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Obama outraises Romney in August
President Barack Obama outraised Mitt Romney for
the first time in four months in August.
President Barack Obama outraised Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for the first time in four months in August, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Monday.
85 percent of Indian Americans support Obama
President Barack Obama, seen here on the occasion of 'Diwali' celebrations at the White House in 2009, garners the support of 85 percent of Indian-American voters. Photo: PTI.
A poll conducted by Lake Research Partners, a DC-based political consultancy firm, and APIAVote (Asian American Pacific Islander) shows that 85 percent of Indian-American voters would like President Barack Obama to serve a second term.
The Arab American News endorses Ron Paul
Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab-American News, addresses Paul's supporters at a rally organized by the University of Michigan's Arab Student Union in Dearborn, March 7, 2012.
Photo: M. Rabiee / VOA.
The biggest Arab-American newspaper in the country, The Arab American News, has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Its publisher, Osama Siblani, made the announcement at a rally held at the University of Michigan on Wednesday.
Senate rejects Blunt amendment on contraception policy
The Senate rejected Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt's amendment to enable employers to refuse to cover certain health services for their employees. Photo: John Shinkle / Politico.
The Senate rejected a Republican amendment on Thursday which would have allowed employers and health insurance companies to refuse to offer contraception services if they objected to do so on religious grounds.
Voters challenge Santorum’s status in Indiana
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, left, failed to submit a sufficient number of signatures in one of Indiana's nine districts. The co-chairman of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in the Hoosier State will be one of the officials who has to decide whether Mr. Santorum's name should remain on the ballot. Photo: Paul Sancya / AP.
Four Indiana voters decided on Monday to challenge Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum‘s status for the state’s primary, which is due to be held on May 8. Although the former Pennsylvania senator filed over 4,500 signatures in total, he only provided 492 valid signatures from registered voters in the state’s 7th district.
Dick Armey unhappy with both Romney and Gingrich
Former House majority leader Dick Armey told Candy Crowley on Sunday that former House speaker Newt Gingrich had digressed into a state of taking a second-rate campaign and turning it into a first-rate vendetta against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Photo: CNN.
Former House majority leader Dick Armey, who was one of the guests on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ on Sunday, told the program’s host, Candy Crowley, that he was disappointed with the two Republican presidential candidates who were currently in the lead in the GOP nomination contest.
Gingrich increases his lead against Romney
The latest Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll released this week shows that the majority of GOP voters would be more likely to back
Newt Gingrich than Mitt Romney.
The latest Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll released this week shows that the majority of GOP voters would vote for Newt Gingrich as opposed to Mitt Romney. The survey was conducted among 1,000 adults.
The poll reveals that 40 percent of likely GOP voters currently back former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, compared with 23 percent who prefer former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. If, at this moment in time, Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Romney went head to head, the former House speaker would receive a massive 59 percent of the votes, against 36 for the former governor.
Senate Republicans back payroll tax cut
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) told senators this week that the Social Security payroll tax cut should be extended.
President Barack Obama took advantage of his trip to Pennsylvania on Wednesday to highlight once again the importance of extending the Social Security payroll tax cut. The tax break was introduced in January 2011 and is due to expire on Dec. 31. The president is convinced that not extending the legislation into 2012 would represent “a massive blow to the economy, because we are not fully out of the recession yet.”
Mr. Obama will be pleased to hear that the Republicans in the Senate are willing to support the measure. Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators on Wednesday that it was no longer “an argument about whether or not we ought to extend the payroll tax cut. The issue is how do you pay for that.” Indeed, there are still stark differences between the two parties on that point.
Obama Defends Payroll Tax Break
President Obama flew to Manchester, New Hampshire, on Nov. 22 to highlight the need to extend the payroll tax break due to expire on Dec. 31, 2011.
Less than twenty four hours after the Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction released a statement to confirm the bipartisan panel had been unable to agree on a plan to cut the budget deficit by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years, President Barack Obama flew to New Hampshire to try and garner support for his proposal to extend the payroll tax cut. The measure was introduced in January 2011 to stimulate the economy and is due to expire on Dec. 31, 2011.