Dave Boyer
Articles by Dave Boyer
Obama seeks public pressure on lawmakers to pass jobs bill
President Obama took his campaign for a second stimulus bill and higher taxes Tuesday to the home state of Speaker John A. Boehner, urging Ohioans to tell Republican lawmakers to "stop worrying about their jobs and start worrying about your jobs." Published September 13, 2011
Obama: ‘Politics’ impeding jobs plan
President Obama warned Americans on Monday that politics was "stopping" his $447 billion jobs plan, saying so hours before he even sent the legislation laden with tax increases to Congress. Published September 12, 2011
Obama, Bush and Clinton lead U.S. in 9/11 tributes
On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, President Obama led the nation Sunday in a full day of commemoration by honoring the nearly 3,000 victims in services in New York City, Pennsylvania and the nation's capital. Published September 11, 2011
Obama calls for the end of ‘political circus’ on economy, seeks stimulus plan for jobs
A politically imperiled President Obama called on lawmakers Thursday night to approve another stimulus plan to create jobs, many for his union base, while adding about $450 billion to next year's budget. Published September 8, 2011
Obama faces skeptics in 3rd try for jobs
President Obama will reveal his latest jobs plan Thursday night in a high-stakes speech to a joint session of Congress, facing Republicans opposed to more deficit spending and voters who increasingly don't trust him to fix the economy. Published September 7, 2011
Obama halts EPA air-quality regulations
President Obama ordered the Environmental Protection Agency Friday to shelve proposed regulations for new air-quality standards, citing the potential impact on the weak economy. Published September 2, 2011
Flap over Obama’s speech date and time settled
The White House dismissed Thursday the flap about the date of President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress as irrelevant "political gamesmanship," even as some Democrats said the president's advisers mishandled the episode. Published September 1, 2011
Obama aware ‘long-lost’ kin detained as illegal alien
The White House finally acknowledged Thursday that an illegal immigrant detained in Massachusetts recently is President Obama's "long-lost" uncle from Kenya. Published September 1, 2011
Obama: From ‘yes we can’ to ‘it takes time’
When he ran for the presidency in 2008, Barack Obama sprinkled his campaign speeches with ambitious catchphrases such as "the fierce urgency of now" and "yes we can." Nowadays, he's been trotting out a stump speech with a far less lofty message for voters: You expected too much from me. Published September 1, 2011
Boehner rebuffs Obama on time for jobs speech
It's the people's House, as Speaker John A. Boehner made clear to President Obama on Wednesday. Published August 31, 2011
Obama enlists business, labor in spending push
A day after enlisting veterans to help him fight congressional Republicans for a second economic stimulus plan, President Obama joined forces with big labor and big business Wednesday to pressure lawmakers for more spending on federal construction projects. Published August 31, 2011
Obama’s proposed regs would cost billions annually
In a preview of a battle likely to be waged throughout the fall, President Obama told GOP House Speaker John A. Boehner in a letter Tuesday that the administration is considering seven regulations that would each cost the U.S. economy more than $1 billion per year. Published August 30, 2011
Obama presses Congress on jobs for veterans
President Obama on Tuesday told veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that they have "have earned their place among the greatest of generations" and that Congress has a duty to find more jobs for returning service members. Published August 30, 2011
Multiple disasters put FEMA in a funding bind
The Obama administration is giving itself high marks for its emergency response to Hurricane Irene, except for one problem — the government's disaster fund is going broke. Published August 29, 2011
Obama picks Krueger for economic adviser
A week away from delivering a major speech on jobs and renewing a battle with congressional Republicans on the economy, President Obama on Monday named labor economist Alan B. Krueger of Princeton University to lead his depleted economic team. Published August 29, 2011
Obama’s campaign muddled in name game
President Obama's re-election campaign has appropriated for its voter-registration operation the name of an existing group, Project Vote, that has been the target of voter-fraud complaints tied to the much-criticized and now-defunct activist group ACORN. Published August 28, 2011
Democrats get secret donors to ease out school chief
Philadelphia's Democratic machine is under fire after officials arranged for private, anonymous cash payments to buy out the contract of the unpopular school superintendent in the nation's eighth-largest public school district. Published August 23, 2011
Sentences meted out in Philly ‘flash mob’ melee
The leader of a Philadelphia teen "flash mob" that assaulted people at random and provoked the mayor to lecture black youths of personal responsibility has been sentenced to confinement in a juvenile detention facility. Published August 19, 2011
U.S. tightens sanctions on Syria
President Obama and other world leaders ramped up pressure Thursday on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down, but the authoritarian regime responded by accusing the West of inciting more violence. Published August 18, 2011
On digital battleground, Obama is armed and dangerous
President Obama holds the early advantage in the digital campaign for re-election, but his Republican challengers aren't ceding any ground in the race to gain an edge through social media and other online strategies. Published August 17, 2011
