NEW YORK (AP) — Blending governing with re-election politics, President Barack Obama roused a cheering northeast Pennsylvania crowd Wednesday as he warned of a “massive blow to the economy” if Republicans block a payroll tax extension. But hours later, addressing donors in New York, he toned his rhetoric down and declared progress was possible. Obama […]
Washington — President Barack Obama on Friday signed an $858 billion tax bill into law, saying “this is progress and that’s what they (the American people) sent us here to achieve.”
WASHINGTON — The White House held the door open Wednesday for a year-end compromise that would extend all the Bush-era tax cuts temporarily and the Senate’s top Republican said the only question that remained was how long current rates should be allowed to continue before they expire.
Roland Martin and the “Washington Watch” roundtable to discuss the Obama Administration’s handling of the debate surrounding the Bush tax cuts.
What if a president cut Americans’ income taxes by $116 billion and nobody noticed?
