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Obama Tax Hike Hits the Poor Hardest
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAn increase in the federal tax on cigarettes went into effect yesterday, raising the levy to $1.01 per pack. The increase was sought by President Obama and Congressional Democrats to help finance an expansion in SCHIP, the federally funded children's health care program. Leaving aside the obvious irony in relying on smokers – on whom the government spends money on programs designed to help them break their habit – to finace a health care program, the tax increase violates an oft-stated pledge made by both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the campaign trail.As candidates, Obama ...
Obama's Middle Class Tax Cut in Jeopardy
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyWhite House Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag laid the groundwork in a conference call with reporters last week for the Obama Administration to drop one of its signature campaign promises from this year's budget. President Obama repeatedly promised during the campaign to enact a "tax cut" for 95% of Americans as part of his economic rescue plans. But now, as Congressional leaders scale back the president's $3.6 trillion budget proposal, the Administration appears unwilling to press for the tax relief the president campaigned on.Orszag told reporters in advance of President ...
Rove Sees 'Opening' for Republicans in Obama Missteps
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyKarl Rove, the former political strategist for President George W. Bush and senior White House adviser, says President Barack Obama's early missteps are creating an opening for Republicans to exploit as the GOP tries to find its way back into power in Washington. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Rove takes a look at President Obama's falling job approval numbers and concludes that the American people are noticing that the president has gone back on several of his campaign promises."President Barack Obama and his West Wing lieutenants are playing on the world's largest stage, yet act as if ...
Parsing the President's Pledges
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyLiberal supporters of President Barack Obama have busied themselves trying to explain how the presidential signing statement he issued last week did not violate his policy against using signing statements on legislation. Critics of the president's critics rest their arguments on a semantic parsing of candidate Obama's answer to a question posed to him on the campaign trail, and his Administration's recently issued guidelines on signing statements. But an examination of the president's actual words, rather than an analysis of one's feelings about what was said, reveals that candidate Obama did ...
Obama Breaks Own Signing Statements Standard
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyUpdate: Video below the fold of candidate Obama pledging not to use signing statements on any legislation if elected president.On Monday of this week, President Barack Obama issued an order to the Executive Branch that all presidential signing statements issued by the Bush Administration are to be ignored unless specifically instructed by Attorney General Eric Holder. Obama said that the move was necessary because of the Bush Administration's abuse of the practice. The president sought to set a new standard for his Administration, saying that he would not use signing statements, "to undermine ...
Things To Do In Denver We Should Dread
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyWach the video that Dave posted earlier. Here's a relevant portion: "And, when there's a bill that ends up on my desk as president, you the public will have five days to look on-line and find out what's in it before I sign it. So that you know what your government's doing."Hmmm. "Or, we can go with my brand new and more awesome idea, totally NOT do that! Awesome!" I wonder which of his stages he'll use?So no five days. Boy he sure is mowing through those campaign promises eh? Change. It's what's for suckers. ...
List of Lobbyists in Top Administration Jobs Lengthens
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyBarack Obama has received some criticism for going back on his word to deny former lobbyists places of influence in his Administration. Obama had to issue at least two embarrassing waivers for former lobbyists less than a week after he established anti-lobbyist rules with one of his first acts as president. But the extent of lobbyist influence in the White House is much broader. A recent analysis by Republicans, confirmed by the Politico, shows that at least twelve former lobbyists occupy positions of power in the Obama Administration, from the political director in the White House, to the ...
Obama Waives Own Executive Order for Defense Lobbyist
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Obama's much trumpeted ethics rules did not last very long from the time he signed them into existence in an Executive Order. Just two days after establishing the rules, which were touted as the most sweeping ethics reforms in history, President Obama waived the rules to allow William Lynn to take a position as Deputy Secretary of Defense. Up until last fall, Lynn was a lobbyist for the defense contractor Raytheon. In his new position in the Pentagon, Lynn will oversee the day-to-day operations of the Defense Department, as well as handle budget and procurement issues.The ethics ...
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