President Barack Obama offered the following remarks this morning on the release of the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget: Before I begin, I have some good news to report. Starting today, the recently unemployed will benefit from a COBRA subsidy that will make health care affordable. At a time when health car...

Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Address to Joint Session of Congress Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the First Lady of the United States: I’ve come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and wome...

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2009 Excerpts of the PresidentÂ’s address to the joint session of Congress tonight: We have lived through an era where too often, short-term gains were prized over long-term prosperity; where we failed to look beyond th...

Naftali Bendavid reports on Congress. As they had during President Barack Obama’s speech, Republicans afterwards sought to strike a balance between expressing support for the president and criticizing any suggestion of raising taxes or expanding government spending. “He was right on target in...

Brad Haynes reports on politics. President Barack ObamaÂ’s speech tonight wasnÂ’t technically a State of the Union address, but viewers sitting through persistent applause might easily have been mistaken. Over the course of the presidentÂ’s 50-minute address before Congress, he was interrupted nearl...

Henry J. Pulizzi and Corey Boles report on politics. President Barack Obama warned about deficits even as government spending is soaring. Associated Press President Barack Obama delivers remarks to open the Fiscal Responsibility Summit, Monday in the East Room of the White House in Washington. ̶...

Amy Chozick reports from Fargo, N.D., on the presidential race. In response to another dreary jobs report, Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a $50 billion stimulus package. “It turns out that our economy lost another 62,000 jobs last month,” Obama told reporters on the tarmac before heading to a...

David Rogers reports on Congress. Democrats are rethinking their year-end budget strategy amid anger over White House veto threats and an intra-party fight over suggestions Democrats are willing to accept war funding to gain leverage for domestic spending. Obey A $522 billion omnibus spending bill h...