Topic: Barack Obama
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(Reuters) - Congress, after months of bitter fighting, is poised on Friday to pass a payroll tax cut extension that President Barack Obama argues is vital to the health of the economy.The legislation would continue for two months a 4.2 percent payroll ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Senate Republican on Thursday sought to break a year-end impasse over extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, an issue that has deeply divided his party and raised the risk of an economic downturn in ...
Republican presidential frontrunners Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney barnstormed high-stakes New Hampshire, with Gingrich vowing to roll back President Barack Obama's "radical socialism" and Romney warning against "a path to make us more like Europe."The two candidates spent a cold, sleet-filled day ...
US Republican lawmakers faced a torrent of political pressure and media scorn Wednesday after triggering an uproar by blocking a compromise plan to extend a tax break for 160 million Americans.The conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, normally a bastion ...
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - "I'm speaking as a historian."It's a common refrain in Newt Gingrich's speeches, a not-so-subtle reminder of the image he seeks to build as a Republican presidential candidate: that of a serious thinker whose opinions are rooted in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans were under growing pressure on Wednesday to agree to a 60-day extension of an expiring payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and end a stand-off with Democrats that threatens to undercut a fragile U.S. economic recovery.The ...
Republican White House hopefuls Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, running neck and neck in national polls, scoured key early-voting states for support Tuesday in a pre-Christmas rush of politicking.Romney, looking for a crushing victory in New Hampshire's January 10 primary, was to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama demanded on Tuesday that Republicans in the House of Representatives pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 ...
Republican lawmakers are set to reject a bipartisan compromise on extending a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits, in a new twist to a bitter year-end Washington showdown.Time is running out for Congress to act on President Barack Obama's demand for a ...