Category: President Barack Obama
Commerce official to push CT trade plan
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 20th, 2010
Middletown, Conn. (AP) -- The deputy U.S. Commerce secretary will be stopping in Connecticut to announce a trade initiative he says could create 2 million jobs.The initiative by President Barack Obama calls for doubling the nation's exports over the next… more »
Obama rallies support
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on March 19th, 2010
President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend's health care vote in stark terms Friday, using words uttered so rarely out of the White House that they seem all but banned: "If this vote fails." more »
Dems push toward health care vote Sun.
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on March 19th, 2010
Slowly but steadily, support is building behind President Barack Obama's health care legislation in the House, the result of intense lobbying and politically targeted changes aimed at reassuring waverers and winning over critics. more »
Obama postpones Asia trip
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 18th, 2010
Washington (AP) -- President Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Asia until June so he can stay in Washington for a possible Sunday vote on his health care overhaul plan.White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday the president is disappointed an… more »
Dems on track for Sunday vote
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 18th, 2010
Washington (AP) -- House Democrats are on track for a Sunday vote on sweeping health care legislation that will expand coverage to millions of uninsured while also reducing the federal deficit, leaders said Thursday.The bill delivers on President Barack… more »
Health care plan picks up support
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 17th, 2010
Washington (AP) -- President Barack Obama's much-challenged health care overhaul gained traction Wednesday as a liberal lawmaker became the first to switch his opposition and Catholic nuns declared their support in an unusual public break with the bishop… more »
Nuns urge passage of health bill
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Staff on March 17th, 2010
Washington (AP) -- Catholic nuns are urging Congress to pass President Barack Obama's health care plan, in an unusual public break with bishops who say it would subsidize abortion.Some 60 leaders of religious orders representing 59,000 Catholic nuns Wedn… more »
Obama sings praises of Irish
Posted by ConnPolitics.tv Editor on March 17th, 2010
President Barack Obama celebrated St.Patrick's Day by welcoming Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen to theOval Office and joking it's the one day in America when everyone'sIrish. more »
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