Tag: President Barack Obama

Illinois senator vows January return to Washington after stroke

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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Republican Senator Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke last year, hopes to return to Washington in January, his spokesman said on Monday. Kirk, 53, won President Barack Obama’s former seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010. He is not up for election this year. Kirk first made the comments on Sunday to a Chicago TV station at a fund-raiser for the clinic where he is receiving out-patient treatment. The event was Kirk’s first public appearance since he suffered a stroke last January. …

In echoes of Obama, Romney seeks to adopt mantle of change

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U.S. President Barack Obama holds his early voting ballot receipt after casting his vote at the Martin Luther King Community Center in ChicagoAMES, Iowa (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attempted to adopt the mantle of change on Friday in an economic speech in which he vowed to bring a fresh start to Washington to generate stronger job growth. Romney's address in the swing state of Iowa was an effort to take on the role President Barack Obama played in 2008, that of an outsider who would represent an abrupt change if he wins the tight 2012 presidential race. …

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Romney, Obama both like Simpson-Bowles plan, to a point

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney shakes hands with President Barack Obama at the end of the first 2012 U.S. presidential debate in DenverWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican hopeful Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama praised the deficit-cutting plan known as Simpson-Bowles at their debate on Wednesday, but neither has made the politically painful choices put forward by that scheme. Both candidates held up the 2010 deficit panel's report as a model at the first debate in Denver, and Romney blasted Obama for not fully embracing the proposal, which seeks to pare the deficit, which has topped $1 trillion in recent years. …

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Romney goes on offensive against Obama in first debate

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President Obama and Republican presidential nominee Romney share a laugh at the end of the first presidential debate in DenverDENVER (Reuters) – An aggressive Mitt Romney took the fight to President Barack Obama on Wednesday and the Republican candidate appeared to breathe new life into his struggling campaign with a solid performance at their first debate. Looking to claw his way back into a race that has seen Obama hold an edge among voters, Romney was on the offensive throughout the 90-minute encounter with the incumbent Democrat as he sought to put his campaign back on a sound footing with under five weeks to go until the November 6 election. …

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As Obama and Romney prep for debates, VP candidates seek votes

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U.S. Vice President Biden addresses the final session of the Democratic National Convention in CharlotteWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden and Republican rival Paul Ryan sought votes in political battleground states on Saturday while their running mates took a day off the campaign trail ahead of a potentially make-or-break debate next week. President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney face off on Wednesday in Denver, Colorado, for the first of three televised debates that could be crucial for the trajectory of the November 6 election. Obama, who holds a small lead in national and many statewide polls, spent the day at the White House with no public events. …

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Romney tells voters to move on from Obama disappointment

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Republican presidenial nominee Romney and vice presidential nominee Ryan pose with members of their staff for a picture before the fourth session of the 2012 Republican National Convention in TampaTAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney will urge Americans in a major speech on Thursday to leave behind their disappointment in President Barack Obama and join him to rebuild the U.S. economy and generate millions of jobs. Taking center stage with an address to the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida, Romney will vow to be a champion for small business and to restore a sense of innovation in America. "What is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. It doesn't take a special government commission to tell us what America needs. What America needs is jobs. …

Families, health advocates urge Obama to act on food safety

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U.S. President Obama smiles as he arrives to attend an Olympic basketball exhibition game between the U.S. and Brazil national men's teams in Washington(Reuters) – Families, public health advocates and consumer groups called on the White House on Tuesday to implement delayed provisions in a food safety law they say would prevent nearly 3,000 deaths caused by food-borne illnesses each year. Families of victims who have died from food-borne illnesses and consumer and health organizations wrote a letter to President Barack Obama calling on him push forward provisions of a food safety law signed last year that would regulate food imports, produce and packaged food against possible contamination. …

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Ex-Aetna chief criticizes insurance mandate

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Chairman and CEO of Aetna, Ron Williams attends a meeting at the White House in Washington(Reuters) – The recently retired head of health insurer Aetna Inc criticized the component at the heart of the U.S. healthcare overhaul law, known as the individual mandate, and predicted it would not be upheld. The Supreme Court is expected to rule before the end of the month on the law, championed by U.S. President Barack Obama and designed to expand coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans. At the center of the case is the mandate, which requires people to buy insurance or pay a penalty. …

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