Kim McIntyre

Obama takes responsibility for AIG misstep, Dodd admits to grandfather clause

Dodd claims the provision was intended to stop excessive executive compensation packages but aids to President Barack Obama’s administration told him he needed to provide a grandfather clause in the wording or strike the measure all together.The...

Obama blasts AIG bonus payouts

President Barack Obama rhetorically asked, “How did they warrant any bonuses? How do they justify this to the tax payers that are keeping the company afloat?” Late last week it was reported that American International...

Geithner outlines new financial rescue plan

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner laid out the long term initiative to rescue the nation's troubled financial system. Calling it the new Financial Stability Plan, Geithner says the Government will partner with the...

President Obama sees Republicans as the obstacle to stimulus bill

Despite a flurry of interviews with the anchors of all major U.S. networks this week, President Barack Obama will hold his first press conference in front of the White House press corp on Monday. In his first address...

Senate GOP unlikely to vote for President Obama's stimulus bill

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted President Barack Obama's Recovery and Reinvestment plan on Capitol Hill this morning. The highest ranking Senate Republican says Obama needs to go back to his original plan to...

Obama reverses Bush's abortion policy

President Barack Obama is doing what every new Commander and Chief does; he's repealing policies set by his predecessor that he doesn't agree with. Late Friday afternoon, Obama struck down the "Mexico City Policy." ...

Obama's Treasury Nominee apologizes for tax mistakes

Before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary Nominee Timothy Geithner says his failure to pay 34 thousand dollars in taxes between 2001 and 2004 was “a careless and avoidable mistake.&rdquo...

President Obama Inauguration speech: Which line most memorable?

Standing before for a crowd of more than a million Americans in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama delivered his Inauguration speech. With his daughters Sasha and Malia taking pictures of their father at the podium, the 44th...

Obama family moves to Blair House

With little fan fair, President-elect Barack Obama and his family left Washington, DC's Hay-Adams Hotel and moved a block away into Blair House; the official state guest house of the President of the...

Obama writes letter to daughters

Sasha and Malia Obama might not have seen their Dad as much as they liked in 2007 and 2008. The Senator from Illinois was on the road, campaigning hard to become the next...

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