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President Obama on Tax Cuts and Unemployment Extension
President Obama on Tax Cuts and Unemployment Extension
The President makes a statement to the press after reaching an agreement with Congress to extend tax cuts for all Americans while also extending ... Rated: 3.9189188 Duration: 584 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:13:58 PST
President Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference
President Obama Takes Questions at GOP House Issues Conference
The President takes questions from Republican members of the House of Representatives at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore, MD. January ... Rated: 4.727972 Duration: 5155 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:22:16 PST
President Obama News Conference
President Obama News Conference
President Obama holds a news conference in the East Room of the White House to answer questions on the deficit reduction negotiations and other ... Rated: 3.3250365 Duration: 4052 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:23:49 PDT
Presidential Press Conference on Energy Prices and Supplies
Presidential Press Conference on Energy Prices and Supplies
President Obama speaks to the press about his plan to address rising energy costs and ensure the country maintains its necessary supply of oil ... Rated: 3.4242425 Duration: 2923 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:21:16 PST
President Obama News Conference
President Obama News Conference
The President holds a news conference at the White House to answer questions about his vision for the nation's economy and other topics ... Rated: 3.9767442 Duration: 4639 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:33:12 PDT
President Obama Holds Press Conference
President Obama Holds Press Conference
The President holds a press conference after meeting with House and Senate leaders from both parties at the White House. February 9, 2010. Rated: 4.010582 Duration: 3643 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:44:52 PST
Presidential Press Conference on Tax Cuts and Unemployment Extension
Presidential Press Conference on Tax Cuts and Unemployment Extension
President Obama speaks to the press about a compromise reached with Congressional Republicans that will benefit the middle class by preserving tax ... Rated: 4.2783504 Duration: 1955 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:10:50 PST
Bill Clinton Backs Obamas Tax Cut Deal
Bill Clinton Backs Obamas Tax Cut Deal
President Obama introduces President Clinton who speaks to the press about his support for the President's framework agreement to extends tax ... Rated: 4.5090909 Duration: 1930 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:50:46 PST
Pelosi Hits GOP Over Payroll Tax Standoff
Pelosi Hits GOP Over Payroll Tax Standoff
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Republicans were "walking away from a tax cut" Monday as Congress careened toward a standoff ... Rated: 3.2608695 Duration: 58 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:06:42 PST
Paul Ryan: Hiding Spending Doesnt Reduce Spending
Paul Ryan: Hiding Spending Doesnt Reduce Spending
and mirrors. Now what do I mean when I say that? First off, the bill has ten years of tax increases and ten years of Medicare cuts to pay for six ... Rated: 4.7516665 Duration: 372 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:29:48 PST
President Obama Signs Tax Cuts and Unemployment Insurance Legislation
President Obama Signs Tax Cuts and Unemployment Insurance Legislation
The President signs the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, providing tax cuts and unemployment ... Rated: 3.3214285 Duration: 791 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:34:55 PST
President Obama on Tax Cuts for the Middle Class
President Obama on Tax Cuts for the Middle Class
President Obama is in New Hampshire to discuss how Congressional inaction on the American Jobs Act will result in rising payroll taxes for 160 ... Rated: 2.71123 Duration: 1807 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:13:42 PST
Rep. Slaughter On the Debt Ceiling and The Urgent Jobs Crisis
Rep. Slaughter On the Debt Ceiling and The Urgent Jobs Crisis
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, After months' long standoff over raising the debt ceiling, Congress is now forced to take action on a bill that by all ... Rated: -1 Duration: 299 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:20:44 PDT
How Do Tax Cuts, Hikes Fit Into Obamas American Jobs Act?
How Do Tax Cuts, Hikes Fit Into Obamas American Jobs Act?
Read the transcript: to.pbs.org President Obama continued to make a case for his American Jobs Act on Tuesday, but GOP leaders remain skeptical ... Rated: 3.6666667 Duration: 848 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:22:06 PDT
Weekly Republican Address: Speaker Boehner on the Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act
Weekly Republican Address: Speaker Boehner on the Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act
In the Weekly Republican Address, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) touts the Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act, legislation the ... Rated: 2.7391305 Duration: 234 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:38:39 PST
Obamas Jobs Speech To Congress- Full Video
Obamas Jobs Speech To Congress- Full Video
President Obama tells a joint session of Congress that it is time to end the political circus and pass the "American Jobs Act". " ... Rated: 4.2138939 Duration: 1978 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:47:36 PDT
President Obama Takes Questions from Senate Democrats
President Obama Takes Questions from Senate Democrats
problems in the financial markets. That was just a decade ago. After two wars, two tax cuts, prescription drug program -- none of which were paid ... Rated: 4.0382776 Duration: 4549 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:33:40 PST
2/17/10: White House Press Briefing
2/17/10: White House Press Briefing
Recovery Act spending so far, it broke down along the Social Security payroll tax refund -- the tax cut, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, state ... Rated: 3.6101694 Duration: 3224 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:15:45 PST
Press Briefing on the Presidents Budget
Press Briefing on the Presidents Budget
included the middle income part of the tax cuts getting extended for a year. But as you also know, we did not anticipate that the tax deal -- in ... Rated: 3.8461537 Duration: 3083 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:32:16 PST
TYT Extended Clip - December 6th, 2010
TYT Extended Clip - December 6th, 2010
outdated equipment you can do that as a write off right away so this is tax cut on top of that is by far the tax cut unfunded tax cut but they' ... Rated: 4.5041323 Duration: 1997 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:51:52 PST
House Session 2011-09-19 (12:00:15-12:13:29)
House Session 2011-09-19 (12:00:15-12:13:29)
THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED. IT WILL PROVIDE A TAX BREAK FOR COMPANIES THAT HIRE NEW WORKERS AND IT WILL CUT PAYROLL TAXES IN HALF FOR EVERY WORKING ... Rated: -1 Duration: 794 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:06:35 PDT
Fighting for Health Insurance Reform
Fighting for Health Insurance Reform
, then what we're going to do is give you a tax credit to do so. And these tax credits add up to the largest middle-class tax cut for health ... Rated: 4.2276421 Duration: 2233 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:27:41 PST
2/11/10: White House Press Briefing
2/11/10: White House Press Briefing
saw some emails around this yesterday. I don't know if that was based off of news reports or based off of something that NSC had gotten. The ... Rated: 3.8783784 Duration: 3803 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:54:00 PST
Senate Session 2011-02-14 (15:03:27-16:08:18)
Senate Session 2011-02-14 (15:03:27-16:08:18)
GROWTH IN REVENUE WAS GENERALLY GREATER AFTER THE TAX-CUT BILL THAN IT WAS AFTER THE TAX-INCREASE BILL. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT OUR DEFICITS ARE A ... Rated: 3 Duration: 3892 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: www.youtube.com on Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:33:52 PST
... payroll tax cuts. "How can you do tax policy for two months?" he said
... payroll tax cuts. "How can you do tax policy for two months?" he said
No sign of resolution to US payroll tax standoff
No sign of resolution to US payroll tax standoff
... Republicans in Standoff with Senate, Democrats on Payroll Tax Cut
... Republicans in Standoff with Senate, Democrats on Payroll Tax Cut
Payroll tax cut extension in doubt; Vaclav Havel dies: Soundtrack of ...
Payroll tax cut extension in doubt; Vaclav Havel dies: Soundtrack of ...
Chart explains the 2011 payroll tax cut
Chart explains the 2011 payroll tax cut
to Military Briefing Book (MBB) which provides an objective ...
to Military Briefing Book (MBB) which provides an objective ...
More Than 60% of Americans Support Congressional Pay Cut, Say Congress ...
More Than 60% of Americans Support Congressional Pay Cut, Say Congress ...
Last-Minute Congress Deals Stopgaps - The Daily Beast
Last-Minute Congress Deals Stopgaps - The Daily Beast
... on a payroll tax cut on Dec 16. (AFP/Getty Images/File - Alex Wong
... on a payroll tax cut on Dec 16. (AFP/Getty Images/File - Alex Wong
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Elkhart Play » Archive » The Palestine Herald, Palestine, Texas
Obama: Uncertainty over debt limit impacts hiring - KTAR.com
Obama: Uncertainty over debt limit impacts hiring - KTAR.com
today that next week he will unveil “a series of steps that Congress ...
today that next week he will unveil “a series of steps that Congress ...
Republican Leaders Face ‘Pushback’ on Tax Cut | CTN News Update
Republican Leaders Face ‘Pushback’ on Tax Cut | CTN News Update
PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS
PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS
By Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in Congress accusing each other of bringing an extension to a dead stop. If Congress cannot produce a ...
Obama's job-approval rating is highest since summer, Post-ABC poll finds
Obama's job-approval rating is highest since summer, Post-ABC poll finds
At the same time, the public's opinion of Republicans in Congress has continued to deteriorate, potentially putting the president in a position to benefit politically from his standoff with the GOP-led House over extending the payroll tax cut. ...
Federal government shutdown looms amid payroll tax standoff
Federal government shutdown looms amid payroll tax standoff
(Alex Wong, Getty Images / December 13, 2011) By Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau A partisan standoff in Congress over President Obama's payroll tax cut for 160 million working Americans threatens to shut down the federal government as early as this ...
Military May Get Faster Airport Screening
Military May Get Faster Airport Screening
Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Credit: AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress lurched toward ...
All Americans Lose If Payroll-Tax Cut Isn't Renewed: Ron Klain
All Americans Lose If Payroll-Tax Cut Isn't Renewed: Ron Klain
That is what is at stake in the current standoff in Congress over Obama's plan to extend the payroll-tax cut for all these people, and everyone else who brings home a paycheck. In perhaps the most significant economic-policy debate now under way, ...
Obama says to keep standing up to Congress on taxes
Obama says to keep standing up to Congress on taxes
With another battle heating up, this time over payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits that Obama wants extended before the end of the year, the president said he would keep pushing for a deal that requires rich Americans to "pay a little more. ...
House GOP Rejects 2-month Payroll Tax Cut
House GOP Rejects 2-month Payroll Tax Cut
Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Credit: AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Tuesday ...
Wonkbook: Paul Ryan and Ron Wyden want to bring Obamacare to Medicare
Wonkbook: Paul Ryan and Ron Wyden want to bring Obamacare to Medicare
2) The White House wants a stop-gap, reports Felicia Sonmez: "The White House late Wednesday called on Congress to approve a short-term resolution to keep the government running past Friday, as efforts to pass a payroll tax cut extension and a broader ...
Willie Gault, 5 Others Named In SEC Lawsuit
Willie Gault, 5 Others Named In SEC Lawsuit
Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Credit: AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress lurched toward ...
AP EXCLUSIVE: CIA-ROMANIA
AP EXCLUSIVE: CIA-ROMANIA
CONGRESS-PAYROLL TAXES — House leaders hope GOP lawmakers ready to back bill renewing payroll tax cut, jobless benefits. BREAST CANCER DRUGS — Studies show big promise for two new breast cancer drugs; one is already sold for other tumors. ...
Why Does the Democratic Party Continue to Work Against the 99%?
Why Does the Democratic Party Continue to Work Against the 99%?
Thankfully, the Dems -- for once -- refused to take the GOP's bait, and balked at cutting our safety nets of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid without tax increases, resulting in another standoff and the failure of the Committee. ...
AP Journalist: Announcement Of Kim's Death A Shock
AP Journalist: Announcement Of Kim's Death A Shock
Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) (Credit: AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Continuing a tax cut of ...
Speaker: Pipeline Stays In Payroll Tax Cut Bill
Speaker: Pipeline Stays In Payroll Tax Cut Bill
Negotiations on the payroll tax cut legislation between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were continuing Friday. Leaders are hoping that Congress will finish that bill and others and end its ...
Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment
Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment
... Social Security payroll tax cut extension. These officials stress that no decisions have been made. If party leaders go ahead, it would mark a concession to Republicans in the year-end standoff over the tax cut extension that President Barack Obama ...
Senate Set To Vote On Balanced Budget Amendments
Senate Set To Vote On Balanced Budget Amendments
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Credit: AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say Democratic lawmakers are considering whether to jettison their demand for a surtax on millionaires as a way of covering the cost of a Social Security payroll tax cut extension ...
Footbridge To Disputed Jerusalem Site Reopened
Footbridge To Disputed Jerusalem Site Reopened
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Credit: AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say Democratic lawmakers are considering whether to jettison their demand for a surtax on millionaires as a way of covering the cost of a Social Security payroll tax cut extension ...
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Payroll tax cuts key to recovery: White House - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allowing payroll tax cuts to expire would hurt the U.S. economy and further dent hiring, and may make the United States more vulnerable to ...
GOP may OK tax increase that Obama hopes to block - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (AP) — News flash: Congressional Republicans want to raise your taxes. Impossible, right? GOP lawmakers are so virulently anti-tax, surely they will ...
Taking the Hill
Sometime in the next few weeks, Congress and the White House will descend into the labyrinthine politics of comprehensive health care reform. For Barack Obama, this signals the end, in a sense, of the eventful prologue to his presidency. Impressive as they are, Obamas legislative victories to this point -- most notably the $787 billion stimulus - Matt Bai, who covers politics for the magazine, is the author of The Argument: Inside the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics. - By MATT BAI
Federal Budget (Payroll Tax Extension Debate)
The Republican capture of the House in the November 2010 elections set the stage for a series of budget confrontations in 2011 between President Obama and ...
Extension of Payroll Tax Cut Passes Senate
WASHINGTON — Capping a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for only two months, with the chamber’s leaders and the White House proclaiming victory, even as they punted into the new year the issue of how to further extend the tax cut and unemployment - By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS | DAILY NEWS ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in Congress accusing each other of bringing an extension to a dead stop. If Congress cannot produce ...
Congress again confronts possible shutdown, this time over payroll ...
WASHINGTON - A partisan standoff in Congress over President Barack Obamas payroll tax cut for 160 million working Americans threatens to shut down the federal ...
Congress moves toward standoff over payroll tax | AP Business ...
1 day ago ... Congress moves toward standoff over payroll tax. Partisan to the core, .... were opposed to the plan. Payroll tax cut extension now in doubt ...
PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS
A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in Congress accusing each other of bringing an extension to a dead stop. If Congress cannot produce a deal by a December 31 deadline, one of the ...
Obama cites progress towards payroll tax cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama struck an optimistic note Wednesday night that lawmakers in Congress could reach agreement to extend payroll tax cuts he ...
Federal government shutdown looms amid payroll tax standoff ...
5 days ago ... A partisan standoff in Congress over President Obama's payroll tax ... If the tax cut is allowed to lapse after Dec. ... Conservatives also doubt that losses in the Social Security trust fund will be replenished with offsetting money. ...
PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS – Reuters | On ...
Payroll tax cut in doubt with stand-off in Congress Reuters By Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in ...
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GOP Leader Claims Dem Support for Payroll Tax Cut, Pipeline ...
President Obamas veto threat for a payroll tax cut that includes action on the Keystone oil pipeline is posturing, the top Senate Republican said Sunday... .. (Fox ...
A Question Of Numbers
The Conservative New Deal In 1938, the Social Security Act was only three years old, but its future was already very much in doubt. Conservatives claimed it would bankrupt the nation, and independent critics argued that the way it was financed amounted to financial hocus-pocus, as one editorial in The New York Times put it. President Franklin - Roger Lowenstein article examines whether Social Security is going bankrupt; Pres Bush is raising alarms about programs solvency, hoping to garner support for change; efforts seem to be paying off, as many people now believe Social Security is in serious trouble; while prudence argues for making fix, actuarial view is that only small adjustments are needed, but that program is solvent as it is; debate is twofold: how long trust fund will last and whether securities in trust fund, which is invested in US treasuries, will be honored; cites claims of huge deficits by conservatives, but says more serious issue is whether existence of fund leads government to spend more, thus brooking larger deficits in future; history of Social Security discussed, along with predictions of doom and assertion that private accounts would not afford any saving and could in fact leave workers in dire straits; variety of solutions proposed; drawings (L) - Roger Lowenstein is a contributing writer and the author of Origins of the Crash. His last article for the magazine was about presidents and job creation. - By Roger Lowenstein
Payroll tax cut extension now in doubt - Nation & World - The ...
1 day ago ... WASHINGTON – The fate of a payroll tax cut extension backed by the White House and ... Congress moves toward standoff over payroll tax ...
All Americans Lose If Payroll-Tax Cut Isn’t Renewed: Ron Klain ...
All Americans Lose If Payroll-Tax Cut Isn’t Renewed: Ron Klain December 07, 2011, 10:21 AM EST
Federal government shutdown looms amid payroll tax standoff - Los ...
5 days ago ... A partisan standoff in Congress over President Obama's payroll tax ... If the tax cut is allowed to lapse after Dec. ... Conservatives also doubt that losses in the Social Security trust fund will be replenished with offsetting money. ...
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PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS (Reuters) | Politimo
Reuters - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in Congress accusing each other of bringing an extension to a dead stop.
McCain to House GOP: This payroll-tax standoff is hurting the party ...
McCain to House GOP: This payroll-tax standoff is hurting the party, you know. ... GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously said a year ago that his main task in the 112th Congress was to make sure that President Obama would not be re-elected. Given how he and House Speaker John Boehner have handled the payroll ... At this stage, Republicans would do best to cut their losses and find a way to extend the payroll holiday quickly. Then go home and return in ...
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A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on.
House Republicans wage pushback on payroll tax cut as political power grab continues
Everyone in Congress wants to extend the current payroll tax cut, which affects 160 million Americans ... in the Senate--something Democrats have been noting at length as the standoff continues. "Republicans in the Senate voted for this--39 of them ...
All Americans Lose If Payroll-Tax Cut Isn’t Renewed: Ron Klain ...
Suppose you are an unmarried doctor, making $175,000 a year. Or a store manager married to a Realtor, earning a combined $160,000. Or a journalist married ...
THE PRESIDENTS BUDGET; Transcript of President Bushs Message to Congress on His Budget Proposal
Following is a transcript of President George W. Bushs message to Congress last night, as recorded by The New York Times: Thank you. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress: Its a great privilege to be here to outline a new budget and a new approach for governing our great country. I thank you for your invitation to speak here - Transcript of Pres George W Bushs message to Congress
Newt. Again.
FOR CONSERVATIVES, who have traditionally valued their grand theorists more than their campaign consultants, the buildings that house Washingtons premier think tanks are like a second set of grand monuments, symbols of a movement built on brash ingenuity. The Cato Institute, headquarters of the nations libertarian academy, occupies a stunning - Matt Bai, who covers politics for the magazine, is the author of The Argument: Inside the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics. - By MATT BAI
Congress moves toward standoff over payroll tax
1 day ago ... Article:Congress moves toward standoff over payroll ... of Nevada, left, on the payroll tax cut extension and other measures Friday night, Dec. ...
All Americans Lose If Payroll-Tax Cut Isn’t Renewed: Ron Klain ...
Ron Klain is a senior executive with a private investment firm in Washington. From 2009 to 2011, he was chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and a ...
What Is a Living Wage?
If It Happened in Baltimore, Maybe It Can Happen Anywhere For a few weeks in the summer of 1995, Jen Kern spent her days at a table in the Library of Congress in Washington, poring over the fine print of state constitutions from around the country. This was, at the time, a somewhat-eccentric strategy to fight poverty in America. Kern was not a - Jon Gertner article on grass-roots campaign to raise minimum wage and ensure all working Americans a living wage; notes that long-held academic consensus that rise in minimum wage hurts employment by interfering with flow of supply and demand was shaken by study of New Jerseys increase of states minimum wage in 1992, which demonstrated that a modest increase in wages does not appear to cause any significant harm to employment and may even result in slight increase in employment in some cases; discusses living-wage campaigns led by Acorn, national community organization, in Santa Fe, whose City Council raised citys minimum wage to $8.50 an hour in February 2003, and Albuquerque, where $7.50 minimum wage was rejected by voters in October 2005; comments on potential of living wage as moral issue for Democrats in national elections; photos (L) - Jon Gertner is a contributing writer for the magazine. - By Jon Gertner
What Is a Living Wage?
If It Happened in Baltimore, Maybe It Can Happen Anywhere For a few weeks in the summer of 1995, Jen Kern spent her days at a table in the Library of Congress in Washington, poring over the fine print of state constitutions from around the country. This was, at the time, a somewhat-eccentric strategy to fight poverty in America. Kern was not a - Jon Gertner is a contributing writer for the magazine. - By Jon Gertner
PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS – Reuters
USA TODAYPayroll tax cut in doubt with stand-off in CongressReutersBy Richard Cowan | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in ...
Standoff in Congress may lead to shutdown - Spokesman.com - Dec ...
5 days ago... standoff in Congress over President Barack Obama's payroll tax cut ... Conservatives also doubt that losses in the Social Security trust fund ...
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Payroll tax cut in doubt with stand-off in Congress ... A stand-off in the Congress over extending payroll tax cuts deepened on Tuesday, raising the risk that 160 ...
THE RADICAL PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH; Reagans Son
In December, George W. Bush had one of those turbulent spells that can cause a president nightmares about tumbling over the falls in a barrel. First he purged his economic team, the kind of housecleaning that tends to be taken as an admission of failed policies. He ordered a North Korean freighter arrested at sea, on the way to Yemen with a - Bill Keller is a Times columnist and a senior writer for the magazine. - By Bill Keller
Senate nixes payroll-tax-cut plans - SentinelSource.com: National ...
WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected competing measures to extend a payroll tax cut Thursday night, an outward display of partisanship as Republicans and Democrats ...
Congress still at stand-off over payroll tax cut extension ...
What CNN reported yesterday as basically a done deal, the Washington Post says today is still a maybe: If there was any sign of progress, it was that Senate ...
Congress moves toward standoff over payroll tax - Business Wire ...
Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff Monday on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1.
PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS (Reuters) | Pop ...
Reuters - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in Congress accusing each other of bringing an extension to a dead stop.
TEXT; Obamas News Conference
The following is a transcript of President Obamas news conference in the East Wing, as provided by the White House. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. Have a seat, please. I just want to say a few words about the economy before I take your questions. There are a lot of folks out there who are still struggling with the effects of the
U.S. PAYROLL TAX CUT IN DOUBT WITH STAND-OFF IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A payroll tax cut for 160 million American workers was in limbo on Wednesday with Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress accusing each other of bringing an extension to a dead stop. If Congress cannot produce a deal by a ...
NBC Politics - Next moves unclear on payroll tax cut extension
Its unclear what will happen with the Payroll Tax Cut. Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) says Congress definitely needs to extend it.
State of Distress
I. These days, as he pleads with New Jersey voters for a second term as governor, even moments of satisfaction in Jon S. Corzines world seem to extract their small humiliations. In early September, for instance, on the day that President Obama delivered his heralded (and controversial) televised pep talk to public-school students, Corzine traveled - Matt Bai writes on national politics for the magazine. - By MATT BAI
Can Republicans Steal Obama’s Thunder on Payroll Tax Cut? - ABC News
President Obama has spent the past few weeks trying to shame Republicans for their reluctance to embrace a payroll tax cut extension for workers. Now ...
McCain to House GOP: This payroll-tax standoff is hurting the party, you know
Over to you, WSJ: GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously said a year ago that his main task in the 112th Congress ... payroll-tax holiday extension in order to squeeze a few more votes out of the House caucus. Some extra spending cuts ...
As holidays near, House and Senate move toward a standoff over ...
1 day ago ... Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff Monday on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax ...
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