Jacob Lew

White House Chief Of Staff: Now Is The Wrong Time For Austerity Measures

Reuters | Posted 04.13.2012

Washington, Feb 12 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's chief of staff, Jacob Lew, defended his boss on Sunday for failing to cut the U.S. budget de...

U.S. Chief Of Staff: Just A Matter Of Time Until Assad Falls

AP | Posted 04.13.2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's chief of staff says it's only a matter of time before the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad col...

Ben Hallman

Is White House Chief Jack Lew's Banking Background Bad News For Financial Reform?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 01.11.2012

As President Barack Obama's new White House chief of staff, ex-banker Jacob Lew assumes a powerful position at the height of a Washington battle over ...

New White House Staffers Have Strategic Catholic, Jewish Ties

Posted 01.10.2012

By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) President Obama on Tuesday (Jan. 10) named an immigration expert with longstanding ties to the Catholi...

Obama's New Pick Won Praise From Top Republicans

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.09.2012

President Barack Obama announced Monday that Jacob "Jack" Lew is replacing Bill Daley as White House Chief of Staff. As the White House's budget di...

National Menorah To Be For 1st Night Of Hanukkah

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

WASHINGTON -- A special lighting ceremony is planned for the National Hanukkah Menorah near the White House on the first night of the eight-day Jewish...

White House Gives CIOs New Roles, Without Authority To Cut IT Waste

Wyatt Kash | Posted 10.22.2011

Wyatt Kash

A recent White House memo giving chief information officers at federal agencies greater responsibilities to reduce wasteful technology spending presents the latest example of the how too often in government, responsibility and authority don't always go hand in hand.

White House Orders Agencies To Cut Their Budgets

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 10.19.2011

WASHINGTON (Associated Press)-- It's a microcosm of the budget battling that has consumed Congress all year: The Obama administration wants federal ag...

Federal Agencies Warned To Prepare For More Cuts

AOL Government | Wyatt Kash | Posted 10.18.2011

Federal agency and department leaders should plan for a 5 percent reduction in discretionary spending in fiscal year 2013, and prepare for more cuts -...

Elise Foley

Obama To Meet With Boehner, Reid On Budget

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders on Tuesday to discuss funding for the remainder of the fiscal year, with onl...

Lockboxes and Lunchboxes: Krauthammer vs. Social Security

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

Charles Krauthammer wants you to know two things: There's no "lockbox" for Social Security and there's no such thing as a free lunch. He's wrong about Social Security, but first things first: Let's do lunch.

The United States Isn't a Company and It Isn't a Family -- It's a Country.

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard the misleading analogies comparing government finances to that of a family or corporation, I'd have enough money to buy Alan Simpson a cow.

GOP Leaders May Skip White House Budget Meeting

Roll Call | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.25.2011

White House efforts to bring Congressional leaders together Thursday to kick off bipartisan budget talks are already hitting a wall: GOP leaders are s...

Six Things Everybody Knows About Deficits... That Are Completely Untrue

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard (RJ) Eskow

In a year when the president and the GOP are trying to one-up each other on who can cut deficits the fastest, just guess which three topics are almost never addressed as budget-busters in the media.

The 2012 Budget

Jacob Lew | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob Lew

Today, the President sent to Congress his budget for the 2012 fiscal year. This document is built around the simple idea that we have to live within our means so we can invest in the future.

Amanda Terkel

Graduate Students May Face Higher Debt Under Obama's Budget Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama promised that investment in education and getting the next generation of America...

Obama's 'Tough' Budget Cuts: Anti-Poverty, Environmental Groups Take A Hit

AP | DOUGLASS K. DANIEL | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's budget director is pointing to spending cuts in three programs as examples of the "tough choices" ahead in...

White House Budget Chief: The Easy Cuts Are Behind Us

The New York Times | Jacob Lew | Posted 05.25.2011

IN a little over a week, President Obama will send Congress his budget for the 2012 fiscal year. The budget is not just a collection of numbers, but a...

Business Doesn't Need American Workers

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Kuttner

America now has about 25 million people either out of work or underemployed. Meanwhile, corporate profits continue to set records. What's going on?

OMB Orders Government Agencies to Monitor Disgruntled Employees -- What's Next?

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

Coleen Rowley

The White House and its paranoid Barney Fife bureaucrats have set their gun sights on the "insider threat" lurking within top secret America itself.

Bruce Bartlett: Time to Reform the Budget Process

thefiscaltimes.com | Bruce Bartlett | Posted 05.25.2011

ne consequence of the Senate's irresponsible delay in confirming Jacob Lew as director of the Office of Management and Budget is that Congress will ha...

Lame-Duck Fights: Confirm OMB's Jack Lew, DOJ's Jim Cole and 23 Federal Judges

Victor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Victor Williams

Partisan "leaders" are now chosen, weeks ahead of the Republic's 112th Congress. Now is the time to confirm Executive Branch leaders for the next two...

Sam Stein

White House Calls Out 'Partisan Minority' For Blocking Nobel Prize Winner Diamond's Fed Nomination

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The awarding of the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday to Peter Diamond, among others, for his work in studying unemployment policy has placed an unco...

Shahien Nasiripour

Sanders To Vote Against Top Obama Nominee, Citing Ties To 'Failed Policies'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

A liberal senator plans to vote against confirming President Barack Obama's nominee for a top White House economic position. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a...

Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Nominee Doesn't Believe Deregulation Led To Financial Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 9 to 0 on Tuesday morning in favor of Lew's nomination and referred him ...