Obama trumpets economic growth

Obama: Economy Moving in Right Direction
(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama sees a clear and encouraging trend on The Economy, citing fresh reports showing private-sector job growth and lower Unemployment. He used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to discuss the latest economic news and press for Bipartisan action in the newly divided Congress on measures to spur growth. Obama presented the December jobs report in a positive light even though it fell short of what Economists had been looking for and even though t...

Obama trumpets economic growth
The Private Sector added 103,000 new jobs in December and the Unemployment Rate fell from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent. "Now, we know that these numbers can bounce around from month to month. But the trend is clear," said the president, whose 2012 re-election prospects may well hinge on the condition of The Economy. "We saw 12 straight months of Private Sector job growth—the first time that's been true since 2006," he said. The economy added 1.3 million jobs last year. And each quarter was ...

President predicts warming trend on jobs
WASHINGTON — President Obama sees a clear and encouraging trend on The Economy, citing new reports showing private-sector job growth and lower Unemployment. He used his weekly radio and Internet address yesterday to discuss the latest economic news and press for Bipartisan action in the newly divided Congress on measures to spur growth. Obama presented the December jobs report in a positive light even though it fell short of what Economists had been looking for and even though the drop in...

Obama: Economy Is Moving in Right Direction
(AP) WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is trumpeting private-sector job growth and lower Unemployment, telling the public that "the trend is clear" on The Economy - and it's encouraging. The president used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to discuss the latest economic news and press for Bipartisan action in the newly divided Congress on measures to spur growth. He presented the December jobs report in a positive light, even though it fell short of what Economists had been look...

Obama's Sets Mission For New Team: Accelerate Growth
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sees a clear and encouraging trend on The Economy, citing fresh reports showing private-sector job growth and lower Unemployment. He used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to discuss the latest economic news and press for Bipartisan action in the newly divided Congress on measures to spur growth. Obama presented the December jobs report in a positive light even though it fell short of what Economists had been looking for and even though the dr...

Colorado legislators see hope for bipartisan efforts
In what might otherwise be one of the most partisan years in memory, leaders on both sides of the aisle say the 2011 session of the Colorado General Assembly — which begins Wednesday — could turn out to be one big group hug. The ingredients for a brawl are certainly there: It's a redistricting year; Republicans, back in charge of one chamber after six years out of power, want to reverse Democratic policies; and some bitterly divisive issues like Immigration and Civil Unions are expec...

President Obama discusses economic growth and tax cut stimulus package
Washington , D.C. - In his weekly address on Saturday, President Barack Obama praised the slow but tangible Economic Growth by the country in 2010 and briefly discussed the predicted impact that December’s stimulus package of Tax Cuts and business incentives will have on 2011 economic growth.  To view the video of President Obama’s weekly address, please click on the video link at the left of the page. WASHINGTON- In his weekly address, President Obama looked forwar...

US adds 1.3 million private sector jobs in 2010, holds lessons for 2011 policy
The December jobs report showed the Unemployment Rate down to, 9.4 percent, the Lowest Level in 19 months. It showed that 103,000 jobs were added to The Economy, the 12th consecutive month of growth in Private Sector jobs that added 1.3 million Private Sector jobs, the strongest Private Sector job growth since 2006. Indeed, jobs have been added to the economy for just about every month since Obama got the stimulus program passed, reversing the decline in jobs that had occurred every month for Bu...

Obama says economy moving in right direction
The Private Sector added 103,000 new jobs in December and the Unemployment rate fell from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent. "Now, we know that these numbers can bounce around from month to month. But the trend is clear," said the president, whose 2012 re-election prospects may well hinge on the condition of The Economy. "We saw 12 straight months of Private Sector job growth—the first time that's been true since 2006," he said. The economy added 1.3 million jobs last year. And each quarter was ...

Obama claims job growth as adminisration success
The Private Sector added 103,000 new jobs in December and the Unemployment rate fell from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent. “Now, we know that these numbers can bounce around from month to month. But the trend is clear,” said the president, whose 2012 re-election prospects may well hinge on the condition of The Economy. “We saw 12 straight months of Private Sector job growth — the first time that’s been true since 2006,” he said. The economy added 1.3 million jobs l...

Ga. Congressmen join fight to repeal Obamacare
In round two of Healthcare Reform, Congressional Republicans, including members of Georgia’s delegation, are working toward the Repeal of a measure Congress passed in March. “Georgians overwhelmingly expressed their support to Repeal ObamaCare, create jobs, eliminate Unconstitutional and burdensome regulations, reduce spending, and most importantly, restore a constitutionally-limited government,” U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., said in a statement. “Repealing Obamacare is a ...

Hunter local governance
The conventional Duncan Hunter (CA-52) will testify to the local governance of schools and jobs development he stands for on the House Education and The Workforce Committee. The committee began their work for the 112th Congress this week with strong action on the Republican agenda that sat on the shelf. The representative for east and north counties who paid for his education with work creating websites and programming databases and e-commerce systems for high technology companies plans on givin...

Obama Turns To Old Clinton Hands
(NewsCore) - President Barack Obama's revamped economic team is made up mostly of Veterans of President Bill Clinton's administration, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The line-up could help the White House navigate a politically divided Washington as it tries to speed up Economic Growth. Veteran policy maker Gene Sperling will direct the White House's National Economic Council (NEC), moving from his post as a senior adviser to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Sperling led the coun...

Obama touts tax cuts
President Barack Obama, the political battle over Tax Cuts behind him, focused his weekly address on encouraging businesses to take advantage of provisions that he said will save them money and spur Economic Growth. “Independent experts have concluded that, taken together, this package of Tax Cuts will significantly accelerate the pace of our Economic Recovery, spurring additional jobs and growth,” the president said. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 Tax relief i...

A retooled White House
Barack Obama's White House is looking more like Bill Clinton's every day. Last week, for example, President Obama named William M. Daley as White House Chief of Staff and Gene Sperling as Economic Policy czar. Daley is a former Clinton Cabinet secretary and Chicago Banker who plants himself squarely in the center of the political spectrum. Sperling was a top Clinton advisor for all eight years of that tumultuous presidency. Obama has even accepted a bit of private coaching from Clinton himself s...

Reich: Why Won't Obama Tell The Real Story Instead Of Legitimizing The Republican Narrative On Deficits?
I read the other day that Robert Reich reacted favorably to Obama's appointment of Gene Sperling as his top economic advisor, and wondered if there was more to it. I'm happy to see that the Times has actually interviewed him: BERKELEY, Calif. — So how would he grade President Obama’s economic policies, and the new team put in place this week? Though Robert B. Reich, the former labor secretary, endorsed Mr. Obama and has traveled to the White House to provide economic counsel, he offe...

Where Are The Jobs?
There were two reasons for the election of President Obama. One, after two and a half terms of Bush the Younger, and a Republican shopaholic Congress and half a term with a Democratic shopaholic Congress people were desperate for change. And two, The Economy hit a speed bump in September of 2008. Candidate Obama promised to control spending so our free economy could create new jobs. President Obama has so far delivered the greatest spending binge in world history. His answer to an economy stalle...

Lance Simmens: Restoring the Middle Class Will Restore American Exceptionalism
If you want to restore "American Exceptionalism," you need to restore the Middle Class. The mantra of politicians at all levels of government this election cycle will be jobs, jobs, jobs, and appropriately so. The Economy is slowly recovering from the massive hangover of misguided, ill-conceived, and flawed economic policies and Deregulation of the Financial Markets that have effectively widened the gap between the Richest and the rest. And while restoration of jobs is priority one, two and th...

President Obamas Weekly Address
In his Weekly Address, the President listed some of the benefits he argues are now being realised as a result of the agreement that was struck on taxes in December. President Obama has been forthright in claiming early success from the Compromise, pointing to welcomed improvements on the economic front. Though he acknowledges that there is a long way to go, President Obama argues that the nation has shown signs of a positive economic trend. “Last month, our economy added more than 100,000 ...

Obama sets mission for new team: Accelerate growth (AP)
WASHINGTON – His presidency tied to the fate of The Economy, Barack Obama is revamping his Economic Policy team and signaling cooperation to ascendant Republicans and the business community at a pivotal moment in the nation's recovery and Washington politics. The president is surrounding himself with Veterans of the Clinton Administration. Chief of Staff William Daley, economic overseer Gene Sperling and recently confirmed Budget director Jacob Lew form an inner circle with a history of ...

Obama names Gene Sperling to top economic post
WASHINGTON (AP) — His presidency tied to the fate of The Economy, Barack Obama is revamping his Economic Policy team and signaling cooperation to ascendant Republicans and the business community at a pivotal moment in the nation's recovery and Washington politics. The president is surrounding himself with Veterans of the Clinton Administration. Chief of Staff William Daley, economic overseer Gene Sperling and recently confirmed Budget director Jacob Lew form an inner circle with a history...

Barack Obama and the New Republican Challenge
Steadily declining popularity, and disillusionment culminating in the loss of control of the House, marked the President's first two years in office. A somewhat humbled Barack Obama seemed determined to try a more Bipartisan approach. Will this tactic, in the new session, help in getting his policies through Congress, or is he facing a Republican mindset of pure obstructionism? After an aggressive two years on the legislative front, President Obama starts today to play defense. While Republica...

What Congressional Republicans are dead set against
A successful Repeal of Health Care reform would revert us back to the old system for financing and delivering Health Care and lead to substantial increases in total medical spending. The consequences of this spending increase would be far reaching. It would hurt family incomes, jobs, and Economic Growth. Repealing health reform would: · Increase medical spending by $125 billion by the end of this decade and add nearly $2,000 annually to family Insurance Premiums · Destroy 250,000...

From Falls Creek Camp To Congress
Earlier this year, when I reported on the race to succeed Republican Rep. (now Gov.-elect) Mary Falin as congressman from Oklahoma ’s 4th District, I mentioned just about every Republican in the seven-candidate GOP primary except one: James Lankford, who wound up winning the all-important nomination and is now congressman-elect. “So you were just like the rest of the political reporters and overlooked me? the 42-year-old Lankford said with a big smile when he dropped by HUMAN EVENT...

Obama talks tax cuts; Republican vows health care bill repeal
President Obama and House Republican leader Eric Cantor offered different ways to create jobs Saturday, with Obama touting his Tax Cut program and Cantor promoting Repeal of the president's "job killing" Health Care bill. In a radio address a day after the Unemployment Rate dropped from 9.8% to 9.4%, Obama cited the agreement he reached with Republicans last month for a two-year extension of tax cuts signed by him and predecessor George W. Bush. "Independent experts have concluded that, taken t...