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Obama: 'The American People Are Watching What We Do Here'
December 29, 2012 It was hardly the first time the president had been standing at the White House briefing room podium, asking lawmakers to finally, before time runs out, agree to his plan or cut a deal, and spare the world some gratuitous economic pain.
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Sen. Reid: Looks Like We're Headed Over The 'Fiscal Cliff'
December 27, 2012 President Obama has returned to Washington. The Senate is back in session. House Republicans have said they're willing to talk. But with just a few days to go, both sides are saying the other will be at fault if automatic tax hikes and spending cuts aren't averted.
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#MomentForSandyHook In Memory Of Newtown Victims
December 21, 2012 One week ago, 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Also today: The National Rifle Association holds a news conference; President Obama says hundreds of thousands have signed petition seeking "serious steps" to end gun violence. and the first lady writes to Newtown.
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Today's 'Plan B' Vote: Part Of Posturing Or A Push Over The 'Fiscal Cliff?'
December 20, 2012 As the outlines of a deal have taken shape, both sides have been trying to show supporters that they're hanging tough. So today's vote on a GOP plan could be a bit of political theater that helps push the federal government over that so-called cliff and an important step toward compromise.
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'Take Me Out Of It,' President Urges GOP, And 'Take The Deal'
December 19, 2012 With the so-called fiscal cliff looming, President Obama argued Wednesday that he's gone "at least halfway" in meeting Republicans' demands. Now, he said, some in the GOP may just be resisting a deal because they find it hard to "say yes to me."
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Obama Asks Biden To Draft 'Concrete Proposals' On Guns By January
December 19, 2012 He will push those proposals "without delay," President Obama pledged today. In the wake of Friday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, the president repeated that he will "use all the powers of this office to help advance efforts to prevent more tragedies."
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White House Says Obama Would Veto GOP's 'Plan B' For Avoiding 'Fiscal Cliff'
December 19, 2012 While negotiations go on behind the scenes, the two sides continue to talk in public about problems they have with each other's ideas.
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President Obama Is 'Time' Magazine's 'Person Of The Year'
December 19, 2012 Others on the "short list" included Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. Do you agree with Time's choice or would you have chosen someone else?
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Obama Supports New Bid To Ban Assault Weapons
December 18, 2012 The president has long said he's in favor of reinstating the ban. In the wake of Friday's mass shooting at a school in Connecticut, he has now publicly given his support to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's effort to ban such weapons.
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Reports: Obama Delivers Boehner New Offer On Fiscal Crisis
December 17, 2012 Citing sources close to the debt talks, both the New York Times and The Associated Press are reporting that President Obama has delivered a new offer to House Speaker John Boehner to resolve the fiscal crisis.
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'We Have Endured Far Too Many Of These Tragedies,' President Says
December 15, 2012 "We have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this. Regardless of the politics," President Obama says in his weekly address.
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'We've Got Bigger Fish To Fry' Than Going After Pot Smokers, Obama Says
December 14, 2012 "It would not make sense" for the federal government to make prosecuting recreational users in states that have decriminalized marijuana a top priority, the president tells ABC News.
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Susan Rice's Decision May Spur Political Musical Chairs In Senate
December 13, 2012 With U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrawing her name from secretary of state consideration Thursday, attention turned to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as a possible successor to Hillary Clinton. And that would have repercussions on Capitol Hill and in Massachusetts.
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Obama And Boehner Meet Again; 'Fiscal Cliff' Still Looms
December 13, 2012 President Obama hosted House Speaker John Boehner Thursday, spending nearly an hour together in which they discussed ways to avert the looming "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes that will arrive at the end of 2012. Boehner left the White House at 6 p.m., apparently without reaching a deal.
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When It Comes To Entitlements, Obama Feels Heat From Left And Right
December 12, 2012 Despite his re-election and bolstered Democratic numbers in Congress, President Obama has far from a free hand to make a comprehensive deal with House Speaker John Boehner that would include cuts to entitlement programs. Strong resistance to that notion is coming from the political left — and with a warning.
