By GottaLaff Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) says that a whole lotta libs are not thrilled with Tim: A Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) member said there's "growing consensus" among liberals that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should step down . [...] DeFazio said that lawmakers have not yet drafted a plan to remove Geithner . The lawmaker also took aim at top Obama economic adviser...
A Wake Up Call on Jobs by Robert Kuttner President Obama has announced a White House Jobs Summit for next month. At least that's the beginning of recognition that the unemployment rate is unacceptable. The measured rate is now 10.2 percent, but if you count people who have given up or who are involuntarily working part time, the real rate is over 17 percent. This spells political catastrophe for Democrats...
For the last several days Obama has been on a “deficit reduction” kick. “Debt-driven growth cannot fuel America’s long-term prosperity” he says. Which is a funny turn-about given that in his first 10 months in office Obama has tripled the deficit. But let’s not pretend like he’s not serious about this. Which begs the question, how is he going to accomplish...
ABC : The Obama administration, under fire for inflating job growth from the $787 billion stimulus plan, slashed over 60,000 jobs from its most recent report on the program because the reporting outlets had submitted "unrealistic data," according to a document obtained by ABC News. The Office of Management and Budget document shows that before an Oct. 30 progress report on the program the...
Bloomberg TV will focus on Washington tomorrow and Friday for the "Bloomberg Washington Summit: Power Players Speak," hosted by Peter Cook . The summit will include key moments from interviews with OMB director Peter Orszag, T. Boone Pickens, commander of Central Command David Petraeus and others. The first hour-long program airs Thursday at 9pm. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best...
WOLF BLITZER: Let's discuss this and more with Peter Orszag. He's the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Thanks very much for coming in, Peter. PETER ORSZAG, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET: Good to be here, Wolf. BLITZER: Trillion-dollar plus deficits as far as the eye can see? That's going to cause enormous long-term damage to average folks. Explain why you're so concerned...
Today’s Hope and Change… White House Budget Director Peter Orszag warned about the serious and unsustainable national deficit today. The Hill reported: White House Budget Director Peter Orszag warned Tuesday that large federal deficits will eventually imperil the U.S. economy because they will lead to higher interest rates and more borrowing from overseas. Orszag, in a speech in New [...]...
Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, has gotten himself into an argument with a man who buys pixels by the barrel. Last week WaPo editor Fred Hiatt opined that the Democrat's risky health reform schemes failed...
Peter R. Orszag, President Obama's budget director, said on Tuesday that the White House economic team is considering "a range of options" so the president can keep his promise to reduce federal budget deficits.
Who has been the most frequent visitor to the Obama White House , according to the records released by the administration? The Obama administration on Friday released a partial roster of visitors in the first six months of President Obama’s term, a disclosure that shows business executives, labor leaders, lobbyists and a sprinkling of celebrities were cleared into the White House for meetings,...
. Last week, Mr. Obama signed defense-policy legislation that included an unrelated measure widening federal hate-crimes laws to cover sexual orientation and gender identification -- 12 years after it was first introduced. The same legislation also tightened the rules of admissible evidence for military commissions, an issue that consumed Congress in debate in 2007 but received almost no attention...
The Wall Street Journal reports today on Obama's estimated $1.4 trillion deficit and how it seems to be having little impact on Congress' spending plans. As White House budget director Peter Orszag was reporting...
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Over the past month, the White House and Democratic leaders have been upping their pressure on Maine senator Susan Collins to cross party lines and vote for their proposed health-care reform. According to the Washington Post , she's met with White House budget guru Peter Orszag, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and even sat down with Rahm Emanuel for an hour (a meeting during which the president...
"President Obama's overhaul hinges on six crucial individuals and their skill at negotiating behind closed doors," The Los Angeles Times reports. "The core group consists of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, legislative affairs director Phil Schiliro, communications expert Dan Pfeiffer, (Peter) Orszag, (Jim) Messina and Nancy-Ann DeParle.
"The campaigner-in-chief kicked off a political blitz on Tuesday, holding three fund-raisers in Manhattan and collecting roughly $3 million for the Democratic Party," The New York Daily News writes. "Obama gobbled up checks of $30,400 per couple, the federal maximum, for the Democratic National Committee at the Mandarin Oriental hotel -- and joked donors got off easy. 'You can't afford...
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