'I'm itching for a fight on a whole range of issues." President Barack Obama made that threat last week as Congress moved to pass his bipartisan tax-cut compromise. Why was Mr. Obama so pugilistic?...
For agreeing to a temporary extension of all the Bush tax cuts, President Obama is now facing a full-fledged revolt within his party....
After ignoring congressional Republicans for 22 months and 10 days, President Obama hosted a "come together, right now" session with them Tuesday. The topic: the Bush tax cuts—on income, capital gains and dividends—that are set to expire at the stroke ...
It has been a brutal month for President Obama. The historic electoral rebuke delivered to his party was followed at the G-20 meeting by a public rebuff of the Federal Reserve's QE2 program and the administration's handling of the China currency issue....
The rock star Sara Bareilles sang at President Barack Obama's Las Vegas rally for Sen. Harry Reid in October. Her biggest hit, "King of Anything," includes the lyrics, "You've got the talking down/Just not the listening." That pretty well sums up Mr. O...
If Speaker Nancy Pelosi succeeds in becoming minority leader, then House Democrats will get more of the same of what they got on Tuesday night....
Tuesday's election was epic. Republicans gained over 60 seats in the House and six in the Senate. They'll now occupy eight additional governors' mansions and at least 500 more seats in state legislatures....
In January 2009, President Barack Obama took office with sky-high approval ratings. The new President had massive support in Congress, with 255 Democrats to 178 Republicans in the House and 60 Democratic Senators to just 40 Republicans....
