Obama Government Spending

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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Sam Stein

WATCH: GSA Conference Video Shows Armani Suits, Mega-Margaritas, Bubble Shows, Angry Clowns

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Potentially problematic and certainly embarrassing video of the General Services Administration's infamous $820,000 Las Vegas conferenc...

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Government Spending on Autopilot: Prepare for the Crash

Lenwood Brooks | Posted 04.04.2012

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Congress must take control of the federal budget process, which means taking responsibility for all spending programs to get the deficit under control. If Congress doesn't start relearning how to fly, we all need to be prepared for a fiscal crash.

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Obama's Latest Executive Order

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — With the stroke of his pen, President Barack Obama has sacked souvenirs federal agencies buy with taxpayer money to promote their w...

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Federal Budget Deficit Puts Pressure On White House, Congress

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.10.2011

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WASHINGTON — The United States' budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a third straight year, adding pressure on Congress and the White House...

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Obama Addresses Status Of Debt Ceiling Talks

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 09.04.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama prodded Congress Tuesday to reach a sweeping long-term deal within two weeks to raise the nation's borrowing...

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Obama To GOP: End Tax Breaks For Millionaires, Oil Companies

AP | Posted 08.29.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a blunt challenge to Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that limiting selected tax breaks for oi...

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Barack Obama Debt Reduction Plans Run Into Economic Reality

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 06.22.2011

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LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama headed west to sell his big picture deficit-reduction plan. But many people are waiting for a quick fix to ...

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Obama Mixing Politics And Policy On West Coast

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 06.20.2011

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that congressional Republicans are pushing a radical plan to trim Medicare and Med...

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Did Obama Plan His Budget Speech Months In Advance?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama’s much discussed speech last week on how to remedy the country’s fiscal future was part of a far broader, mor...

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Obama Deficit Speech Outlines Approach For Reducing Spending (FULL TEXT)

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.13.2011

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Challenging Republican budget plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation's future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen ye...

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Obama Debt Speech: Tax Increases, Medicare Changes Included In President's Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In an effort to recast the debate over the nation’s fiscal future, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday a plan to reduce the ...

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Obama Jumping Into Debt Debate

AP/The Huffington Post | BEN FELLER | Posted 06.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, jumping into a debt-reduction debate that will help define the rest of his term, will outline his ideas Wed...

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Obama Urges Lawmakers To Reach Budget Agreement To Avert Government Shutdown

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 06.02.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pressed the House and Senate leaders Saturday to agree to a budget in time to avert what he says would be an...

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Seeking Treatment for a Very Unbalanced Budget

Robin Aura Kanegis | Posted 05.25.2011

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With less than 5 percent of the world's population, the United States is responsible for nearly half of the military spending on the planet. This backward calculation defies all logic.

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Obama To Focus On Cutting Deficit In 2010, State Of The Union

Politico | Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama plans to announce in next year's State of the Union address that he wants to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit i...

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