January 1, 2012 Alexandra Taylor Assistant Editor The Nation US Election On November 4, the people of the United States re-elected Barack Obama for his second term as the forty-fourth President of the
A last minute 'fiscal cliff' deal that was hashed out by the White House and the House of Representatives has passed in the Senate. The bill, dubbed the
The White House and the Congress have been able to narrowly avoid the infamous 'fiscal cliff' via a last minute deal that was agreed upon by Obama and House
With just the weekend left for the White House and members of Congress to reach a deal that would avert the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts known
With less than a week left before the Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire, hope for a deal that will keep the US from jumping off a
President Obama and House Speaker Boehner recently sat down together for the first time in more than three weeks and have a private one-on-one discussion on how best
The negotiations between the Obama administration and House Republicans on how best to avoid what has been dubbed the 'fiscal cliff' is making slow progress, too slow, say
