Topic: Barack Obama

Obama to Republicans: 'You think we're stupid?'

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he challenged Republicans to try to repeal his landmark healthcare reform in private budget talks last week, taunting his opponents with a question: "You think we're stupid?"In one of three political fund-raisers for his re-election ...

Democrats celebrate: Happy birthday, Romneycare!

BOSTON (Reuters) - Democrats in at least three states are marking the fifth anniversary on Tuesday of the health care reforms Republican Mitt Romney helped pass when he was governor of Massachusetts.The events were designed to remind voters of Romney's role in ...

Romney counts on massive warchest and circle of giving

BOSTON (Reuters) - Mitt Romney, a presidential also-ran in 2008, is powering up a fund-raising machine he hopes will obliterate competition for the 2012 Republican nomination.The former Massachusetts governor has yet to formally get into the race, but Romney is on a ...

Obama administration appeals healthcare ruling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a judge's ruling in Florida that struck down the landmark healthcare overhaul law as unconstitutional.(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, editing by Eric Walsh)94174100&bid=informcom" /> Copyright 2011  Reuters US Online Report Top News

Obama offers concession on health law

President Barack Obama Monday offered to bring forward the date by which US states can frame their own health care plans, in an apparent concession to critics of his historic reform law.Obama's mammoth health reform legislation, passed after a monumental political effort ...

Obama urges entrepreneurial focus on America

Barack Obama on Saturday urged entrepreneurs to focus on the needs of America and "make their mark". "If we make America the best place to do business, businesses should make their mark in America," the President said in his weekly radio address."They ...

Judge rules healthcare reform unconstitutional

MIAMI (Reuters) - A judge in Florida on Monday became the second judge to declare President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law.U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, appointed to the ...

Judge may escalate battle over healthcare reform

MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida judge could on Monday become the second judge to declare President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law.The judge, Roger Vinson of the U.S. District ...

'Granny is safe' : Obama mocks foes on health care

US President Barack Obama Friday denied claims his historic health care reform was a "job crushing, granny threatening, budget-busting monstrosity," slamming Republicans bent on repealing the law.Obama, driving home messages from his State of the Union address on Tuesday charged that plans ...

House tones down healthcare debate after shooting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, back to work after the attempted assassination of one of its members, on Tuesday staged a toned-down debate on a bill to repeal President Barack Obama's overhaul of the U.S. healthcare industry."In the wake of ...