Obama’s Off Shore Drilling Plan Aims to Win Climate Votes
WASHINGTON — President Obama, after delaying and deliberating for a year, unveiled a controversial new offshore drilling plan Wednesday that was driven largely by the politics of his agenda on energy and climate change – not getting a lot more oil and natural gas anytime soon. As a presidential candidate, Obama was attacked by Republicans [...]
US passes Obama’s healthcare reform bill
President Barack Obama’s controversial healthcare reform bill has been passed in the United States today, bringing to an end an exhaustive lobbying campaign which has stirred passions on both sides of the debate for over a year. The bill was passed with 219 votes from the Democrats defeating the combined nay votes of 178 Republicans [...]
Q+A-What’s the point of Obama’s healthcare summit?
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama hosts Republicans and Democrats at a high-level meeting on Thursday that seeks to break an impasse over how to revamp the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare industry. Here are some questions and answers about the event at Washington’s elegant Blair House, across the street from the White House, [...]
