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Obama: Time for talk is over on healthcare bill

Obama: Time for talk is over on healthcare bill

March 11, 2010

President Barack Obama declared on Wednesday the "time for talk is over" and urged the U.S. Congress to vote on healthcare as his health secretary directly challenged insurers to forgo profits to make coverage more affordable. Read More


Obama, Key Senators Make Their Pitch for Climate and Energy Bill

March 10, 2010

Closed-door talks extended to both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday as President Obama, key senators and industry officials searched for an elusive agreement on comprehensive energy and climate change legislation. Read More

Obama Criticizes Insurers in Bid to Sell Health Plan

March 9, 2010

President Barack Obama and his top health official are stepping up attacks on the nation’s insurers in an effort to sway public opinion and persuade lawmakers to back U.S. health-care legislation. Read More

Obama targets insurers, sells reform plan

March 8, 2010
Obama targets insurers, sells reform plan

President Barack Obama launched a sharp attack on health insurers on Monday and called on his fellow Democrats to rise above politics and pass a healthcare overhaul in the next few weeks. Read More

Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April

March 7, 2010
Obama to push White House vision for NASA in April

President Barack Obama will outline his administration's vision for space agency NASA and an eventual trip to Mars during a conference in Florida in April, the White House said on Sunday. Read More

Obama reasserts Volcker rule, Senate bill seen

March 4, 2010

The Obama administration reasserted its commitment to banning proprietary trading by banks with draft legislative language on Wednesday, despite signs that Congress is unlikely to adopt such a rule. Read More

President Obama to Lay Out Final Push for Health Care Reform Legislation

March 3, 2010

With the clock once again ticking on health care reform legislation, President Obama today will launch his final push to get a bill passed and will indicate that he is willing to work with Republicans on some issues Read More

Obama Looks to Undecided Dems on Health Bill

March 2, 2010
Obama Looks to Undecided Dems on Health Bill

At least nine of the 39 Democrats who voted "nay" when the House passed sweeping overhaul legislation 220-215 in November are now undecided or withholding judgment until they see Obama's final product. Read More

Obama considers new US nuclear strategy: report

March 1, 2010
Obama considers new US nuclear strategy: report

US President Barack Obama is making final decisions on a broad new nuclear strategy for the United States that will permanently reduce the US nuclear arsenal by thousands of weapons, The New York Times reported Monday. Read More

Obama Shows Testy Side at Health Care Summit

February 26, 2010
Obama Shows Testy Side at Health Care Summit

Of all the hats President Obama tried on at Thursday's seven-and-a-half-hour health care summit, it appeared the one he was most comfortable wearing was that of the prickly professor. Read More

Obama: Politics Trumped Common Sense in Health Care Debate

February 25, 2010

President Obama kicked off a bipartisan health care summit today with hopes that Democrats and Republicans can bridge their divide to achieve a substantive discussion about how to move forward on overhaul legislation. Read More

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