Tag: Republicans

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 08:39 UTC

  Thatcher and Falklands’ military campaign invoked by US presidential hopeful

  

  A United States congresswoman running a surprising strong campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has compared herself to ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a foreign policy speech aimed in part at convincing US veterans that she would make a strong commander in chief.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 23:41 UTC

  Buffett calls on the US Congress to “stop coddling the super rich”

  

  Warren Buffett has called for Congress to make him and his “mega-rich friends” pay more income tax. In a piece in The New York Times newspaper, the billionaire investor and philanthropist said the rich should do more to help plug the deficit.

• 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.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 19:59 UTC

  Nobel Prize Krugman criticized Obama for giving in on debt deal

  

  The Nobel Prize winner economist Paul Krugman harshly criticized President Barack Obama for giving in to pressure compromising on a debt ceiling deal that defenders say will save the country from default.

• Thursday, July 28th 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  Lower House to vote on (doomed) Republican proposal to raise US debt ceiling

  

  US House of Representatives speaker John Boehner is urging Republicans to back his plan to cut the US budget and raise the debt limit. Boehner's appeal to conservative House Republicans came despite a White House veto threat and rejection from Democratic leaders in the Senate.

• 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.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2011 - 14:00 UTC

  Geithner warns US budget trimming battle in Congress has a deadline

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he was confident Congress would raise the country’s debt limit and that it may need to do so before a deal is reached to rein in future budget deficits.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 09:25 UTC

  US government and Republicans clash over legal debt limit and budget cuts

  

  United States will reach its 14.29 trillion US dollars legal debt limit no later than May 16 unless Congress acts before then, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said on Monday warning of “severe hardship” if lawmakers fail to act.

• 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.