Blog Profile / Political Punch
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| Filed Under: | Politics / US Politics | |
| Posts on Regator: | 3538 | |
| Posts / Week: | 14.5 | |
| Archived Since: | September 10, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Uncle Sam, landlord, looking for help
ABC News' Ann Compton (@AnnCompton) and Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) report: Uncle Sam is landlord for at least 90 thousand homes that owners lost to foreclosure, and tens of thousands more in the pipeline as families are evicted and properties are...
President Obama Honors the Fallen
Our World News report: Read more about the president's honoring of the fallen here. -Jake Tapper
The Presidential Planner: Obama Meets With Clinton, Geithner
ABC News’ Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) reports: After spending Tuesday in Dover, Del., paying tribute to the 30 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Obama will spend today behind closed-doors at the White House. Obama will meet...
Obama to Visit Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois on Bus Tour
ABC News’s Devin Dwyer (@devindwyer) reports: President Obama’s economy-themed bus tour next week will start in southern Minnesota, cut across northeast Iowa, and end in western Illinois, the administration announced today. “The president will discuss ways to grow the economy,...
The Fallen
President Obama arrived at Dover Air Force Base at 12:35 pm today, where he was greeted by Col. Mark Camerer, the 436th Airlift Wing Commander. The president motorcaded to the two C-17s containing the remains of the fallen servicemen. The...
Obama Admin Touts $50 Billion Savings from New Fuel Standards for Trucks, Buses
The Obama administration, eager to highlight business-friendly policies and regulations, today unveiled the first ever fuel efficiency standards for heavy trucks and buses that officials and industry leaders say will save companies significant cash.
Obama Pays Surprise Visit to Dover for Arrival of Fallen Special Forces
ABC's Mary Bruce reports (@marykbruce) : President Obama has arrived at Dover Air Force Base to pay his respects to the fallen service members who lost their lives in this weekend’s deadly helicopter crash in Afghanistan and to witness the...
Obama Rallies Supporters: 'We've got a lot of unfinished business'
With the market reeling from Friday’s credit downgrade, tonight President Obama worked to secure four more years to right the fiscal crisis. At a high-dollar DNC fundraiser at a private residence in Washington, D.C., Obama made clear “We’ve got a lot of unfinished business.
The Presidential Planner: Obama Announces New Fuel-Efficiency Standards
ABC News’ Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) Reports: Following Wall Street’s nosedive yesterday, today President Obama will focus on new energy development, a measure he believes will help boost economic growth. This morning, Obama will visit Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Va.,...
Obama To Offer States A Break From 'No Child Left Behind'
ABC News’ Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) Reports: With efforts to overhaul “No Child Left Behind” stalled in Congress, the White House today announced it will offer states waivers from the federal education law, so long as they show progress in making...
Obama Job Approval Varies in State-by-State Gallup Poll
President Obama’s average job approval rating over the first half of 2011 was above 50 percent in 16 states, four more than last year, a new Gallup survey found.
The President’s Pending “Recommendations” on the Deficit, Creating Jobs, and the Navy SEAL Widows: Today’s Q’s for O’s WH –8/8/2011
Education Secretary Arne Duncan joined the briefing at the top to discuss the waivers that the Department is offering states from “No Child Left Behind” until Congress reauthorizes it. TAPPER: First of all, could you clarify, because you -- I...
Obama Reacts To Credit Downgrade: 'We've Always Been And Always Will Be A AAA Country'
ABC News’ Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) reports: In his first public reaction to Standard & Poor’s decision Friday to downgrade the nation’s credit rating, President Obama reassured markets today that “no matter what some agency may say, we've always been and...
The Presidential Planner: Obama Spends Monday Behind Closed-Doors
ABC News’ Mary Bruce (@marykbruce) reports: President Obama will spend today in closed-door meetings at the White House, no doubt tackling the fallout from Standard & Poor’s decision Friday to downgrade the nation’s credit. After spending a low-key weekend at...
Geithner Staying On at Treasury
ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is staying put. The secretary informed President Obama that he plans to say on in his position, ending speculation that the last member of President Obama's original economic team would depart....
Credit Downgrade Means 'Pretty Darn Fued,' Former Obama Adviser Says
ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: Only hours after Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit worthiness of the U.S. for the first time in history, a former Obama economic adviser summarized the situation in a colorful way. The U.S. is "pretty...
How Obama Learned About the Afghan Tragedy
ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: A White House official tells ABC News that President Obama was notified about the tragedy in Afghanistan last night shortly after 8 pm ET by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. The president is spending his...
Obama Reacts to Death of U.S. Service Members
ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: President Obama reacted to the death U.S. Navy Seals and crewmembers who were killed when their chinook helicopter went down in Afghanistan. "My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of...
Obama Campaign Snapshot -- 65 Weeks to Election
QUOTED & NOTED: “When I said, ‘change we can believe in,’ I didn’t say ‘change we can believe in tomorrow.’ Not ‘change we can believe in next week.’ We knew this was going to take time, because we’ve got this big, messy, tough democracy.” – President Obama, Aug. 3, 2011
Govt official: US expecting S&P downgrade
A government official tells ABC News that the federal government is expecting and preparing for bond rating agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the rating of US debt from its current AAA value. Officials reasons given will be the political...