Archive for July 30th, 2009
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Obama, Biden, professor, officer sit down over brews
President Obama sat down for a beer at the White House Thursday night with a top African-American professor and the police officer who arrested him earlier this month.
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Obama’s former doctor critical of White House health care plan
President Obama often talks about all of the forces lining up against his health care plan. But there’s one critic who has remained relatively mum in the debate.
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Recess for Congress, relief for Obama
The pig of U.S. financial reform will be stuck in the legislative python a bit longer. U.S. lawmakers are about to flee steamy Washington for their month-long summer recess, leaving much of Barack Obama’s ambitious agenda hanging.
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Borger: Voters willing to cut Obama some slack
The giveaway was when they started calling him “Barack.”
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Seniors uneasy over Medicare cuts in overhaul
Democrats are pushing for Medicare cuts on a scale not seen in years to underwrite health care for all. Many seniors now covered under the program don’t like that one bit. -
House cuts F-22 fighter jet funding
The Democratic-controlled House went along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plans to kill the over-budget F-22 fighter jet, but has rejected his efforts to cut off several other big ticket items.
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Obama: Report to show economic contraction
President Obama says he expects Friday’s report to show the economy contracted during the second quarter of the year but says the United States has “stepped away from the precipice.” -
Newsweek: How bad are polls for Obama?
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Poll: Obama mishandled comments on race
Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of how President Barack Obama has dealt with the racially tinged dispute between a white Cambridge, Mass., police officer and a well-known black Harvard scholar. -
Health care overhaul moves ahead slowly
The Senate’s top Republican accused Democrats of cutting Medicare to finance a “massive new government-run” health care plan, as three House committees pushed through a version of health care reform.
