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*(Via Yahoo News) – President Obama has signed the “fiscal cliff” legislation into law via autopen from Hawaii, where he is vacationing with his family. The bill to avert the “fiscal cliff” arrived at the White House late this afternoon and it was immediately processed, according to a senior White House official. A copy was [...]
*Anytime you’re dealing with the Republican caucus expecting something positive to happen is a bit of a stretch. But lo and behold, enough of them decided to join Democrats and support a deal struck by party leaders and the White House. Tuesday evening the House of Representatives late Tuesday approved emergency bipartisan legislation sparing all [...]
*(Via CBS News) – As revelers in Times Square and cities and towns across the country wait for the ball to drop to ring in the new year, politicians in Washington have announced that a ball is not likely to drop on the average taxpayer. Negotiators have come to an agreement on the so-called “fiscal [...]
*(Via AJC.com) – The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” House Republicans notified lawmakers that the chamber will vote Monday evening on other bills. They say that will be their only votes of the day. President Barack Obama and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said [...]
*(Via Mediaite) – In the absence of fiscal cliff deal, President Obama sat down with David Gregory in a wide-ranging interview that aired on Meet the Press this Sunday. Hitting Republicans for their unwillingness to negotiate, Obama noted that he has made concession that have angered his own party — and urged Congress to act. [...]
*Unfortunately, it’s back to grind for President Obama. He’s ending his Hawaii Christmas/Holiday vacation early and will head back to Washington to make a late-hour bid to reach a fiscal-cliff deal before the year ends. The White House says First lady Michelle Obama and their daughters will remain in Hawaii. Meanwhile, House and Senate members [...]
*President Obama took much heat a year ago when he floated a series of proposed budget cuts that would have slashed programs for the poor. The cuts would have reduced funding or eliminated out right community service block grants that fund an array of community education, health and social service programs in poor, underserved, largely [...]
*Don’t get too excited, but it looks like House Speaker John Boehner blinked first and there could be a possible deal in the making to avoid the Fiscal Cliff. Boehner has offered to include higher tax rates on the wealthiest Americans as part of a deficit-reduction deal, a source close to the talks confirmed to [...]
*President Obama has heard every argument from the GOP, the gaggle of conservative economists, and financial analysts on why it’s foolhardy to press for a tax hike on the wealthy. The hike won’t come close to raising the revenue needed to avert the fiscal cliff. It will stunt business growth and drive the economy into [...]
*This morning, President Obama called in to the Tom Joyner Morning Show. After thanking Tom Joyner and his listeners for their support and hard work put in to win the election he explained the fiscal cliff, how it affects the African America community, and how everyone can help. The President also defended Susan Rice expressing [...]
*You can tell the country is moving beyond race when no one points out that Michael Vick is the black quarterback who failed in Philadelphia. And that quarterback of color Colin Kaepernick is getting a shot in San Francisco without any references to ethnicity. No one except me. This is noteworthy because just last season [...]
*(Washington, DC) — Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network and host of PoliticsNation on MSNBC, and others, met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden today, along with eleven other leaders of organizationsregarding the “Fiscal Cliff” crisis. After the meeting Rev. Sharpton said: “The meeting was very candid and productive [...]
*Today, President Barack Obama invited congressional leaders to the White House next week. The invite is to begin talks to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, but said any compromise would have to include higher taxes levied on wealthier Americans. The president, speaking before a group of middle class Americans in the White House East Room, [...]
*President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a statement on the economy this afternoon, three days after his historic re-election. The 1:05 p.m. ET statement in the East Room will serve as an opportunity to address some of the big issues that Washington will tackle in the next few months – including staving off the [...]
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