Oversight
Obama on jobs bill: No more games
President urges Congress to act on the measure immediately.
News
Obama gets specific in his jobs bill
The 155-page bill includes details of spending and taxes with a specificity rarely produced by this White House.
Oversight
Obama details $447 billion jobs plan
President challenges congressional super-committee to come up with additional spending cuts to offset cost of proposal.
Oversight
Obama agrees to address Congress on Sept. 8
Move comes after House Speaker John Boehner had rebuffed president's request to appear on Sept. 7.
News
Obama calls for extension of transportation funding
The president says gamesmanship threatens nearly a million jobs.
News
Obama asks for joint session of Congress on Sept. 7 to push jobs plan
The president says he'll focus on "strengthening small businesses, helping Americans get back to work, and putting more money back in the paychecks of the middle class."
News
Boehner fires back at Obama over scheduling of jobs speech
Obama requested a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7, the evening of a planned GOP presidential debate.
Pay & Benefits
Presidential vacation criticism is as old as Washington
In the two centuries since John Adams was the first president to seek solace outside Washington, the critics have always been there to attack.
Oversight
Obama: Give me 'something to sign by Tuesday'
President again calls on Americans to contact their representatives in support of a debt deal.
Oversight
Dueling president, House speaker take pleas prime time
Despite warnings of dire consequences for failing to raise the debt ceiling, neither side appears willing to budge with one week to go before the Aug. 2 deadline.
Oversight
Obama presses urgency on debt
President complains that the Hill 'has run up the credit card.'
Oversight
Biden touts administration's cost-cutting record
In editorial column, vice president makes the case the White House is serious about cutting waste.
News
Monday debt talks end with little movement
Negotiations are set to resume at the White House on Tuesday afternoon.
Oversight
Deficit talks end with no deal
Discussions are continuing Monday, in hopes of reaching agreement on a more modest package of spending cuts.
Oversight
Obama to leaders: 'Leave rhetoric at the door'
President urges both sides to come to debt ceiling talks without political gamesmanship.
Defense
Obama announces 33,000-troop cut from Afghanistan
U.S. mission will change from combat to support as Afghan forces take the lead, president says in televised address.
Oversight
Golf gives insights into presidential character
Obama is set to play 18 holes with House Speaker John Boehner this weekend.
Oversight
The management challenge of disaster response
The public wants federal agencies to support local officials, but be ready to take over at the first sign they're in over their heads.
Defense
Obama claims fragile progress in Afghanistan
With Clinton, Gates at his side, president makes case for staying the course.
Defense
Justice Department appeals 'don't ask, don't tell' ruling
Officials also request a stay of a federal judge's injunction against enforcement of the law that bars homosexual men and women from serving openly in the military.
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