will Bring Calm To The American People And Stability To Our Financial Markets"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders emerged from a Wednesday Caucus meeting with a message for President Barack Obama: Invoke the Constitution to r...

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Congressional Republicans Put On Notice By Conservative Base

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Tea Party is causing more headaches for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) over his debt proposal. A coalition of several hundred Tea ...

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UPDATE: Tea Party Coalition Rejects Boehner's Debt Proposal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.24.2011

UPDATE: 4:10 p.m. -- A coalition of Tea Party chapters and conservative lawmakers on Monday rejected the debt proposal put forward by Speaker John Boe...

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Tim Pawlenty On Obama: 'Is He Chicken?'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty had some harsh words for President Obama on Sunday, accusing him of being too scared to l...

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McConnell-Reid Debt Deal Close To Being Scrapped, Larger Package In Reach

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.20.2011

WASHINGTON -- The fail-safe debt ceiling plan crafted by the Senate's top two leaders, Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), is close to be...

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Unions Smack Obama On Debt Talks, Walmart

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama's rocky relationship with unions took a few more lumps Wednesday as labor groups pounded both a deficit-cutting proposal...

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House Passes Tea Party's 'Cut, Cap And Balance' Fiscal Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans easily passed their "Cut, Cap and Balance" fiscal plan on Tuesday, a proposal that boosts their standing among Tea Par...

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Obama Slams Republican 'Cut, Cap, Balance' Plan, Promises Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will veto conservative Republicans' "Cut, Cap and Balance" fiscal plan if it makes it to his desk, the White Hous...

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Senate Dems Eying End-Of-Week Consideration On Plan B Debt Ceiling Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic Senate leadership is preparing to introduce a compromise debt ceiling bill to the floor as early as the end of this week, in ...

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