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White House Issues Another Veto Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The White House warned Congress Tuesday that President Barack Obama may be forced to veto a bill authorizing defense spending that the H...

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Controversial Defense Bill Moves Towards Obama's Desk

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.14.2012

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WASHINGTON — Congress passed a massive $662 billion defense bill Thursday after months of wrangling over how to handle captured terrorist suspec...

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White House Promises Veto Of GOP Payroll Tax Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House issued an unequivocal threat to veto the House Republican bill to extend the payroll tax cut Tuesday, condemning it as a...

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Congress Presses Ahead With Massive Bill Despite Obama Veto Threat

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Congress is pressing ahead with a massive $662 billion defense bill that requires military custody for terrorism suspects linked to...

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White House Threatens Veto Over Controversial GOP Bill

AP | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House has threatened that President Barack Obama would veto a pending House Republican bill that would make it easier for Cong...

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Barney Frank: Majority Of Democrats Will Support Amending Defense Cut Trigger

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- Retiring Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) spilled a few beans on Sunday morning when he said a majority of Democrats would sign off on...

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Senate Rejects Effort To Strip Controversial Provision Opposed By White House

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.29.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort to strip divisive provisions from a defense bill that deal with the capture and handling o...

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Jay Carney On Triggered Cuts To Defense Spending: 'There Is No Wiggle Room'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney categorically dismissed on Monday the idea that the president would change the construction of th...

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GOP Senator: Obama Veto Threat Has Escape Clause

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.28.2011

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One of the Republican members of the congressional super committee attempted on Sunday to create some wiggle room with regard to President Obama's opp...

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Policy Riders Return: Health Care, Abortion, Prison And Porn-Related Measures Threaten Funding Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Efforts to fund the government for an extended period of time could dissolve over whether the government should purchase cable for...

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"If You Can't Breathe, You Can't Work"

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.28.2011

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In response to the ongoing Republican talking points about how EPA regulations are harming the economy, Boxer suggested, "If you can't breathe, you can't work."

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Obama Redefines Populism

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.19.2011

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Today, President Obama unveiled a truly populist agenda, by proposing to tax millionaires at the same tax rate that middle-class Americans pay. By doing so, Obama will (hopefully) redefine the term "populism" in the political conversation.

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Obama Veto Threat Of GOP Spending Bill Ratchets Up Talk Of Government Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With Reporting By Zach Carter And Elise Foley WASHINGTON -- Just hours after President Barack Obama insisted, in a rare news conference, that "there ...

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Tax Cuts Update: Despite Schumer's Threat, There's Little Appetite To Let Them Expire

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- This past weekend, as the White House and congressional lawmakers negotiated away a temporary extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wea...

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Health Care Repeal Unpopular With The Public, Would Be Vetoed By Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- White House senior adviser David Axelrod was adamant on Wednesday night that the president will go to the mat in defense of his cherishe...

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Obama Clarifies Pocket Veto Of Controversial Bill Related To Foreclosures

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House issued a statement Friday clarifying President Obama's "pocket veto" of legislation that consumer advocates worried would have made it...

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How The Controversial Foreclosure Bill Made It Through Congress With No Public Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama vetoed a bill yesterday that some homeowner advocates worried would have made it easier for banks to proceed with bogus foreclosures b...

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Obama Threatens To Veto War Funding Bill Over Proposed Education Reform Cuts

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Despite pessimism that the war in Afghanistan is turning out to be a quagmire, Democrats controlling the House muscled through a pl...

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House To Rebuke Obama On First Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bipartisanship is alive on Capitol Hill -- House Democrats and Republicans came together Tuesday morning to join forces against a common, longstanding...

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White House Threatens Veto Of Bill To Alter National Security Briefings

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama has threatened to veto a Democratic-backed bill that would likely expand the number of lawmakers who can be briefed by the White House...

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Line-Item Veto: Obama Administration Would "Love To Take That For A Test Drive"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In his press briefing on Wednesday, Robert Gibbs offered the strongest assertion to date that President Obama would like to see the restoration of the...

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Obama Issues First Veto Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Barack Obama made his first veto threat Tuesday in a closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats. Obama told his former colleagues that ...

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