Bill Clinton

The government will not shut down because of a partisan battle over spending, the Senate's second-ranking Republican said Tuesday. Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.), the Senate GOP whip, said Democrats and Republicans would reach a Compromise on a short-term…

Ezra Klein clings to his optimism:  I wouldn't be surprised if Obama has his name on a broader Deficit-reduction bill at this time next year. If he takes the deficit away from Republicans before 2012, his Reelection campaign becomes co…

Now that President Obama has threatened to Veto the House's spending Legislation, things will really heat up. As House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D_MD) reminded reporters yesterday, President Clinton drew some bright lines himself during the Bu…

PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. residents say they think President Barack Obama is respected by world leaders, a Gallup World Affairs poll released Wednesday indicated. The 52 percent of respondents who said Obama has internat…

FILE - In this 1964 file photo originally released by Columbia Pictures, Peter Sellers is shown in a scene from "Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" Every possible kind of United States president has been depicte…

The GOP says it wants to work with Obama on entitlement reform, and that the Budget House Republicans are writing will give specifics on how. Obama says he wants to work with the GOP on entitlement reform, and that "if you look at the history of h…

Posted at 10:37 AM ET, 02/15/2011 Ratings on Obama's handling of the Deficit By Jon Cohen and Peyton M. Craighill Most Americans disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the federal Budget deficit, but head-to-head against the Republican…