Showing posts with label obama administration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obama administration. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 04, 2011

How to Break Bread With Republicans

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In a new opinion piece for the New York Times Gregory Mankiw has put together a list of ways that President Obama can work with the new Re...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Republicans Accuse Dems of Using IRS Audits to Bully Conservative Groups

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From TheBlaze.com : Congressional Republicans are accusing Democrats and administration officials of leaking privileged IRS information a...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax

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From NYTimes.com : When Congress required most Americans to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, Democrats denied that they were cre...
Monday, July 05, 2010

How to Fix US Deficit: Stick to the Law

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According to the Christian Science Monitor , projections from the Congressional Budget Office on deficit assumptions show that if we stick ...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Lawmakers Seal Deal On Historic Wall St Reform

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Lawmakers delivered a win for the Obama administration when the reached an agreement on the historic Wall Street reform bill after a 21 ho...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Jobs Bill Likely to Be Delayed in Senate

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Although the Obama administration is hoping to sign the job create bill into law before the end of this week, yesterday Senate Republicans...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

White House Plans to Lend $30 Billion to Small Banks

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From the Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is finalizing plans to create a new government program to lend $30 billion to comm...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Treasuries Set for Worst Year Since 1978 as U.S. Steps Up Sales

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From BusinessWeek.com: Treasuries headed for the worst year since at least 1978 as the U.S. stepped up debt sales to help spur growth in...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

The Latest Tax Changes in the Senate's Health Care Bill

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The Senate is expected to vote on their health care bill (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) this Christmas Eve. They are als...
Friday, December 18, 2009

White House To Unveil Loans To Bring Broadband To Rural Areas

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According to Nasdaq.com , the White House announced a new plan to issues $182 million in grants and loans to bring broadband access to rura...
Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Treasury Tightens Screws on Mortgage Firms

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On Monday, the Obama administration announced a few steps they are planning to take to pressure lending institutions. The Federal governme...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Easing Impact of a Tax Rise

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Earlier in the week, David Johnston, of the New York Times , posted an article with advice for taxpayers earning more than $200,000 per y...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Electric-Car Companies Grab U.S. Cash to Blunt Risks

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From Bloomberg.com: Electric-car makers ranging from Ford Motor Co. to California startups are using $11 billion in taxpayer funds to su...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Administration to Decide on Housing Tax Credit Soon

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Despite pleas from thousands of homebuyers and intense lobbying, the Obama administration and those deciding the fate of the first time ho...
Monday, September 28, 2009

The White House Wants to Hear YOUR Tax Reform Suggestions

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With thousands of taxpayers showing up to protests around the country and a seemingly endless debate on funding for health care reform, th...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Cap and Trade Reform: The True Cost to Taxpayers

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Last weekend, I was featured in a segment on FOX Business Network to discuss the United Nation’s recent general assembly, as well as the...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Tax Inquiry Delays Pick by Obama at Treasury

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From the Wall Street Journal : President Barack Obama's nominee for the top international post at the Treasury Department has been s...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

White House Reports 1 Million Jobs Saved, Created

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A new report from White House’s top economists was published this morning and claims that over 1 million jobs have been saved or created...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Vice President Biden Announces “We Misread How Bad the Economy Was”

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In an interview that has gotten a lot of people talking, last night on ABC’s “This Week” Vice President Joe Biden admitted that the Obama ...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Administration: Highway Fund To Go Broke In August

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The Obama administration announced to lawmakers that the highway fund for ongoing projects will be empty by August, and an additional $5 t...