ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | The super committee was indeed “painfully aware” of the deadline. So much so that the panel gave up before the deadline even arrived.
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Obama, GOP Both Have to Play Defense After Super Committee Fails
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ContributorNetwork – The Solyndra bankruptcy continues to haunt the Obama administration. Yesterday the deadline established by the House Energy and Commerce Committee to produce all email communications between the White House and the solar company came and went. The failed company was given more than $500 million of stimulus funding. The committee is reviewing the fiscal facts and communications which lead up to the decision to fund the defunct business. According to the White House Counsel’s Office the Obama administration now intends to comply with Congressional subpoena and will soon hand over emails which relate to “legitimate oversight” requests which fall within the bounds of constitutional compliance.
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Ohioans Share Thoughts on the Solyndra Subpoenas
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POLITICO reports that the White House is denying a Fox News story that ran this afternoon reporting that the president was preparing to announce a major troops withdrawal from Iraq. “Asked whether the report was accurate, White House press secretary Jay Carney responded at his press briefing Tuesday afternoon with a flat ‘no.’ ‘We want a normal, productive, healthy relationship with Iraq,’ he said. ‘If the Iraqi government makes a request of us, we will certainly consider it. But for the time being, Carney added, the two countries are continuing to operate “under existing agreements.” Earlier today the Blaze relayed the Fox News report that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq would decline to only 3,000 by the end of the year. Under a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad, all U.S. troops are slated to leave by Dec. 31, 2011. However, Continued instability and fear of growing Iranian influence in Iraq has prompted some Iraqi and U.S. officials to reconsider the deadline. The U.S. has stressed repeatedly that Iraq must formally request the American military to stay longer and describe specifically what type of role they would like the American military to play if the deadline is to be extended.
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White House Denies Report of Major Troop Withdrawal from Iraq
ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | President Barrack Obama has allowed this debt crisis to reach the boiling point through a lack of leadership and a lack of presidential presence. The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate has no respect for Obama and as this contrived crisis reaches the deadline, we will soon find out if this president has anything up his sleeve.
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Debt Crisis Shows Lack of Leadership by Obama
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As the deadline to raise the debt ceiling nears, the new regulatory architecture that is supposed to protect the economy from another crisis remains unfinished.
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Regulators Face Test Ahead of Deadline
AP – Congress and the Obama administration are weighing their options as time closes in on the deadline for raising the nation’s debt ceiling, and the White House may call another meeting Sunday of congressional leaders and President Barack Obama.
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Parties assess debt options as time runs short
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Friday marked the deadline for campaigns to file their detailed fund-raising and expenditure totals with the FEC. The second-quarter reports offer and early glimpse of each candidate’s financial health.
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Reports Detail Campaign Fund-Raising, Spending
