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House Republicans pressure Obama over budget
Republicans are pressuring US President Barack Obama to unveil a federal budget, saying failure to introduce a blueprint by Monday as required shows the White House is not serious about curbing spending. House Republicans plan to take up a measure this week that would force the president to identify the…
White House says promised immigration push will begin next week
Immigration reform: White House says promised push begins next week President Obama will begin his push for sweeping reform of the nation’s immigration laws – a major campaign promise that was embraced by Latino voters in November – on Tuesday in Las Vegas, the White House announced on Friday. The…
White House gives grudging welcome to debt limit plan
The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama would not block a Republican plan to extend government borrowing authority by three months but would prefer a longer term debt ceiling hike. Defusing a showdown with Obama, Republican House leaders are ready to permit the government to borrow more money…
Obama’s inauguration a boon for businesses
Tucked behind a tidy souvenir shop storefront on the ground floor of an office building one block from the White House, t-shirts, sweatshirts, buttons and a vast assortment of inauguration paraphernalia is staged for an onslaught of purchasing. Over the course of the weekend, which culminates on Monday on the…
Obama daughters take White House childhood in stride
The Obama girls have quietly made a mark of their own: shielded from public over-exposure, they are growing up with rules and responsibilities and making it look easy, even though they live in the White House. Malia and Sasha Obama were 10 and seven respectively when they followed their father…
‘Empire’ strikes back at White House over petition
Claiming “overwhelming military superiority,” the “Galactic Empire” from the Star Wars film series answered the White House’s decision not to begin construction of its own galactic fortress in a statement on the franchise’s official website on Tuesday. “It is doubtless that such a technological terror in the hands of so…
Newtown police chief tells White House: Ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines
It’s been one month since the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School and Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe says it’s time for the White House to ban military-style assault weapons, restrict high-capacity magazines and close loopholes in the background check system. In an interview with NBC’s Michael Isikoff, Kehoe…
White House answers petitions demanding secession from union: ‘No’
We the People website, which prompted discussion of Piers Morgan and a US Death Star, leads to official response The United States are set to remain united for the foreseeable future, after the White House issued a polite “no” in answer to calls for secession from parts of the South.…
White House petition urging building of Death Star rejected because ‘administration does not support blowing up planets’
The US government has rejected a petition urging it to build a “Death Star”, claiming it was too expensive, conceptually flawed and did not fit in with the policy of not blowing up planets. The online petition, created on 14 November 2012, urged the White House “to secure funding and…
This is not a boat accident. It’s a space station.
Following a petition that reached the White House’s We The People threshold for response, the Obama administration issued the following to a request that the U.S. government build a Death Star. Enjoy! This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For By Paul Shawcross The Administration shares your desire for job…
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