Obama 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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Obama's Thrifty Claims Prove False

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpaye...

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Jay Carney: Don't 'Buy Into The B.S.' From GOP About Obama's Spending Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had some advice for reporters on Wednesday when it comes to covering President Barack Obama's rec...

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Obama Campaign Spending: Text Messages, Online Ads, Planned Parenthood And Apple Computers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's reelection campaign spent more than $14.6 million in April, ending up with more than $115 million cash on hand,...

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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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WATCH: Colbert Nails Romney's 'Peacetime Spending Binge' Gaffe

Posted 06.27.2011

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It may be a first in American history: we're at war during peacetime. At least, that's what Mitt Romney seems to think. On Tuesday night's "Report...

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Senate Dem On Spending Cuts: We've 'Pushed This To The Limit'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) declared on Sunday that his party was unwilling to budge one cent further on the number of c...

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Obama Offers Deeper Cuts For Budget Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he's willing to make deeper spending cuts if Congress can compromise on a budget deal that would end the thre...

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American Crossroads GPS, New Rove Group, Has Dems Questioning Obama's Political Operations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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News that two former top Bush strategists have formed a spinoff organization to dig up dirt on Congressional Democrats before the 2010 elections has r...

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Obama Pushes Bill To Cut Earmarks, Wasteful Spending

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent legislation to Congress on Monday that would allow him to force lawmakers to vote on cutting earmarks a...

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Has Obama Created A Social Security 'Death Panel'?

Nieman Watchdog | Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama and the leadership in Congress have delegated enormous, unaccountable authority to 18 unrepresentative, inordinately wealthy individua...

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Joseph Stiglitz Advice To Obama: 'Don't Give In To Deficit Fetishism'

Politico | JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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The economy seems caught between a rock and a hard place: ever mounting deficits and ever mounting job losses - leading to a soaring jobs deficit. The...

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Obama Allies Struggle To Defend Spending Freeze

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some of President Obama's strongest allies in the labor world and the Democratic community struggled on Tuesday to defend his plan to implement a thre...

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Obama To Propose Major Spending Freeze Saving $250 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama will propose a three-year freeze in discretionary, "non-security" spending as part of a budget he will unveil one week from now...

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DeMint: Obama Is "Out Of Control"

Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who has taken a particular glee in pushing the argument that health care could be Obama's unraveling, did little to calm t...

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Can We Afford All This Spending?

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 05.25.2011

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There has been a war of words written about Washington's recent increase in spending. However, this war hasn't focused on the numbers. Let's take a look at the numbers and see what they tell us.

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Obama Is Leading Us Down the Road to Economic Hell

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

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Economist Woody Brock has written a long, persuasive analysis that the Obama administration is taking us down a dangerous path on the economy and I must admit, I find his argument persuasive.

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Obama Earmark Reform Remarks (FULL TEXT)

AP/MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama plans to sign a massive spending bill to keep the federal government running, even though it is stashed with the very kinds of ...

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Sharper Economic Downturn Complicates Obama Spending Plans

New York Times | PETER S. GOODMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The economy is spiraling down at an accelerating pace, threatening to undermine the Obama administration's spending plans, which anticipate vigorous r...

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Live Video: Obama, Biden Open Fiscal Responsibility Summit

MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden open the Fiscal Responsibility Summit. Event is scheduled to begin at 1pm EST. .msnbcLinks {fo...

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AP: Obama Plans Eclipsing New Deal Spending

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — In sheer size, the economic measures announced by President Barack Obama to address "a crisis unlike we've ever known" are remarkab...

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Reagan Aide Backs Obama On Stimulus Spending

Wall Street Journal | JUSTIN LAHART | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Feldstein is an unlikely Democrats' darling. The onetime presidential adviser to Ronald Reagan might even be considered the least likely advoc...

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Remembering the Lessons of Economics 101: Why Increasing the Federal Deficit Does Not Mean that Our Kids Must Sacrifice to Pay the Bill

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans will argue that when times are tough you don't increase your spending, you tighten your belt and live within your means. That may be a good idea for an individual. It's a terrible idea for a country.

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Obama: A Continued Economic Decline Is Not Acceptable

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama, addressing the press for the fifth straight day, offered perhaps his gloomiest assessment yet on the current economic situation. Relayin...

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Sources: Obama taps GOP lawmaker, senior regulator

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama intends to name former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mary Schapiro to head the much-criticized age...

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