From the White House: THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Of all the responsibilities the Constitution endows to Congress, two should be fairly simple: pass a budget, and pay America’s bills. But if the United States Congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today, much of the United […]
Read Speaker Boehner’s statement below: “The House worked late into the night Saturday to prevent a government shutdown, and the Senate now must move quickly, today, to do the same. “If the Senate stalls until Monday afternoon instead of working today, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by […]
Last night, House Republicans passed a continuing resolution (CR) that would delay Obamacare for a year, repeal the medical devices tax that helps pay for Obamacare, and postpone a potential government shutdown until December. However, the bill has no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate. But the bill will allow House […]
Top White House aide and advisor Dan Pfeiffer was hospitalized earlier this month for stroke-like symptoms. Pfeiffer fell ill during dinner on September 4, and checked into George Washington Hospital. After checking out, he went back days later. Doctors blamed hypertension for the symptoms. According to the New York Times’s […]
From the White House: Earlier today, I spoke with Larry Summers and accepted his decision to withdraw his name from consideration for Chairman of the Federal Reserve. Larry was a critical member of my team as we faced down the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and it was […]
