Obama Veto Threat

White House Threatens Veto Of Tax Cut For The 'Fortunate'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In the second major shot in Washington's ideological battle over taxes this week, the White House on Tuesday slammed a small-business ta...

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White House Abandons Veto Threat Of Indefinite Detention Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House on Wednesday abandoned its threat to veto a defense bill that sets in stone the commander in chief's authority to indefi...

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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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House Defies Obama Veto Threat On Payroll Tax Cut, Adds 'Poison' Pipeline Provision (UPDATE)

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner heard President Obama's threat to veto a payroll tax cut if Republicans add a controversial pipeline project,...

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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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White House Accuses Senate Of 'Political Micromanagement'

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.01.2012

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WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday accused the Democratic-controlled Senate of "political micromanagement" at the expense of national securi...

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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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House GOP To Push Anti-Environment Provisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 10.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are looking to appropriations bills they plan to debate when they return from recess in September as an opportunity to...

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Obama Threatens To Veto GOP Bill Aimed At Weakening Controversial New Agency

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 09.19.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House on Wednesday threatened to veto a House Republican bill that would curb the powers of the new Consumer Financial Pr...

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Obama Issues Veto Threat As Government Shutdown Looms

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama promised on Thursday to veto a House Republican bill that would keep the government open for one extra week and cut $12 ...

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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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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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Obama's State of the Union Inspiration: Ronald Reagan

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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In past speeches, Obama has sought to channel famous Americans ranging from Martin Luther King to Abraham Lincoln. Tonight, he tried for Ronald Reagan.

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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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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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