The Obama presidential campaign’s list of supporters and donors — some 13 million e-mail addresses — is being transformed into a permanent grassroots organization that could give the president a powerful tool for dealing with Congress.
President Barack Obama, who arguably won a large chunk of political capital in the 2008 election, is now looking to cash in as he urges Congress to pass a massive economic stimulus package.
In a sharp reversal of Bush administration policy, California and 13 other states will be allowed to set stricter automobile emissions and fuel efficiency standards. Under the policy, automobile manufacturers must begin producing and selling cars and trucks that get higher mileage than the national standard, against the wishes of auto companies.
President Barack Obama on Saturday laid out more pieces of an economic plan he says would add 3,000 miles of electrical lines, increase security at 90 ports and double the United States’ renewable energy capacity within three years.
President Barack Obama won approval from 68 percent of Americans in his first three days on the job, emerging at the high end of ratings for the last eight first- term predecessors, according to a Gallup poll.
Police in upstate New York have seized heroin marketed in packages stamped with an “Obama” brand name.Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Claboty described the misuse of the new president’s surname as “an absolute disgrace,” the New York Daily News reported.
witherstaff writes “House Democrats have proposed billion in Internet investmentsas part of a sweeping economic stimulus bill that the full House is expected to vote on next week. The billion is considered a down payment on efforts Obama will make in this area over the next several years. Of course let’s not forget the 0 billion broadband scandal that the large telecommunication companies have been paid but never delivered on.”
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Controversial attacks across Afghanistan border are the first since Barack Obama took office; at least five casualties are suspected foreign militants.
Obama has made a clean break from the Bush legacy in his early going, undertaking a number of actions that the former President would never have considered. We’ve compiled a report documenting Obama’s record so far:
This week in gaming brought us the inauguration of the 44th president Barack Obama as seen from Fallout 3, the release of an unexpected first-person gem for the DS in Moon, and more industry drama as Microsoft and Sony trade words.
