Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Obama fiscal cliff

  • Obama seeks volunteer help on 'fiscal cliff'

    2012 - Seeking to keep their campaign organization together, President Obama and aides are asking volunteers for lobbying help with plans to avoid the "fiscal cliff." In an e-mail, Obama's campaign urged backers in the recent election to spread the ...

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  • Fiscal Cliff Primer: Can America Default On Its Debt?

    Democrats and Republicans agreed to cut as much as <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/12/fiscal-cliff-barack-obama-_n_2118739.html" target="_hplink">$30 billion</a> from agricultural subsidies; the main opposition fell along geographical ...

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  • Bridging the 'fiscal cliff' gap over spending

    Much of the attention concerning the so-called "fiscal cliff" has focused on tax revenues, specifically President Obama's demand that tax rates rise for the wealthiest Americans. But the other side of the ledger - spending - is equally important, if ...

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  • Fed chairman urges Obama, Congress to try to avoid 'fiscal cliff'

    WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke urged President Obama and Congress to shield the fragile economy from the full brunt of the so-called fiscal cliff or risk another recession just as the recovery is taking hold. Speaking Tuesday at ...

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  • Obama campaign uses e-mail list to rally supporters on 'fiscal cliff'

    Supporters of President Obama received an email outlining the president's position on the "fiscal cliff" Wednesday, the first evidence of his plan to use his massive campaign infrastructure to advocate for policy goals.

    thehill.com

  • Advice for President Obama on Fiscal Cliff

    Details. Description. Art Laffer, former Reagan advisor, on why he believes we have already fallen off the fiscal cliff, plus his advice for President Obama on dealing with... Duration 5:07; Date Nov 19, 2012. Advertisement ...

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  • Courting Asia, Obama can't evade fiscal cliff

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- For all the attention wrenched elsewhere in recent days -- on new violence in the Middle East, the "fiscal cliff" back home -- President Barack Obama's speedy trip to Southeast Asia achieved a major goal: It was clearly seen in ...

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  • Obama's Fiscal Cliff Chats Reportedly Extended To Buffett, JPMorgan's Dimon

    Jamie Dimon, chairman of the board, president and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. leaves the hearing room after testifying before the US Senate Banking Committee full committee hearing on 'A Breakdown in Risk Management: What Went Wrong at ...

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  • Budget Talks Marked by Slow Pace

    Republican strategist and Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Contributor Karl Rove on why he doubts President Obama and lawmakers can strike a deal to avert the fiscal cliff before the end of the year, in this excerpt from The Big Interview. Photo: Getty Images.

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  • 'Rough start' reported for fiscal cliff talks

    Politico was reporting Tuesday night of a rough start to fiscal-cliff negotiations between top aides to key leaders including President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. Obama is in Asia and Congress is on break for Thanksgiving, but key aides have ...

    blogs.marketwatch.com

  • Fiscal cliff will take 'prayer' to resolve before year-end, quips Obama

    Will it take a higher power to resolve the "fiscal cliff" crisis? President Obama quipped that he needed heavenly help to reach a budget deal with Congress before the year-end deadline during a tour of the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Bangkok on Sunday.

    www.nydailynews.com

  • Obama's union allies work to pull negotiations over 'fiscal cliff' to the left

    President Obama's allies in the labor movement are targeting centrists in both parties in an attempt to pull the "fiscal cliff" talks to the left. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the National Education ...

    thehill.com

  • Calling BS on the Next Big 'Fiscal Cliff' Bluff

    As Jon Chait has explained, the whole point of such fiscal-cliff scare-mongering is to deprive Obama and the Democrats of the leverage they'll abruptly gain on January 1st, which will enable them to strike a much better deal than Republicans and their ...

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  • Fiscal Cliff Primer: Should Congress Take Social Security Advice From Bailed ...

    Lloyd Blankfein On Fiscal Cliff: Obama Needs To Channel FDR · Blankfein: Rich should pay more in taxes · Congress, Obama face dynamite in "fiscal cliff": CEOs · Goldman CEO Blankfein warns 'fiscal cliff' threatens confidence in ... Washington must ...

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  • Showdown at the Fiscal Cliff

    The risk is real that the fiscal-cliff crisis could shock the economy—and it's the president whom voters hold responsible for economic performance.

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  • Pres. Obama Talks With Apple CEO Tim Cook About "Fiscal Cliff"

    Last week, it was reported that US President Barrack Obama reached out to a number of business leaders to talk about the so-called "fiscal cliff." The White House also confirmed that Apple CEO Tim Cook was one of the CEOs who received a phone call from ...

    amog.com

  • Steve King: Obama will prevail on fiscal cliff unless GOP is willing to walk ...

    ALTOONA, Iowa - Republican Rep. Steve King predicted that President Barack Obama will get what he wants out of the fiscal cliff negotiations because he is willing to go over the cliff, and that Republicans would have to be willing to call his bluff to ...

    dailycaller.com

  • Obama vs. Woodard: 'Fiscal cliff' looms as a 'leadership catastrophe'

    Following the presidential election, House Speaker John Boehner, signaled a willingness to compromise and challenged President Obama "to lead," in order to avert the looming "fiscal cliff. However, Michael Barone of the New York Post, today, questioned ...

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  • President Obama, Congress face ticking education time bombs: Fiscal cliff ...

    President Obama, Congress face ticking education time bombs: Fiscal cliff, college costs and student loan deadline. 8:33 am November 20, 2012, by Maureen Downey.

    blogs.ajc.com

  • McCarthy: 'Possibility' that Obama, Pelosi disagree on 'fiscal cliff' framework

    said Monday he saw a "possibility" that President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are divided on whether tax rates on the top wage earners would need to rise in a proposed deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff." Republicans said last ...

    thehill.com

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