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09 Jan 06 : 40 | Congress Certifies Final Electoral Vote for Barack Obama: 365 to 173 (Obama... Barack Obama officially became the president-elect today when the House and the Senate gathered in a joint meeting to complete one of the last formalities of the presidential election: counting the electoral votes. The New York Times reported : While there have been oddities in the past that shifted... Source : Wikio - Home 75 minutes ago |
09 Jan 05 : 41 | Democrats Criticize Obama's Proposed Tax Cuts (ABC News) Obama's proposed tax cuts in stimulus plan draw criticism from fellow Democrats in SenateSource : ABC News (subscribe)Explore : Senate Source : Wikio - Home 2 hours ago |
09 Jan 02 : 17 | Soother in Chief: how Barack Obama calms a panicked nation. (Slate... When these frightful times of financial confusion and credit constipation become too much, I dial up Barack Obama on YouTube to suppress my anxieties. The Voice works like aerosolized Paxil on my limbic system, reducing my blood pressure and lifting my mood. [ more ... ]Source : Slate Magazine... Source : Wikio - Home 6 hours ago |
09 Jan 01 : 55 | Obama Urges Delay of Digital Transition (Boots and Sabers) Seriously? President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels won’t be ready. In a letter to key lawmakers Thursday, Obama... Source : Wikio - Home 6 hours ago |
08 Jan 23 : 13 | Marvel Team-up: Obama and Spider-man (Outside the Beltway) Spider-man and Barack Obama are teaming up to fight crime. In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest. On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover. Inside are five pages of the... Source : Wikio - Home 9 hours ago |
08 Jan 23 : 05 | Barack Obama Declared the 44th President of the United States of America... From the Associated Press : Congress declares Obama the next president By JIM ABRAMS – 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared Thursday in fulfilling its centuries-old constitutional duty to certify and tally the... Source : Wikio - Home 9 hours ago |
08 Jan 22 : 30 | Obama: Urgent Action Needed for Economic Recovery (Truth Out) Remarks of President-Elect Barack Obama As Prepared for Delivery Thursday, January 8, 2009 Throughout America's history, there have been some years that simply rolled into the next without much notice or fanfare. Then there are the years that come along once in a generation - the kind that mark a... Source : Wikio - Home 9 hours ago |
08 Jan 22 : 24 | President-Elect Obama on the American Recovery and Reinvestment: "That work... Today, President-elect Barack Obama delivered a major new speech at George Mason University, where he made the case for urgent action on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to address the current economic crisis. He offered up the outlines of a plan that includes both new policy and new... Source : Wikio - Home 10 hours ago |
08 Jan 21 : 42 | Obama: Delay switchover to digital TV (Northwest Progressive Institute) Good move, Mr. President-elect : President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels won't be ready. In a letter to key lawmakers... Source : Wikio - Home 10 hours ago |
08 Jan 21 : 30 | Obama's Tax Plan Hits Democratic Wall (Fox News) Democratic senators emerging from a private meeting of the Senate Finance Committee criticized business and individual tax cuts in Obama's stimulus planSource : Fox News (subscribe)Explore : John Kerry, Politics Source : Wikio - Home 10 hours ago |
08 Jan 20 : 17 | Congress officially declares Obama next president (StarTribune.com) Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared Thursday in fulfilling its centuries-old constitutional duty to certify and tally the electoral college vote from each state.Source : StarTribune.com (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics, The... Source : Wikio - Home 12 hours ago |
08 Jan 19 : 55 | Obama and Spider-Man Appear In Comic Together (Tampa Bay Online) Spider-Man has a new sidekick: The president-elect. Barack Obama collected Spider-Man comics as a child, so Marvel Comics wanted to give him a "shout-out back" by featuring him in a bonus story, said Joe Quesada, Marvel's editor-in-chief.Source : Tampa Bay Online (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama,... Source : Wikio - Home 12 hours ago |
08 Jan 19 : 00 | Obama: Pass stimulus or recession lasts ‘years’ (CALIFORNIA YANKEE) Abandoning his disingenuous "we only have one president at a time" mantra, President-elect Obama gave a mediocre presidential address this morning trying to convince us that we need to rush into another hasty bailout. Obama's presidential address was billed as "a major speech on the economy."... Source : Wikio - Home 13 hours ago |
08 Jan 17 : 15 | Shepard Fairey's Obama Portrait Acquired by The National Portrait Gallery... Shepard Fairey, Obama “HOPE” Portrait, courtesy of Irvine Contemporary. The National Portrait Gallery announced Wednesday that it has acquired Shephard Fairey 's ubiquitous Obama portrait, which we saw reproduced throughout the city and at Irvine Contemporary this fall. The 60 x 44 inch mixed... Source : Wikio - Home 15 hours ago |
08 Jan 17 : 07 | Obama: Consequences dire without stimulus (Indy Star) WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday the recession could "linger for years" unless Congress pumps unprecedented sums from Washington into the economy, making his highest-profile case yet on an issue certain to define and dominate his early presidency.Source : Indy Star... Source : Wikio - Home 15 hours ago |
08 Jan 15 : 46 | Excerpts of Obama's Major Speech on the Economy (2008 Democratic Convention... Excerpts of President-elect Barack Obama's Major Speech on the Economy Today - As prepared for delivery Thursday, January 8, 2009 George Mason University-Fairfax, VA I don't believe it's too late to change course, but it will be if we don't take dramatic action as soon as possible. If nothing is... Source : Wikio - Home 16 hours ago |
08 Jan 15 : 28 | The Early Word: Obama Defends Economic Plan (The Caucus) In a speech he will deliver later today President-elect Barack Obama will warn of dire consequences if no action is taken on the economic stimulus package he and Democratic leaders are proposing.Source : The Caucus (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Political Blogs, Politics, The 44th President of... Source : Wikio - Home 16 hours ago |
08 Jan 14 : 45 | Obama to Warn of Costs of Inaction on Economy (New York Times) A recession could last for years unless a stimulus plan is passed, Barack Obama plans to say in a speech today.Source : New York Times (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics, The 44th President of United States Source : Wikio - Home 17 hours ago |
08 Jan 12 : 10 | Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulus (Boston Globe) President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump unprecedented sums from Washington into the U.S. economy, making his highest-profile case yet on an issue certain to define his early presidency.Source : Boston Globe... Source : Wikio - Home 20 hours ago |
08 Jan 13 : 00 | Congress to Formally Declare Obama President (Time) The House and Senate will come together Thursday for a centuries-old tradition of counting the electoral votes from the November election. Cheney will sit next to Pelosi to preside over the joint session of Congress. Certificates from each state's electors will be read off and tallied.Source : Time... Source : Wikio - Home 19 hours ago |
08 Jan 10 : 00 | Obama's performance czar has tried to improve IRS (Boston Globe) Nancy Killefer, the management consultant chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to make federal agencies work better for the public, has a lot of experience trying to improve the agency taxpayers love to hate, the Internal Revenue Service.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama,... Source : Wikio - Home 22 hours ago |
08 Jan 07 : 33 | Obama prepares for epic deficit (Arizona Republic) WASHINGTON - Pointing with concern to ''red ink as far as the eye can see,'' President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs, even as he campaigned anew to spend the... Source : Wikio - Home 24 hours ago |
08 Jan 06 : 47 | Obama has rare meeting with Bush, 3 ex-presidents (Houston Chronicle) A real team of rivals gathered for lunch at the White House on Wednesday, as President George W. Bush and three former U.S. commanders in chief put aside their political differences to offer recollections and advice to President-elect Barack Obama.Source : Houston Chronicle (subscribe)Explore : ... Source : Wikio - Home 25 hours ago |
08 Jan 06 : 18 | Obama has rare meeting with Bush, 3 ex-presidents (VOT3R) A real team of rivals gathered for lunch at the White House on Wednesday, as President George W. Bush and three former U.S. commanders in chief put aside their political differences to offer recollections and advice to President-elect Barack Obama.Source : VOT3R (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama,... Source : Wikio - Home 26 hours ago |
08 Jan 06 : 17 | Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris (kansascity.com) Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he... Source : Wikio - Home 26 hours ago |
08 Jan 06 : 17 | Obama's performance czar used to manage Treasury (kansascity.com) President-elect Barack Obama's choice to shape up federal agencies is a longtime senior partner at a leading consulting firm who also tried to modernize the IRS and push the tax agency to more aggressively pursue corporate and high-income tax cheats.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)Explore : US Source : Wikio - Home 26 hours ago |
08 Jan 04 : 19 | Obama Inauguration Attractive Target For Terror Attacks (Fox News) WASHINGTON -- The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats to the Jan. 20 event.An internal intelligence assessment, obtained by The Associated Press on... Source : Wikio - Home 28 hours ago |
08 Jan 03 : 24 | Senate Dems retreat on Burris; Obama steps in (Detroit Free Press) WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat today from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a... Source : Wikio - Home 29 hours ago |
08 Jan 03 : 21 | Obama, Bush dine with ex-presidents at White House (Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and his successor, Barack Obama, joined all the living U.S. presidents on Wednesday for a historic meeting at the White House two weeks before the country's next transfer of power.Source : Reuters (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, George W. Bush,... Source : Wikio - Home 29 hours ago |
08 Jan 01 : 47 | Cheney says Obama should keep terror polices (Examiner) Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday it would be a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to scrap the Bush administration's terrorist-fighting policies designed to prevent future attacks on the U.S.Source : Examiner (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Politics, The 44th President of United... Source : Wikio - Home 30 hours ago |
08 Jan 03 : 51 | Obama Tax Cuts Under Scrutiny (The Washington Post) Lawmakers, tax experts and economists are skeptical of expense and effectiveness of proposal.Source : The Washington Post (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 28 hours ago |
07 Jan 22 : 43 | Official: Obama urged resolving Burris matter (kansascity.com) A Democratic official says President-elect Barack Obama and the Senate's top Democrat discussed the need to resolve the dispute over naming Roland Burris to the Senate, a move that both initially had opposed.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe) Source : Wikio - Home 33 hours ago |
07 Jan 19 : 39 | Blair House Can't Be Obama House (Pushing Rope) There was no tenents in the Blair House when Barack Obama asked President Bush, if he could stay in the Blair House. Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard will stay at the Blair House for one night. The kicker is he was asked by the Bush administration to take up a one day residence to... Source : Wikio - Home 36 hours ago |
07 Jan 19 : 18 | Obama Took 30 Grand From A Principal Actor In The Richardson... “Pay to Play” keeps getting better everyday: President-elect Barack Obama took big money from a man at the center of a federal probe that has forced one of Obama’s top Cabinet picks to withdraw. Financial records show the Obama campaign got more than $30,000 from California financier David... Source : Wikio - Home 37 hours ago |
07 Jan 17 : 23 | Obama ‘Kicked Out’ of Blair House for Howard (Outside the Beltway) WaPo is reporting that former Aussie PM John Howard is the “mystery guest” staying in Blair House, preventing Barack Obama and his family from staying there. We now know who is booked at Blair House, kicking President-elect Barack Obama and his family to the waiting list and across Lafayette... Source : Wikio - Home 39 hours ago |
07 Jan 17 : 03 | Obama to address entitlement spending (San Fransisco Chronicle) President-elect Barack Obama says spiraling entitlement spending will be a central part of the discussion on controlling the federal deficit in the future. Obama told reporters today that his administration will be inheriting a deficit of more than $1...Source : San Fransisco Chronicle... Source : Wikio - Home 39 hours ago |
07 Jan 16 : 41 | Taylor man invited on Obama whistle-stop tour (Detroit Free Press) WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has invited a group of "everyday Americans," including a Taylor man, to join him and Vice President-elect Joe Biden on their Whistle Stop Tour to the nation's capital on the Saturday before Inauguration Day.Source : Detroit Free Press (subscribe)Explore : ... Source : Wikio - Home 39 hours ago |
07 Jan 15 : 34 | Specter Attacks AG Nominee: He'll Be Obama's Yes Man (The Huffington Post) A leading Republican senator issued a broad attack on Tuesday on President-elect Barack Obama's pick as attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., questioning his political independence. The senator, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who is the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said Mr.... Source : Wikio - Home 40 hours ago |
07 Jan 15 : 27 | Obama to Announce New White House Position (Political Wire) At a press conference this morning, President-elect Obama will announce his pick for "chief performance officer," a newly created position that will work on the federal budget and to reform government, CNN reports. "Obama has selected Nancy Killefer, according to two Democratic officials. She is a... Source : Wikio - Home 40 hours ago |
07 Jan 14 : 21 | Businessman Linked to Richardson Donated to Obama (Fox News) David Rubin gave $26,200 to the Democratic Party on Sept. 19 and $2,300 to Barack Obama's campaign on Sept. 30.Source : Fox News (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Election 2008, Politics, The 44th President of United States Source : Wikio - Home 42 hours ago |
07 Jan 10 : 17 | Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint (Arizona Republic) WASHINGTON (AP) -- To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with his massive economic stimulus package: the promise of long-term fiscal discipline....Source : Arizona Republic (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Government, Politics, The 44th... Source : Wikio - Home 46 hours ago |
07 Jan 09 : 44 | Obama draws heat on his choice to head CIA (NYDailyNews) Bipartisan spy watchers slammed Team Obama on Tuesday over the choice of ex-Clintonista Leon Panetta to lead the CIA.Source : NYDailyNews (subscribe)Explore : Central Intelligence Agency, León, US Source : Wikio - Home 46 hours ago |
07 Jan 09 : 21 | Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint (Boston Globe) To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with his massive economic stimulus package: the promise of long-term fiscal discipline.Source : Boston Globe (subscribe)Explore : Barack Obama, Government, Politics, The 44th President of United States Source : Wikio - Home 47 hours ago |
07 Jan 12 : 30 | Al Qaeda No. 2 Blames Obama, Egypt’s President for Gaza (Infidels Are... Today's moment of "Huh?" is brought to you by al-Qaeda #2 Ayman al-Zawahiri.Source : Infidels Are Cool (subscribe)Explore : Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Egypt, Gaza Strip Source : Wikio - Home 43 hours ago |
07 Jan 06 : 31 | Contributor Who Brought Down Bill Richardson Also Made Contributions To... Another day, another scandal for the Obama administration. Is anyone keeping track? Is Obama going to set the record for the most scandals before even taking office? WASHINGTON – A prominent businessman caught up in a grand jury probe whose political donations ended any role for New Mexico Gov.... Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 06 : 15 | Biden: Obama Transition Team Should Have Consulted Senate About Panetta... [Guest post by DRJ] From the Washington Post, Joe Biden says Obama’s transition team should have consulted with Senate intelligence officials before announcing the appointment of Leon Panetta as CIA Director: “Vice-president-elect Joseph Biden admitted today the Obama transition team made a... Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 04 : 53 | Obama To Ban Earmarks From Stimulus Bill (The Huffington Post) On his second day in Washington, President-elect Obama met with his budget team and promised no earmarks will be in the stimulus plan. "We are going to ban all earmarks -- the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review," he explained. "We will create an economic recovery... Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 10 : 03 | A rare gathering: Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents (Arizona Republic) WASHINGTON (AP) -- An entire generation has gone by since the nation last saw this tableau of American history: every living U.S. president together at the White House....Source : Arizona Republic (subscribe)Explore : George W. Bush, US President, White House Source : Wikio - Home 46 hours ago |
07 Jan 04 : 18 | Zawahiri Blames Obama for Gaza Fight (American Pundit) Huh. I thought that the arrival of The One and his enlightened foreign policy would almost certainly drive Zawahiri and his cohorts to a life of public service and humanitarianism. Not so, evidently. CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader lashed out at President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio... Source : Wikio - Home |
07 Jan 04 : 00 | Obama's Pick For Surgeon General: CNN's Sanjay Gupta (Crooks and Liars) Sanjay Gupta vs. Michael Moore on the national health care system on Larry King Live, July 2007 WSJ Health Blog : The Washington Post is reporting that Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Sanjay Gupta. He’s expected to accept the job, the Post says, citing two unnamed sources.... Source : Wikio - Home |
