Dec 12 Obama, Boehner Still Talking, but No Closer House Speaker John Boehner talks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have picked up the pace of their negotiations over the fiscal cliff, but they… Continue reading
Dec 11 Labor Fight in Michigan Goes National President Obama takes a tour Monday of the Daimler Diesel Plant in Redford, Mich. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. State lawmakers will hold a vote Tuesday to approve a pair of bills that would make Michigan the… Continue reading
Dec 10 Is a Fiscal Cliff Deal on the Way? President Obama speaks after the lighting of the National Christmas Tree last week. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. The negotiations are starting to get serious. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner huddled privately Sunday to outline their… Continue reading
Dec 07 President Obama, Boehner to Negotiate One-on-One President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner at the White House in November. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Pool via Bloomberg. Table for two, please. President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have agreed to negotiate one-on-one in an effort… Continue reading
Dec 05 Obama Takes Fiscal Plan to Business Leaders The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is lit on Tuesday. The year's tree is a 65-foot spruce from the White River National Forest in Colorado. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. The "fiscal cliff" will remain an outside game Wednesday,… Continue reading
Dec 04 White House Dismisses GOP Plan on Fiscal Cliff President Obama. File photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Four days after having its initial offer to avert the year-end fiscal cliff rejected by House Republicans, the Obama administration got to return the favor Monday when GOP lawmakers put… Continue reading
Dec 03 Boehner: ‘We’re Nowhere’ on Fiscal Cliff House Speaker John Boehner. File photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. With House Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner both digging in their heels on the Sunday talk shows, there was no sign of give in the… Continue reading
Nov 30 Republicans Unhappy With Latest Fiscal Cliff Talks Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrives at the Capitol on Thursday for meetings on the fiscal cliff. Photo by Benjamin Myers/Reuters. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner delivered President Obama's opening bid in the fiscal cliff negotiations to congressional leaders on… Continue reading
Nov 29 Obama Dispatches Officials for Fiscal Cliff Talks Appearing with middle-class families at the White House, President Obama delivers remarks about the fiscal cliff. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters. The White House will dispatch Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Director of Legislative Affairs Rob Nabors to Capitol… Continue reading
Nov 28 Obama Launches Campaign to Gain Support for Tax Plan File photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. When asked during the campaign to reflect on his biggest mistake of his first term, President Obama said it was putting policy-making ahead of storytelling. "The mistake of my first term… Continue reading