President Barack Obama announced Friday he would name Jeffrey Zients, a management expert who has led his budget office, as his new top economic adviser from January 1.
AFP - As the blame game over a stinging package of deficit-reducing spending cuts grinds on, the White House said Sunday that as voters start to feel the pain, Republicans will pivot and seek compromise.
Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the President for Economic Policy, told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Wednesday that Republicans were endangering Americans by resisting the confirmation of Richard Cordray.
