Submit a Story!

GOP opposition to additional bailout funds grows

 
President-elect Barack Obama is having enough trouble getting fellow Democrats to release the second half of the $700 billion bailout, but now he has a growing Republican problem, too. (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Activists Maintain Bush Special Prosecutor Correct Approach In Light Of Televised Obama Response
onthehillblog.blogspot.com 1/13/2009 — A group of Democratic activists is maintaining that a special prosecutor to investigate President Bush for his activities in office after President-elect Barack Obama responded to the issue on television.
Obama meets with liberal columnists
politico.com 1/14/2009 — Blog: Obama meets with liberals.
The House Republicans Propose A Stimulus Alternative
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 1/14/2009 — There is no pride of authorship, President-elect Barack Obama said last week. His economic team is open to and all ideas, regardless of progenitor. So -- the Republican Study Committee in the House has come out with an all-tax, no spending variant.  ...
Obama Meets With The Center-Left
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 1/14/2009 — 9:45 a.m., in the transition office, President-elect Obama, meeting with: the Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan, CNN's Roland Martin , MSNBC's Rachel Maddow , the Washington Post's Gene Robinson , the Boston Globe's Derrick Z. Jackson , the one and only ...
Social Security (US) - News - Times Topics - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 1/14/2009 — OBAMA PROMISES BID TO OVERHAUL RETIREE SPENDING Pres-elect Barack Obama says overhauling Social Security and Medicare will be key to his administration's effort to contain federal spending, signaling for first time that he will venture into politics ...
Podcast: Political enemies to political ‘frenemies’CNN Political Ticker 1/14/2009
CNN=Politics Daily is The Best Political Podcast from The Best Political Team. (CNN) – Proving there is political success after a failed presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton made the case for “smart power” in her confirmation hearings to be ...
Obama makes final stop in Ohio before inaugurationCNN Political Ticker 1/14/2009
(CNN) – The day before he kicks off a four-day marathon of Inauguration-related events in the nation’s capital, President-elect Barack Obama will head to Ohio to tout his economic recovery plan. Next Friday, Obama will travel to Bedford Heights, Ohio ...
Across U.S., parties, viewings set for inaugurationReuters: Politics 1/14/2009
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Cincinnati is hosting a viewing party in the city's central square, Kansas City will open its civic center and churches across America have chartered buses so supporters can watch the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama ...
Gibbs: Ending 'don't ask, don't tell' must waitCNN.com - Politics 1/14/2009
In an overlooked YouTube video posted on Friday, a spokesman for Barack Obama said the president-elect is committed to ending the policy that bars openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Obama aide: Ending 'don't ask, don't tell' must waitCNN Political Ticker 1/14/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — In an overlooked YouTube video posted on Friday, a spokesman for Barack Obama said the president-elect is committed to ending the policy that bars openly gay men and women from serving in the U.S. armed forces. Watch: 'Don't ...