Obama, GOP bicker over job creation plans; shows tough sledding toward bipartisan solutions Republicans sparred with President Barack Obama in their Saturday media ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has reached a tentative deal with the United States to end a dispute over "Buy American" provisions in U.S. ...
Potential profit plays include this Canadian equity After Wednesday night's State of the Union address, the Obama administration has added a new mantra to its lexicon. Welcome to the "Clean Energy Economy." In a speech in which embattled U.S. President Barack Obama ...
Obama's multitrillion-dollar budget would deepen record pool of red ink, urge jobless help Spelling out painful priorities, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a huge new shot of spending for recession relief and job creation, part of a ...
State, federal money woes could threaten high-speed rail's future even with stimulus funds The $8 billion in stimulus cash awarded to 13 high-speed rail corridors across the country may seem like a windfall for advocates, but there's a catch: The money isn't ...
Gov. Henry says Okla. faces `painful' future as raid on Rainy Day Fund won't solve budget woes Gov. Brad Henry warned Oklahomans they face a "painful" future Monday, lamenting that a raid on a $600 million state savings account this year won't ...
Analysis: Obama won't meet either jobs or deficit goals anytime soon, budget numbers suggest President Barack Obama's new budget sets two major goals: creating jobs and cutting the deficit. But his own budget documents cast serious doubt on whether he'll make much ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to halve a record 2010 budget deficit by the end of his first term in office, but made tackling double-digit unemployment his immediate priority with a spending plan that risked public ire and ...
by Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed on Monday sending more financial help to U.S. states and cities, as the economic stimulus program that gave local budgets emergency life support enters its final year. Altogether, direct federal grants in ...
Construction spending falls more than expected as home building drops most since May Construction spending dropped sharply in December to its lowest level in more than six years as new home building fell by the steepest amount in seven months, evidence that ...
Obama's spending plan features record $1.56 trillion deficit and new effort to boost jobs President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.83 trillion budget on Monday that would pour more money into the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. government discusses reauthorizing a sweeping education law and prepares to distribute billions of stimulus dollars for school reform, state legislatures are sending it a strong message: hands off. Education policy has always been the territory of ...
