All Posts Tagged With: "government"

Arkansas Democrats Head to Polls to in two runoffs

In one Arkansas runoff today, a prosecutor who allowed three men convicted of murder in 1993 hopes to survive a tough challenge from a candidate who is backed by the establishment. The race in the First district pits Scott Ellington a prosecutor against Clark Hall a state representative, as they battle for the Democratic nomination [...]

President Obama Says U.S. Influence Still High

At the Wednesday graduation ceremonies of the U.S. Air Force Academy, President Barack Obama hit back at Republican critics that said U.S. influence in the world is declining. He told Air Force graduates that a new confidence in the U.S leadership is being seen around the globe. Critics say otherwise, suggesting that the President is [...]

Romney Not Attracting Conservative Donors

Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney, along with the Republican Party, raised over $40 million last month from donors who support him and want him to be the country’s next president. However, even as he is solidifying himself as the GOP nominee, many of the people who supported his challengers in the primary election campaign [...]

Romney Batters Obama over Economy

Mitt Romney, for the second consecutive day, battered President Barack Obama’s record over spending by the government. Romney suggested the increasing federal deficit would lead to a huge tax increase and cause the already struggling economy to get worse. Campaigning in Florida, the presumptive GOP nominee was surrounded by senior citizens when he spoke in [...]

Obama Hypes Mortgage Relief

President Obama stopped in Nevada on Friday. Nevada is a swing state for the election and very important in Obama’s reelection. While in Nevada, Obama sets his thoughts back towards the economy following a week of talking about his support of gay marriage. The housing market in Nevada was hit hard during the economic downturn [...]

Swiss Bank Account Draws Wrath of Obama

 On Tuesday, the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama launched a new television ad that will run in Ohio, Iowa and Virginia that accuses opponent Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs overseas. Romney has promised to create new jobs using his vast business experience. The ad’s narrator said, “What would you expect from someone who at [...]

Five Anarchists Arrested In Bomb Plot

Federal agents arrested five people who were planning to blow a bridge up in Ohio. The incident has no connection to the anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden in a raid on his compound in Pakistan. An FBI task force arrested the five men on Monday night and charged three of them Douglas [...]

Obama’s State of Union Argues that the Nation Needs a Strong Government

During his State of Union Address, President Barack Obama said that he wants the government to have a strong role in times of federal deficits and increasing taxes. The Republicans often say that the government is the problem but the president said that the government is a major contributor to the improvement of the country’s [...]

Obama Wants Power to Streamline the Government

President Barack Obama wants for more power so that he could consolidate agencies to improve IS exports. He said that the move is important to streamline the bureaucracy in order to deal with the demands of the economy. He wants to close the Commerce Department and to merge the six trade and business agencies into [...]

Senate Comes Up with Plan to Avoid Government Shutdown

The Senate came up with a bipartisan plan on Monday that would avoid the occurrence of a government shutdown and prevented an impasse over disaster funding after the federal government said that it only has $114 million in its coffer. The Senate came up with the agreement after blocking a Democratic proposal. The Senate voted [...]