Posts Tagged ‘President Obama’

Nobody Seems To Know What Your Tax Bill Will Be Next Year

The possible extension of the Bush-era tax cuts has been one of the primary political issues for the past several months. Though the issue has seemed close to resolution on multiple occasions, the latest word from Washington suggests it is still unresolved. The heart of the issue is the question of whether the cuts will [...]

Boehner, Likely to Get Election, Discusses Speaker Plans

Republican John Boehner is expected to become the next Speaker of the House after a momentous week for Republicans across the board, with sweeping wins in last week’s Congressional elections. Boehner has served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 8th Congressional district since 1991, and has been the Republican Minority Leader since 2007. One of [...]

President Obama: Voters Don’t Understand

President Barack Obama offered his interpretation of the 2010 mid-term elections, in which the Republican party gained an historic number of new seats in Congress, when he told Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes that his administration had failed to communicate to the American public the importance of the President’s accomplishments. The President echoed a common [...]

President Obama discloses personal information on his religious beliefs

President Obama addressed his religious upbringings when the question arose in a meeting with voters, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, organized as part of his political tour ahead of the legislative elections coming up in November. Obama elaborated on his family and his personal religious history, a topic that many Americans are still unclear on, [...]