Tag: Democrats

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 10:48 UTC

  Bipartisan efforts failed: US Government shutdown

  

  For first time since 2013, the US government is in shutdown after senators rejected a temporary spending patch. Trump accuses Democrats of taking Americans hostage with their demands.

• Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 19:14 UTC

  First signals of US congressional clash: Republicans vote to cut food stamp benefits

  

  US lawmakers have narrowly voted to cut food stamp benefits from next year despite a veto threat from the White House and opposition from lobby groups. The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the bill by 217-200. But it has little chance in the Democratic-held Senate.

• Thursday, September 6th 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Obama nominated candidate following ex-president Clinton impassionate speech

  

  In a speech to the Democratic Party’s national convention, former President Bill Clinton appealed to millions of hard-pressed Americans to support the President Barack Obama for a second term in the White House.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2012 - 05:57 UTC

  Democrats take turns to bash Romney and his policies at the Charlotte convention

  

  The 5.500 Democrat delegates launched a vigorous defence of President Barack Obama on Tuesday and urged voters to give him another term to fix the economy as they opened their national convention with sharp criticism of Republican hopeful Mitt Romney.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 05:11 UTC

  Hurricane Isaac conditions festivity of Romney’s Republican Tampa convention

  

  Instead of opening with a bang as originally planned, Mitt Romney's Republican convention started with a whimper on Monday as party leaders staged a low-key session while Tropical Storm Isaac churned through the Gulf of Mexico.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 17:11 UTC

  Republican Romney will dispute the White House with President Obama

  

  Mitt Romney clinched the US Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a resounding victory in Texas and now faces a five-month sprint to convince voters to trust him over Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.

• Saturday, August 6th 2011 - 08:15 UTC

  US voters furious: disapproval of Congress rises to an all-time high of 82%

  

  Disapproval of the United States Congress rose to an all-time high after weeks of rancorous partisan battles over raising the US debt ceiling took the country to the brink of default, according a New York Times/CBS News public opinion poll published on Friday.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 23:54 UTC

  With no accord on US debt limit, Moody’s could downgrade US ratings

  

  Moody's has warned it may downgrade the US debt rating if Congress fails to increase the US debt limit in the coming weeks and risks default. The agency warned of political “entrenchment” preventing an increase.

• Monday, April 4th 2011 - 07:14 UTC

  President Barack Obama expected to announce this week re-election plans

  

  Barack Obama is likely to announce plans next week to run for re-election and file campaign papers with the Federal Election Commission as early as Monday, a Democratic official said.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2010 - 07:19 UTC

  Obama defends tax deal with Republicans: “real money for real people”

  

  President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the tentative tax deal he struck with Republicans is a good deal for the American people and a long political fight over tax cuts would have been bad for the US economy.