BARACK OBAMA News, Aug 04, 2011

Negative reaction continues in metro-east after lawmaker's remark aboutObama Belleville News-Democrat Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:09 PM PDT The fallout from U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn calling President BarackObama a "tar baby" continues to anger, disturb and spark plenty of conversation in the metro-east. Debt Ceiling Deal Offers No Reason For Elderly Poor to Celebrate redOrbit Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by National Senior Citizens Law Center Executive Director Paul Nathanson: Just because President Obamasigned the debt ceiling deal into law yesterday, low-income older Americans have no reason to celebrate. Several of the cuts that were threatened for the Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Supplemental ... Obama urges Congress to end FAA flap Portland Press Herald Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:07 PM PDT The partial shutdown is the result of a partisan standoff primarily over union organizing. Short-term relief Kitchener - Waterloo Record Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:05 PM PDT Finally, the United States has an official policy on its debt. The bill approved by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday at least prevented the American government from defaulting on its debt, which is a relief. The global economy is too fragile to absorb such a shock. One-time top NMFS candidate faces time over fishing violations Gloucester Daily Times Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:03 PM PDT The 2009-2010 search for a head of federal fisheries â which dragged on for a year and brought into focus the priorities of the Obamaadministration's star scientist â became clearer in its own right last week when the one-time lead contender for the job resigned from a congressional office under fire for violating federal fishing policies. The Thursday wrap Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:01 PM PDT A license to spend more: Chalk up another distinction for the Obamaadministration. The full measure of the nation's debt-ceiling increase -- totaling $2.4 trillion -- would be the largest hike in America's debt limit in history, according to the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office. The previous record was $1.9 trillion, shoved through Congress and signed by ... Obama just can't 'order' improved gas mileage Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:00 PM PDT Twenty twenty-five should be a wonderful year. We'll be driving cars that average 54.5 miles per gallon. The president says so, and 14 auto companies have signed on with almost no visible arm-twisting. George Will column: A clarifying debate Winston-Salem Journal Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:00 PM PDT The story is that as Mark Twain and novelist William Dean Howells stepped outside one morning, a downpour began, and Howells asked Twain, "Do you think it will stop?" Twain answered, "It always has." The debt-ceiling impasse has, as things generally do, ended, and a post-mortem validates conservatives' portrayal of Barack Obama and their dismay about the dangers and incompetence of liberalism's ... Obama Presses Congress to End FAA Shutdown WIFR Rockford Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:59 PM PDT President Barack Obama is imploring the House and Senate to end the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration within days. Obama Returns to Chicago to Resume Fundraising WIFR Rockford Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:59 PM PDT President Barack Obama is in his hometown to raise money for his re-election campaign. The President is also celebrating his 50th Birthday.

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