Obama’s shout-out to Rubio: not the most welcome embrace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It probably was not the kind of attention Republican Senator Marco Rubio was seeking: a shout-out from President Barack Obama during the nationally televised State of the Union address.
Obama’s shout-out to Rubio: not the most welcome embrace
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It probably was not the kind of attention Republican Senator Marco Rubio was seeking: a shout-out from President Barack Obama during the nationally televised State of the Union address.
House easily passes long-overdue farm bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive farm bill on Wednesday that cuts payments for food stamps by about 1 percent and ends a direct subsidy to farmers, while expanding government-backed crop insurance programs…
Treasury to pick manager for Obama myRA retirement program
WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s new “myRA” retirement savings program will be run by a private-sector money management firm chosen by the U.S. Treasury Department from a field of up to 30 firms, a senior administration official s…
U.S. lawmakers ask Neiman Marcus for cybersecurity breach documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked Neiman Marcus for information and documents related to the upscale retailer’s recent cybersecurity breach that affected customer’s data.
Wary of Obamacare, some Republicans sign up anyway
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Julie Davis has every reason to be skeptical of Obamacare: She’s a Republican, her father is a physician who is wary of socialized medicine and her insurance was canceled because of new requirements imposed by the hea…
Obama avoids executive actions that could prompt lawsuits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite anticipation that President Barack Obama would seize on his authority to act without U.S. congressional approval, his State of the Union speech appeared to mention only a handful of executive actions that could face legal…
Obama warns divided Congress that he will act alone
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to bypass a divided Congress and take action on his own to bolster America’s middle class in a State of the Union address that he used to try to breathe new life into his second term after …
Analysis: Obama offers prescription for Democrats in tough election year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered a campaign blueprint for fellow Democrats who are facing a tough election this November: Challenge Republicans who criticize his signature healthcare law to come up with something better….
Republicans respond and respond to Obama State of Union
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. Congress responded in competing voices on Tuesday to President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union address as various wings of the party vied to advance their prescriptions for the country’s best way …
