Obama Energy Speech

Remarks of President Barack Obama—As Prepared for Delivery A Secure Energy Future Georgetown University March 30, 2011   As Prepared for Delivery—   We meet here at a tumultuous time for the world.  In a matter of months, we’ve seen regimes toppled and democracy take root across North Africa and ...

• 11:32 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Budget Battle

After days of dribs and drabs about what's in the Obama budget, today we finally get the figures on what exactly the President wants to do with his budget for the Fiscal Year 2012. The White House does call for cuts, highlighted by a five year freeze on domestic, non-security ...

• 9:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011

Spike Lee At Morehouse On Education Mission

Education Secretary Arne Duncan and filmmaker Spike Lee are teaming up to encourage black men to go into teaching. The duo is scheduled to appear with U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson and Rep. John Lewis at Morehouse College on Monday for a town hall meeting with students at the country's only ...

• Updated: 6:10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2011

Many Budget Questions

Two weeks from today, President Obama will send Congress his budget for Fiscal Year 2012.  The unanswered question is how much that spending plan will offer in terms of real budget cutbacks and changes. While the President again mentioned the need for deficit reduction in his State of the Union ...

• 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011

Extra Health Waivers

For weeks, I have been dutifully checking the Obana Administration web site that listed the waivers granted to one provision of the new health reform law.  But then I didn't check the day after the State of the Union Address. And so, I missed the addition of over 500 new ...

• 8:21 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011

A Muted Response

One thing that is not appealing in a State of the Union Address is the routine of lawmakers jumping out of their seats repeatedly for standing ovations.  That sort of went away this year. Many people scoffed at the idea of lawmakers moving around and not sitting just on the ...

• 2:16 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011

White House Talking Points

Just before President Obama began his State of the Union Address to Congress, the White House released a fact sheet on his "Plan to Win the Future." -THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press Secretary____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 25, 2011 The State of the Union:President Obama's Plan to Win the Future   In his ...

• 9:01 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011

Share Your Thoughts On The State Of The Union

Share your thoughts below on President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. WEB EXTRA: Obama Presidency In Depth

• Updated: 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011

The State Of The Union Address

• Updated: 8:13 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011

State of the Union

Over an hour before the speech, the White House released the full prepared text of tonight's State of the Union Address. - THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2011   Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery State of ...

• 7:56 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011

Obama Speech Excerpts

The White House has released excerpts of President Obama's State of the Union Address to the Congress. - THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 25, 2011     Excerpts from President Obama's State of the Union Address     As Prepared for Delivery- ...

• 6:22 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011

Looming Budget Battles

It might be about time to grab the pot on the back burner labeled "Budget Battles," and move it to the front of the Legislative Stove, because things are starting to simmer in Congress. Last week, a group of more conservative Republicans turned up the heat with a plan that ...

• 9:17 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011

A Big Week

President Obama gets the chance to re-set the political landscape tomorrow night with his State of the Union Address.  Will it be memorable?  Or just another speech? What should we expect?  The White House says a main focus will be jobs and the economy, which is something Democrats in the ...

• 9:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011

Whither Tax Reform

As a key House committee kicks off hearings today on reform of the federal tax code, it's a reminder that Congress has not done anything major on tax reform in 25 years. You have to rewind to 1986, when Ronald Reagan was President, Dan Rostenkowski was the Chairman of the ...

• 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011

Back To Business

As this week comes to an end, it's obvious that lawmakers in the Congress are starting to get back to business after taking several days to honor those killed and wounded in the Arizona shootings last weekend. Whether it was the speech of President Obama to a memorial service in ...

• 8:47 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011

Different D.C. Dynamic

As President Obama gets his internal clock adjusted this week to Eastern Time following his family vacation in Hawaii, he will be confronted by a different dynamic, a divided U.S. Congress. The House goes over to the Republicans as the 112th Congress convenes on Wednesday.  While the Senate stays in ...

• 2:46 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011

Gulf Oyster Supply Dwindling, Impact On Prices

Atlanta seafood wholesaler Inland Seafood is seeing a price hike of up to 30% in the price of Gulf oysters. Louisiana state officials closed two more oyster beds over the weekend, as a precaution to guard against possible contamination from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster. Inland Seafood CEO Joel ...

• Updated: 7:43 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2010

Jobs Bill Slows

It has been over six weeks since President Obama used his State of the Union Address to vow action on jobs and the economy.  The Congress though is still dickering over the details of job creation plans. First, the Senate suddenly changed course during the snows of February, as Democrats ...

• 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Obama Visiting Georgia Tuesday

The city of Savannah is getting ready to host President Barack Obama. Tuesday's scheduled four-hour visit is to be Mr. Obama's first to Georgia since taking office and is billed as part of his "White House to Main Street" tour.The White House said Mr. Obama's visit will focus heavily on ...

• Updated: 5:51 a.m. Monday, March 1, 2010

The Power of Sixty

Lots of people have been surprised to find out in recent days that Sen. Elect Scott Brown (R-MA) is still just the Senator-Elect, and not yet a voting member of the U.S. Senate.  That delay was a good thing for Democrats this week. With Brown saying he does not expect ...

• 8:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010