Obama Debt Deal

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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Obama's Big Chance ... and his Big Choice

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.22.2011

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The president can win the bipartisan support of the electorate. Or he can win the support of insiders from both parties, backed by billionaires and corporate think-tanks. But he can't do both.

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Arianna On 'Fareed Zakaria GPS': The Debt Deal 'Is Not Working'

Huff TV | Posted 10.07.2011

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Arianna Huffington appeared on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" to discuss the fallout of the debt ceiling deal. She said that President Obama "failed" at ...

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Arianna On CNN: The Debt Deal 'Is Not Working'

Huff TV | Posted 10.07.2011

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Arianna Huffington appeared on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS to discuss the fallout of the debt ceiling deal. She said that President Obama "failed" at ga...

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What Dr. King's Speech Might Have Sounded Like Today

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 10.05.2011

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It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of American's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of jobs and equality.

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Governing Not Dealing

Emilie Townes | Posted 10.05.2011

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A deal is not what good government should be about, especially when the most vulnerable in our society are one of the major pawns in making the deal work.

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Snap Out Of It!

Steven Weber | Posted 10.04.2011

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To buy into the writ-in-crayon meme of Obama having "let us down" or that he is in any way "less than what we hoped he would be" makes us into the slobbering chumps we have characterized our opposition to be.

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A Tough But Necessary Pivot

Jared Bernstein | Posted 10.03.2011

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Obama now needs to take advantage of his street cred as a compromiser, a grownup, a deficit cutter, and explain, as he did Tuesday, that while he understands the need to live within our means, we can't start cutting too soon.

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What Do You Think Of The Debt Deal?

Posted 10.02.2011

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Monday's debt deal has proved intensely controversial. The New York Times called it "terrible" while the the Delaware County Daily Times called it "a...

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Graduate Students Hit Hard In Debt Deal

Posted 10.01.2011

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The debt deal reached by Congressional leaders and President Obama would keep the nation from defaulting on its loans, but it would make graduate scho...

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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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Debt Deal Nails Defense Budget

AOL Defense | Posted 10.01.2011

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Few things seem certain at this point from the budget deal struck yesterday. One point that three Hill sources agree on is that the Defense Department...

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Ransom Paid

Robert Reich | Posted 10.01.2011

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Anyone who characterizes the deal between the president, Democratic, and Republican leaders as a victory for the American people over partisanship understands neither economics nor politics.

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Obama Calls Sunday Debt Meetings As Sides Remain 'Far Apart' (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he would reconvene debt talks with congressional leadership on Sunday, admitting that ...

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