Jan 25, 2011 House will contrast spending cuts with Obama’s budget By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans on Tuesday sought to put President Barack Obama on the defensive ahead of his State of the Union speech as they pressed their plans to slash domestic spending. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved [...]

Jan 25, 2011 As prepared for delivery: Good evening, my name is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann from Minnesota’s 6th District. Two years ago, when Barack Obama became our President, unemployment was 7.8 percent and our national debt stood at what seemed like a staggering $10.6 trillion dollars. We wondered whether the President would cut spending, reduce [...]

Washington (Jan 25) Tonight, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) will deliver the Republican address following the President’s State of the Union message from the House Budget Committee hearing room, where the Democrats’ spending spree will end and the Republicans’ push for a fiscally responsible budget that cuts spending will begin.  Following are excerpts [...]

By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Calvin Woodward, Associated Press – Tue Jan 25, 11:12 WASHINGTON – The ledger did not appear to be adding up Tuesday night when President Barack Obama urged more spending on one hand and a spending freeze on the other. Obama spoke ambitiously of putting money into roads, research, education, efficient [...]

Full text of speech draft obtained by National Journal Jan 25, 2011 President Obama delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Here is an analysis and the full text as prepared for delivery: Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as [...]

Jan 25, 2011 The unemployment rate rose in 20 states last month as employers in most states shed jobs. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate rose in 20 states and fell in 15. It was unchanged in another 15 states. That’s nearly the same as in November, when the rate rose in 21 states, [...]

Jan 25, 2011 U.S. single-family home prices fell for a fifth straight month in November and could plumb new lows soon, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas declined 0.5 percent in November from October on a seasonally adjusted basis, though it was not as [...]

Obama will have to produce birth certificate to run again Jan 25, 2011 By Bob Unruh It could be a game-changer. A plan in Arizona to require presidential candidates to prove their eligibility to occupy the Oval Office is approaching critical mass, even though it has just been introduced. The proposal from state Rep. Judy [...]

This attack could have happened in London, Madrid or New York. Jan 25, 2011 WSJ The scenes at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport yesterday are all too familiar in the global age of terror. At least 35 people were killed and 168 injured by an explosion. Eyewitness videos and pictures on the Web showed the international arrivals [...]

The union chief tries to intimidate CEOs from backing reform. Jan 25, 2011 WSJ When it comes to intimidating opponents before a fight, no one does it better than New Zealand’s Haka tribe, whose members, googly-eyed, stomp their feet, stick out their tongues and bark at their opponents. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka seems to have [...]