When it comes to President Obama, what happened to the.
Posted by CNNs Jack Cafferty Filed under: 2008. That big promise of Change! Troop surge in Afghanistan. Let Congress do the work. And Congress did with a health care behind secret doors. Now, Obamas has been campaigning for a year. That is all Obama is. A front. An empty.. President Obama has shown himself to good at the grand gesture (Health Care Reform), but poor on governing (Health Care Reform, implementaiton of Dodd-Frank). But then this��.
Warren to banks: We should have broken you into pieces
Graham also admitted that some of the opposition to the cromnibus came from his side of the aisle and warned both Democrats and Republicans not to go down that path because it didnt work out well for the GOP last time. Warren was able. ���I agree.
A Rare Bipartisan Success for Congress
It funds the Homeland Security Department only through February, a move designed to give Congress another crack at curbing the Obama immigration policy after Republicans take the majority of both the House and Senate next month. The banking provision.
Banking Under the Dodd-Frank Act | The Baseline Scenario
By Simon Johnson President Obamas signing of the financial reform bill yesterday does not end our intense debates over banking ��� rather it just moves them to a new sphere. Instead of arguing. At least the midterm election will change the character of Congress and, with an influx of outside-the-beltway Washington outsiders (Tea Partiers and others, hopefully less dogmatic), we may see the additional strengthening of appropriate legislative efforts. And if that fails,��.
Headlines for December 15, 2014 | Democracy Now!
SHARED. The congressional spending bill divided Democrats over the repeal of a major rule in the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill that limits risky trades by federally insured banks.. Other controversial provisions that passed in the spending bill include a campaign finance rule change that increases tenfold the amount of money allowed for certain political donations.. Speaking ahead of the Senates approval, Obama called the bill a compromise worthy of support.
Morgan Freeman: Republican anti-Obama goals are screw.
CNN Films: Life Itself Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man City of Tomorrow CNN 10: Big Ideas The Guns Project CNNMoney: Most Innovative Cities Change the List CNN Heroes Impact Your World.. The housing bubble is the main cause of the state of this economy and it came about due to the policies of the democrats, namely Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. President Bush warned of this outcome, but the dems were in power and pushes their destructive policies. Yes��.
Watch: President Obama Takes Over The Colbert Report for The Decree
Obama took over the hosts desk for Colberts regular segment ���The Word,��� but in an effort to sound more presidential, Obama renamed it ���The Decree,��� promising to read exactly what was on Colberts teleprompter. It was ostensibly a screed against.
Lions and lizards and. what comes next?
The 113th Congress came in like a lion in 2013 after the re-election of an emboldened President Barack Obama with an agenda of immigration reform and lofty dreams for Obamacare implementation. It is going out like a lizard, changing colors and speaking .
Barack Obama says Mitt Romney would roll back banking.
Obama ad warns voters as they go to vote. In the final days before. He would repeal Dodd-Frank, the wide-ranging law that aims to fix many of the lapses associated with the meltdown. Romney has said he. Some have looked to Congress for clues. A Bloomberg. In addition, some would argue that whatever changes emerge would not increase the odds of another financial crisis. For example. CNN, First presidential debate transcript, October 3, 2012. Wall Street��.
The year Congress hit rock bottom
Dem moderates, liberals lash out over Dodd-Frank. The Department of Homeland Securitys funding needs to be renewed in February, and Republicans are vowing to try to counter Obamas unilateral change in enforcing immigration laws. The deadline to.
Age of Endless Regulation: The disaster which is Dodd-Frank
. had more specific knowledge of how the financial system worked. In other words, legislators in Congress passed a massive, sweeping overhaul������the largest change to the financial sectors regulation since the Great Depression,��� as a Davis Polk associate told CNN���of the entire financial sector that they themselves did not understand.. corruption in our country, its hard to know where to start the clean up. One thing for certain is Obama must be removed ASAP.
President Obamas year-end message: North Korea, Cuba, and Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) ��� President Barack Obama said that ���really concrete, practical��� law enforcement reforms will result from a review his administration is currently producing, and sounded an optimistic tone about preventing deaths like Michael.
Jamie Dimon lobbied for Dodd-Frank change in spending bill
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) ��� Erasing a key provision of the Dodd-Frank law was so important to banks that J.P. Morgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon personally urged lawmakers to vote for a spending bill making the change. Democrats were outraged by .
Obama warns Congress on changing Dodd-Frank
Financial reform groups breathed a sigh of relief as the president warned Congress against unraveling the new rules on Wall Street in his annual State of the Union address. As Obama touted the nations economic recovery and rallied Congress to do.
���The Bill Cosby of legislation���: Jon Stewart rips Congress over budget fiasco
The non budget related additions included ending a ban on incandescent lightbulbs, re-defining the labeling of potatoes, going against legal marijuana in D.C. and most upsettingly repealing part of Dodd/Frank (and adding in provisions written by Citi.
Organizer in Chief?
In town forums and living-room meetings, Obama told audiences that ���real change��� only comes about from the ���bottom up,��� but that as president, he can give voice to those organizing in their workplaces, communities and congregations around a positive.
Senate Fails to Renew Terrorism Insurance
Congress first passed the backstop after the terrorist attacks of Sept.. The bill passed by the House includes a change to the 2010 Dodd-Frank banking regulation law to exempt agricultural and energy companies from having to post collateral for.
Time to Take off the Blinders about Obama Taking off the.
It began by warning that: Without strong leaders at the top of the nations financial regulatory agencies, the Dodd-Frank financial reform doesnt have a chance. Whether it is protecting consumers against abusive lending, reforming the.. A year later, nearly two years after the Dodd-Frank bill was adopted by Congress, there is no chance that the NYT would write an editorial premised on the implicit assumption that Obama wants to ���take the gloves off��� and knock out��.
Dodd-Frank and the Age of Endless Regulation - Reason.com
Four years after the passage of Dodd-Frank, the sweeping financial legislation championed by President Obama and passed by congressional Democrats in the wake of the 2009 financial crisis, just half of its rules and regulations are finished.. In other words, legislators in Congress passed a massive, sweeping overhaul���the largest change to the financial sectors regulation since the Great Depression, as a Davis Polk associate told CNN���of the entire financial��.
How big is President Obamas Wall Street problem.
Lets just have President Obama write the legislation and sign it. Congress is useless anyway. And, I would think Willard has more of a problem with Wall Street since he wants to repeal Dodd-Frank and just let Wall Street run��.
Even Washington Post Now Warning Against Obamas.
Sure, after being elected the first time in 2008, he did make some effort at working with Congress, although this was primarily used to ram through Dodd-Frank, ObamaCare, and the Stimulus Bill. All of these were later proven. We all know the Washington Post supports Obamas positions on immigration reform, foreign policy (for the most part), and climate change. But have this same power. CNNs Chris Cuomo: People Have A Phobia About Islam. 23 Comments��.
OVERNIGHT FINANCE: GOP awaits Obama immigration plan
Rebecca Shabad for The Hill: ���If House Republicans choose to block President Obamas executive action on immigration with a rescission bill next year, it would be a blank check for amnesty, Heritage Action said Wednesday.��� http://bit.ly/1xqKKh0.
What Wall Street won in budget deal
To critics, the changes to banking regulations that lawmakers slipped into a spending bill is nothing more than a giveaway to banks. And the losers will be taxpayers, wholl be on the hook for future bailouts. But to Wall Street, the change is a common.
Messy end to funding fight
And now the bedraggled 113th Congress is stumbling into a Saturday session after conservatives objected to postponing the chambers work until next week.. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said he would only take that offer if Democrats would allow a vote on.
CNN Disgraces Itself by Claiming Obama has Accomplished.
We need to get a lot more done. This congress is sitting in the way. And by the way, Mitt Romney is with John Boehner���. For Candy Crowley and CNN, here is Thomas Lanes 2 minute summary of what Obama has done for��.
President Obamas year-end message: North Korea, Cuba.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) ��� President Barack Obama said that ���really concrete, practical��� law enforcement reforms will result from a review his administration is currently producing, and sounded an optimistic tone about preventing deaths like Michael. President Barack Obama threatened to veto legislation approved by the new Republican-led Congress that weakens his signature health care law or rolls back any of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial services reforms.
Citizen outrage towards Capitol Hill ��� The Situation Room.
I have to ask why you and the mainstream press are ignoring the attempts by Obama, his Wall Street Alumni and the Big Banks to let Wall Street off the meltdown hook with a slap on the wrist? They should be held. Sounds like Congress. Over the years, I learned to accept responsibility for my own behavior and not blame others. The amazing thing about blaming others is not reality based, but hearsay and unfounded opinions.. implementation of Dodd ��� Frank?
US House votes to overturn Obamas immigration actions.
Barack Obama File- This Jan. 9, 2015, file photo shows President Barack Obama speaking about the France newspaper attack. President Obama wants Congress to pass legislation requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked. Obama will also propose a bill that would. with a new banking rule. The Dodd-Frank changes, approved 271-154, also face an Obama veto threat... Partners. CBS �� CNN �� 2 KASA FOX �� LIN Media��.
Picture of the day ��� The 1600 Report - CNN.com Blogs
CNN Films: Life Itself Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man City of Tomorrow CNN 10: Big Ideas The Guns Project CNNMoney: Most Innovative Cities Change the List CNN Heroes Impact Your World �� The 1600 Report... Obama ignores and sidesteps Congress whenever he wants to.Now Obama has gone beyond all of that.. She has hired hundreds of people and rented two big buildings in DC. by the Dodd-Frank financial regulation reform legislation.Liberals have been��.
A Two-Year Plan for Washington: End Gridlock
A White House that is serious about compromise on long-stalled issues could finish strong and burnish President Obamas legacy, about which he is bound to be increasingly concerned as the end approaches.. One thing is clear: If Congress and the.
After the blowup
Obamas aides rushed out a statement of support Thursday that accepted the Dodd-Frank changes and a major campaign finance shift with barely any notice given to Pelosi or her staff. White House aides felt they waited as long as they could to put out.
POTUS weighs in on DOMA and JP Morgan Chase ��� The.
Washington (CNN)-Less than a week after President Barack Obama made history by endorsing same-sex marriage, the president would not commit to fighting to have the Defense of Marriage Act, commonly known as DOMA, be repealed. In an interview on. CNN Films: Life Itself Morgan Spurlock: Inside Man City of Tomorrow CNN 10: Big Ideas The Guns Project CNNMoney: Most Innovative Cities Change the List CNN Heroes Impact Your World �� The 1600 Report��.