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CAPITOL BRIEFING: Congress passes bill extending unemployment insurance, home buyer tax credit
By Perry Bacon Jr. and Dina ElBoghdady Congress on Thursday completed final approval of a bill that includes several measures designed to spur the economy and help people who have lost their jobs, representing its latest intervention as the country suffers through its worst recession in decades. The $24 billion...
By 44 Editor | November 5, 2009; 03:59 PM ET | Comments (22)
CAPITOL BRIEFING: Senate passes bill extending homebuyer tax credit, unemployment benefits
Updated 7:22 p.m. By Perry Bacon Jr. The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that extends several measures designed to spur the economy and help people who have lost their jobs, including a provision that will extend unemployment benefits for up to 20 weeks in states with high unemployment rates....
By 44 Editor | November 4, 2009; 06:30 PM ET | Comments (12)
44: Obama budget chief warns of lingering economic ills
As the economy struggles toward recovery, the nation is still likely to endure a sustained period of high unemployment that will have a long-term impact on laid off workers and their children who will, on average, earn smaller salaries and have lower educational levels, according to President Obama's budget chief.
By 44 Editor | November 3, 2009; 01:39 PM ET | Comments (3)
44: Bush economist: Jobs 'created or saved' figure touted by Obama is meaningless
By Frank Ahrens Ed Lazear was the top economic adviser to President George W. Bush...
By 44 Editor | November 2, 2009; 12:01 PM ET | Comments (9)
44: Obama says growth a sign of stimulus success
President Obama warned in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday that the U.S. economy is likely to shed more jobs in the coming days, but said the recent quarter of growth marked an important turning point in the country's recovery from deep recession.
By 44 Editor | October 31, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (37)
DOT.COMMENTS: Can economic growth continue?
Readers worry about whether federal efforts will keep economy going.
By Doug Feaver | October 28, 2009; 07:12 AM ET | Comments (1)
44: Obama to announce billions in energy-efficiency grants
By Michael A. Fletcher MIAMI--President Obama plans to unveil Tuesday $3.4 billion in grants for...
By Post Editor | October 27, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (19)
44: Obama Cautiously Takes Credit for Economic Turnaround
President Obama on Saturday continued his administration's careful efforts to take credit for the slowly improving economy, using his radio address to tout the economic turnaround since world leaders met in London in April.
By Eric Rich | September 19, 2009; 06:36 AM ET | Comments (70)
44: Obama Makes a Pilgrimage to Youngstown
President Obama diverted his attention away from health care -- briefly -- on Tuesday morning to make what is becoming a ritual political stop on economic tours, visiting the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio.
By 44 Editor | September 15, 2009; 11:56 AM ET | Comments (5)
44: Dems Feel Michael Moore's Wrath
By Alec MacGillis PITTSBURGH--Just when it looked like conservatives might be cornering the market on...
By Washington Post Editor | September 15, 2009; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (17)
44: Obama Lunches with Bill Clinton
President Obama traveled to New York for a speech to the financial sector today, followed by a lunch with former president Bill Clinton.
By 44 Editor | September 14, 2009; 11:22 AM ET | Comments (6)
44: Obama Offers Steps to Make Retirement Savings Easier
By Scott Wilson President Obama announced on Saturday a series of what he called "common-sense...
By 44 Editor | September 5, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (48)
44: 200 Days In, Vice President Biden Touts Recovery Act
Vice President Biden declared Thursday that the $787 billion economic stimulus program is playing a major role in lifting the nation's economy out of the worst financial downturn since the Great Depression.
By 44 Editor | September 3, 2009; 12:10 PM ET | Comments (69)
44: Cabinet Marks 200 Days of Stimulus
Vice President Biden delivers his latest defense of the Obama administration's economic recovery efforts today at the Brookings Institution, while four Cabinet secretaries will make a series of coordinated appearances to mark the 200th day of the economic recovery program.
By 44 Editor | September 3, 2009; 08:57 AM ET | Comments (2)
44: Video: Obama Reappoints Bernanke for Second Term
Obama Reappoints Bernanke for Second Term
By 44 Editor | August 25, 2009; 10:21 AM ET | Comments (2)
44: Health-Care Town Hall a Platform for Obama's Economic Defense
By Dan Balz On the day President Obama took the bully pulpit to New Hampshire...
By Kendra Nichols | August 11, 2009; 01:39 PM ET | Comments (85)
CAPITOL BRIEFING: National Debt Cap Will Need to Rise, Treasury Predicts
By Lori Montgomery Congress will be forced to raise the legal limit on the nation's credit card sometime later this year, Treasury officials reported Wednesday, focusing additional attention on the expanding national debt just as lawmakers expect to be putting the finishing touches on President Obama's trillion-dollar overhaul of the...
By 44 Editor | August 5, 2009; 10:59 AM ET | Comments (4)
44: Vice President Says Recovery Act is Working
By Michael A. Fletcher Looking trim and summery in a khaki suit, Vice President Biden...
By 44 Editor | August 4, 2009; 01:58 PM ET | Comments (15)
44: Few Qualified Delinquent Borrowers Getting Federal Help
Less than 10 percent of delinquent borrowers eligible for the Obama administration's $75 billion foreclosure prevention program have received help so far, according to Treasury Department estimates released Tuesday morning, showing that the effort has been carried out unevenly throughout the industry.
By 44 Editor | August 4, 2009; 11:06 AM ET | Comments (4)
44: Obama to Lunch with Senate Democrats. All of Them.
President Obama will host the entire Senate Democratic caucus for lunch at the White House on Tuesday, in an effort to review the achievements of his first six months in office and build momentum for major initiatives whose fates are now in the hands of Congress.
By 44 Editor | August 4, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (25)
