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29 Mar 2021, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
” He then provided a six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon conspiracy theory connecting the 1960’s “weathermen” to Barack Obama. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 9:05 am by David Priess
During the Campaign Well ahead of the 2016 campaign, President Barack Obama told officers in his cabinet about his appreciation for the helpful and cooperative transition efforts of his predecessor, George W. [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
True, the economy has been merely continuing the upward march that President Barack Obama presided over for the last seven years of his presidency (after he was an essential player in preventing a second Great Depression during his first year, when he took stewardship over an economy that George W. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 7:00 am by Jennifer L. Taler
The transitional period leading up to January’s inauguration left employers and their foreign national employee populations mired in uncertainty regarding the future of former President Barack Obama’s largely immigration-friendly reforms. [read post]
21 May 2014, 5:37 pm by Stuart Kaplow
Asbeck, founder and CEO of SolarWorld, issued an open letter to President Barack Obama requesting his “support for both the U.S. manufacturing and installation wings of the domestic solar industry as they confront trade aggression from China. [read post]
22 May 2023, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
When a radicalized political faction throws out all convention, then only unconventional responses remain, whether Biden and his advisors like it or not.After his first fatefully unwise decision to negotiate with Republicans over the debt ceiling in 2011, President Barack Obama realized that the smart response to subsequent attempts at hostage-taking was to refuse to engage with his radically irresponsible opponents. [read post]
13 Jul 2015, 5:08 am by David Markus
 We therefore affirm Warner’s sentence.In other news, President Obama is going to see what federal prison is all about -- he's making a visit Oklahoma to see the federal prison there, a first for a sitting President:President Barack Obama will become the first sitting chief executive to visit a federal prison when he goes to El Reno, Oklahoma, next week to meet with law enforcement officials and inmates as part of the administration’s push… [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 5:09 am by Amy Howe
Last week’s elections and the impact that it could have on President Barack Obama’s nominees to fill judicial vacancies, and in particular a hypothetical vacancy on the Supreme Court, are also a topic of discussion. [read post]
The Directorship 100 list includes such well-known figures as President Barack Obama, Chairman Barney Frank, SEC Chair Mary Schapiro, activist investor Carl Ichan and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 4:58 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Sotomayor and Kagan—nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009 and 2010, respectively—each received fewer than 70 affirmative votes. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 3:06 pm by Molly Runkle
” In 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Pryor to serve on the United States Sentencing Commission and he currently serves as Acting Chair. [read post]
15 Sep 2008, 8:38 pm
Would Barack Obama be confirmed by Congress under teh 25th Amendment? [read post]
29 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
They similarly negotiated with themselves to de-fang the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law.And if anyone in the Democratic Party represents the willingness of Democrats to offer olive branches to Republicans—even (or especially) in the face of Republicans’ hatred—it is the center-right bloc personified by Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton.Of course, the Republicans can dig in and make things worse. [read post]
29 Sep 2023, 6:36 am by cassieq
Raúl Héctor Castro: First Mexican-American Governor of Arizona (1916-2015) Raúl Héctor Castro was the first Mexican-American to serve as the governor of Arizona. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 6:54 am
Nearly a third of voters polled said the vice-presidential selection would be a major factor influencing their vote for president, and those voters broadly favor Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee.And according to this CBS story:A third of voters saying the vice presidential nominees will factor in their vote, and here the Democrats have the edge: While 74 percent say Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden is prepared to be vice president, just… [read post]
21 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Much of the story is well known, but it is important to recall the key steps that have set this impending tragedy in motion.After Congress failed to pass a bill to reform the immigration system during his presidency, Barack Obama decided to exercise his prosecutorial discretion to deport only people who posed an arguable danger to the country. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 2:15 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
For those that disagreed with President Trump’s policies, the choice was clear, but for those that had endured eight years under Barack Obama, an unfamiliar face in politics was the answer. [read post]