Topic: Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's stalled bid to overhaul the federal student loan program by cutting subsidies to private lenders and increasing aid to students received a boost on Friday. Democratic congressional leaders agreed to fold Obama's student-loan proposal into a bill aimed at winning final approval of his drive to overhaul healthcare. The House of Representatives and ...
The fierce and fateful battle over health care reform Friday forced President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days until Sunday, March 21. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs made the announcement on his Twitter feed, a day after saying the trip would not be postponed, reflecting the fast-shifting debate on an issue ...
Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama's health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand. "It won ...
