All posts tagged "Joint Session Of Congress"

The Tea Party Express called the jobs plan President Barack Obama laid out to a joint session of Congress Thursday night "yet another speech with old, unworkable solutions."

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's use of a rare joint session of Congress to deliver a jobs speech on Thursday reflects a political strategy to try to blame Republicans for an economy at risk of sliding back into recession.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, facing waning confidence among Americans in his economic stewardship, plans to lay out a $300 billion job-creation package on Thursday, CNN reported, citing Democratic sources.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's poll numbers crashed to new lows ahead of his crucial speech Thursday aimed at tackling zero US job growth and reviving his own political fortunes.

WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday it was confident Europe had the ability and will to tackle its debt crisis and said there was "no question" events across the Atlantic could impact the US economy.