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(Reuters) – Under heavy Republican attack, Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday defended plans to pass a healthcare overhaul without a direct vote as President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority neared a make-or-break showdown.
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Obama and House Democratic leaders lobbied undecided Democrats for support ahead of a possible [...]

London, Sep 10 (ANI): US President Barack Obama became the first president to be called ‘a liar’ in front of a joint session of Congress by a Republican senator.

South Carolina senator Joe Wilson pointing angrily at the President, blurted at the top of his voice: “You lie!” when Obama was addressing the Congress on health [...]

London, Aug 26 (ANI): World leaders have paid tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, who died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer at the age of 77.

Kennedy, [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): A letter released late Wednesday by six Democratic House members claims that Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta testified that “top CIA officials have concealed significant actions… and misled” members of Congress since 2001 – a claim the CIA is contesting.

According to Politico, the letter did not specify what actions were [...]

Los Angeles, July 10 (DPA) A family split over where to bury Michael Jackson is delaying the funeral of the late King of Pop who died two weeks ago, ABC News reported Thursday.
Mystery has surrounded burial plans since Jackson’s casket was whisked to a secret location following his globally televised memorial service Tuesday.
The ABC report [...]

Beijing, May 28 (ANI): US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a bipartisan CODEL met with China’s President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wu Bangguo, the chairman of the National People’s Congress – and talked about North Korea and human [...]

Washington, Apr.30 (ANI): Baffled and frustrated Republicans say they don’t know how to counter or combat President Barack Obama.

“Our base is getting frustrated,” said one top Republican at the Capitol.

Even among other Republicans, the question of how to deal with Obama has lead to mixed messages.

House Republican leaders wrote a letter to Obama [...]

SIMI VALLEY, CA, Apr 15 (MARKET WIRE) —
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is working alongside
congressional leaders to plan the June 3, 2009 unveiling of a statue of
President Ronald Reagan in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican Leader Mitch
McConnell and House Republican Leader John Boehner have announced that
they will [...]

Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): Two-thirds Americans fully trust President Barack Obama’s ability to take right decision for the problems faced by the United States, according to a poll.

Just three months into his presidency, Barack Obama already stands out as the most [...]

Lalit K Jha Washington, Apr 10(PTI) President Barack Obama has pitched for USD 83.4 billion for military operations to “disrupt, dismantle and defeat” al-Qaeda and Taliban threatening the US from their safe havens along the Pak-Afghan border, asking lawmakers to urgently approve his “last” supplemental funds to fight terrorism. “We face a security situation in [...]

Washington, April 10 (IANS) Seeking another $83.4 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Barack Obama once again highlighted the threat of Al Qaeda and a ‘resurgent’ Taliban from safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
The situation in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan ‘demands urgent attention’, Obama said in a letter to House Speaker [...]

WASHINGTON: A resurgent al-Qaida and the Taliban pose a serious threat from its safe haven in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan
border, the US President Barack Obama
has said.
“We face a security situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan that demands urgent attention. The Taliban is resurgent and al-Qaida threatens America from its safe haven along the Afghan-Pakistan [...]

Washington – US President Barack Obama on Thursday asked Congress to authorize 83.4 billion dollars in additional funding for themilitary missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a letter to Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, he said that nearly 95 per cent of the military request for the current fiscal year, which ends [...]

President Barack Obama asked the U.S Congress on Thursday for an extra $83.4 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, citing threats from al Qaeda and a resurgent Taliban.
The request, to cover the rest of the 2009 fiscal year which ends on Sept. 30, comes on top of more than $822 [...]

Washington, April 2 (DPA) With the US House of Representatives preparing to vote Thursday on President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget proposal, Republican lawmakers have presented an alternative spending plan that they argued cuts the deficit while still reviving the economy.
The Republican alternative, put forward in the House of Representatives, has little chance of becoming law [...]

Washington, April 2 (DPA) With the US House of Representatives preparing to vote Thursday on President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget proposal, Republican lawmakers have presented an alternative spending plan that they argued cuts the deficit while still reviving the economy.
The Republican alternative, put forward in the House of Representatives, has little chance of becoming law [...]

Washington – With the House of Representatives preparing to vote Thursday on President Barack Obama’s 2010 budget proposal, Republican lawmakers have presented an alternative spending plan that they argued cuts the deficit while still reviving the economy.
The Republican alternative, put forward in the House of Representatives, has little chance of becoming law as Democrats [...]

New York, Mar 06 (ANI): American President Barack Obama recently took some time off from his hectic work schedule to meet Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.

The ‘Twelve Monkey’s’ actor had arrived at the White House to discuss the New Orleans issue with Obama.

Pitt, [...]

Washington, Feb 8 (ANI): Even though Democrats control the Senate with a 58-vote majority bolstered by the elections, they still need 60 votes to shut down debate from Republicans and advance the bill to a final vote on Tuesday, as President Obama is urging them to do.

And even if the Senate passes the bill, [...]