Barack Obama timeline
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Congressional Delegation Visits White House to Discuss Health Care Bill in Closed-Door Negotiations
Another congressional delegation went to the White House today to talk with President Obama about a health care bill -- and another congressional... Read more
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Poll Shows Republican Candidate Lead in Massachussetts Senate Race in Vote that Could Threaten Health Care Reform
Democrats envisioned a smooth passing of the baton in the January 19 special election to fill the seat of the late Edward Kennedy, a political... Read more
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Scott Brown Wins Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat to Become First Republican Senator from Massachusetts Since 1972
Senior presidential adviser David Axelrod said there would be a rethink on tactics but the substance of policy would not change. Earlier... Read more
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President Obama Vows Not to Abandon Health Care Reform During Trip to Ohio
Conceding his health care overhaul had “run into a bit of a buzz saw,’’ President Obama vowed on Friday to keep fighting for legislation that will... Read more
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President Obama Gives 2010 State of the Union Address
Highlights of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress: ECONOMY/JOBS _Urged the... Read more
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President Obama Meets with House Republicans, Concedes Not Airing Health Care Debates a Mistake
President Barack Obama plans to extend a hand to his political antagonists at a House Republican retreat today in Baltimore. But the exchange -... Read more
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President Obama Urges More Openness in Health Care Debate in Address to Congressional Democrats
For their part, House Democrats appear to have banished health to the dog house, too. To be fair, the president and the senators discussed many... Read more
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President Obama Presents Overhauled Health Care Reform Bill Following Setbacks
Reporting from Washington - Four days before his planned health summit with congressional leaders, President Obama on Monday morning unveiled his... Read more
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President Obama Kicks Off Bipartisan Televised Health Care Debate
President Obama kicked off a bipartisan health care summit today with hopes that Democrats and Republicans can bridge their divide to achieve a... Read more
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Democrats Announce Two New Pledges as Health Bill Vote Approaches
The drive by House Democrats to pass major health care legislation gained momentum on Wednesday, as Representative Dennis Kucinich, Democrat of... Read more
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Senate Passes $17.6-billion Jobs Bill by 68-29 Margin
The Senate today passed by a 68-29 margin a $17.6-billion measure intended to spur hiring nationwide, sending the bill to the White House for the... Read more
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House Approves Landmark Health Care Bill
Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and remake the... Read more
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President Obama Signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act into Law
Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care... Read more
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Lawyers for Rod Blagojevich Ask Federal Judge for Permission to Subpoena President Barack Obama as Witness in Federal Corruption Trial
Several parts are redacted, but you can easily copy and paste the entire motion into a text file and view all the redacted material. Oops on... Read more
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Judge Rejects Subpoena of President Obama in Rod Blagojevich Trial
A federal judge in Chicago has refused to issue a subpoena for President Barack Obama to testify at former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's... Read more
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President Obama Arrives in Louisiana to Assess Effects of Gulf Oil Spill
President Obama visited Louisiana this afternoon, seeing for himself the effects of the continuing oil spill and promising an "all-hands-on-deck"... Read more
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President Barack Obama Nominates Elena Kagan for Supreme Court Justice
On May 9, 2010, it was reported that President Obama had chosen Kagan as his nominee to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. If... Read more
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President Obama Criticizes 'Ridiculous Spectacle' of Oil Executives Shifting Blame
President Obama ripped into the companies involved in the Gulf oil spill today, deriding their finger-pointing before Congress as a "ridiculous... Read more
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Scientists Criticize White House Response to Oil Spill
With heavy oil at last washing ashore in Louisiana, scientists are slamming the Obama administration for responding to the Deepwater Horizon spill... Read more
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President Obama Names Senator Bob Graham and Former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly to Gulf Oil Spill Panel
President Obama announced today that former Florida Sen. Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly will lead a presidential... Read more
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Attorney General Eric Holder Announces Criminal Investigation into Gulf Oil Spill
Attorney General Eric Holder said today that federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf oil spill. The... Read more
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President Obama Arrives in New Orleans to Survey Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Obama blasted BP for spending money on a PR campaign and said it's "way too early to be optimistic" about the latest attempt to contain the oil... Read more
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Obama Administration States Intention to Allow Reopening of Shallow Gulf Drilling, Retain Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling
The Obama administration, facing rising anger on the Gulf Coast over the loss of jobs and income from a drilling moratorium, said Monday that it... Read more
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President Obama Uses Primary Tuesday to Advocate on Behalf of Recently-Passed Healthcare Reform at Maryland Senior Center
Beginning to fill the doughnut hole (the weird gap between where regular Medicare Rx drug coverage ends and catastrophic coverage begins) is a... Read more
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President Obama Makes Uncharacteristically Impassioned 'Whose Ass to Kick' Comment
President Obama offered an impassioned defense of his administration’s handling of the oil spill today, promising to make sure BP paid for the... Read more