Full Text May 15, 2012: Speaker John Boehner Promises Election Year Debt Ceiling Limit Fight Unless there are Spending Cuts & Reforms in a Speech on the Economy at Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s 2012 Fiscal Summit

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]

Full Text February 13, 2012: President Barack Obama’s Speech Unveils 2013 Budget a Blueprint for an America Built to Last — Transcript

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Barack Obama delivers remarks to students on the FY 2013 Budget at the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA), Annandale, Va., campus, Feb. 13, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) Obama budget: National debt will be $1 trillion higher in a decade than [...]

Full Text November 21, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Remarks on Congressional Supercommittee Deficit Deal Failure

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES President Obama on the Supercommittee’s Failure to Reach a Compromise Source: WH, 11-21-11 President Barack Obama delivers a statement in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Nov. 21, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [...]

Full Text November 21, 2011: John Boehner in USA Today: ‘I did everything possible’ on Congressional Supercommittee Deficit Deal Failure

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES John Boehner: ‘I did everything possible’ Source: USA Today, 11-21-11 By Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images By John Boehner Republicans are focused on the American people’s No. 1 priority: jobs. And everyone knows that we can’t get our economy moving again and [...]

Political Buzz November 21, 2011: Congressional Supercommittee Announces Failure to Reach Deficit Reduction Deal Prior to Wednesday Deadline

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]

Full Text September 19, 2011: President Barack Obama Unveils $4 Trillion Economic Growth & Deficit Reduction Plan — $3 Trillion Deficit Cuts in Over 10 Years — $1.5 Trillion in New Taxes

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Barack Obama delivers a statement announcing his Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sept. 19, 2011.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)   The President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Source: WH, 9-19-11 [...]

Full Text September 19, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Rose Garden Speech on Economy, American Jobs Act Introduces Deficit Reduction Plan, Including Tax Increases (Transcript)

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Doug Mills/The New York Times President Obama discussed his deficit plan at the White House on Monday. Remarks by the President on Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Source: WH, 9-19-11 Rose Garden 10:56 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  Please [...]