AP – President Barack Obama plans to raise money in Florida this week, including a $30,000 a person event at the Windermere, Fla., home of Dallas Mavericks guard Vince Carter. He also will promote his economic agenda in a speech at the University of Miami.
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Obama to raise cash, pitch economic agenda in Fla. (AP)
Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment?
In one of the most uninformed #8212; and counter-productive #8212; op-eds we#8217;ve read in the last five years, President Barack Obama#8217;s first chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisors, Christina D. Romer, just spent 1,200 words arguing that we should do nothing about the crisis in American manufacturing. She meticulously constructed three straw men...
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Obama to tout American manufacturing in Wis. visit (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama will try to use his Wednesday visit to a Milwaukee padlock manufacturer to highlight an improving economy and showcase companies that are bringing jobs back to the U.S., even though the Wisconsin company’s success isn’t reflective of the state.
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The fight begins: Obama’s budget going to Congress (AP)
AP – The new budget that President Barack Obama is sending to Congress aims to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by restraining government spending and raising taxes on the wealthy. To help a weak economy, Obama’s proposal Monday requests increases in transportation, education and other areas.
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White House lowers stale jobless forecast (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama will forecast a U.S. unemployment rate averaging 8.9 percent in 2012 in his annual budget on Monday – but before the document was even released a top aide called the projection stale and said it should be lower.
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Obama says he deserves re-election, job’s not done (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama says he deserves re-election, despite the nation’s economic troubles.
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Obama presses Congress to pass aid to homeowners (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed lawmakers to pass his proposal to provide up to $10 billion in aid to struggling homeowners, saying a failure to address the housing crisis would put the rest of the economy at risk.
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Obama presses Congress to pass aid to homeowners (Reuters)
Reuters – President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed lawmakers to pass his proposal to provide up to $10 billion in aid to struggling homeowners, saying a failure to address the housing crisis would put the rest of the economy at risk.
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Obama pushes for veterans jobs programs (AP)
AP – In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands.
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Jobless rate at 3-year low as payrolls surge (Reuters)
Reuters – The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama.
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Obama says his policies are extension of his faith (AP)
AP – Blending politics and religion, President Barack Obama said his Christian faith is a driving force behind his economic policies, from Wall Street reform to his calls for the wealthy to pay higher taxes.
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Obama links economic policies to Christian faith (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama linked his economic policies to his Christian faith, saying on Thursday that meeting the nation’s challenges requires strong values as much as smart policies.
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