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April 15th, 2011
11:01 PM ET
Obama's open mic catches rebuke of RepublicansWASHINGTON (CNN) White House Correspondent Dan Lothian reports on the strong candid rebuke of Republicans by President Obama during a Chicago fundraiser.
April 15th, 2011
06:46 PM ET
White House Week in ReviewWASHINGTON (CNN) From a highly anticipated speech laying out his plans for deficit reduction, to his first official appearance as a candidate for re-election in 2012, here is a look back at President Obama's week. 
April 15th, 2011
05:52 PM ET
Obama signs 2011 budget deal into lawWASHINGTON (CNN)President Barack Obama signed the budget agreement covering federal spending for the remainder of the current fiscal year on Friday, an administration official said, bringing an end to any remaining fears of a government shutdown. The bipartisan deal, which won approval Thursday from both the House and Senate, cuts $38.5 billion in spending while funding the government through September 30. With its passage, White House and congressional leaders now turn their attention to what are expected to be more rancorous battles over the budget for the next fiscal year and the upcoming need to raise the federal debt limit. The deal covering the current year was announced by key leaders shortly before midnight last Friday, a mere hour before what would have been the start of a partial shutdown. Spokesmen on both sides of the aisle portrayed it as a step toward controlling America's skyrocketing debt.
April 15th, 2011
04:59 PM ET
White House unveils 'receipt' for taxes you payBy CNNMoney's Jennifer Liberto However, the online calculator obscures how much of an individual's tax dollars goes to a controversial expense that Republicans have been railing about - bailing out government-owned mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - by lumping it with other expense such as commerce, transportation and government administration. President Obama said in his State of the Union address that he wanted to give taxpayers an itemized receipt for how tax dollars are spent. And the unveiling of the new online calculator couldn't be timelier, coming on the weekend when many are crunching their own tax bills.  President Obama returns to the White House Friday after a fundraising trip to Chicago on Thursday night
April 15th, 2011
04:53 PM ET
Location, location, locationWASHINGTON (CNN) It shouldn't be any surprise that two of the three states President Barack Obama visits next week are battleground states. According to a White House release Friday, the president will travel to northern Virginia Tuesday to hold a town hall. Obama won the state in 2008, the first Democrat to carry Virginia in a presidential election since 1964. With an open Senate seat to defend as well, Virginia is a crucial state for Democrats in 2012. The president also holds a town hall in Reno, Nevada on Thursday. Obama carried that state as well in 2008, the first Democrat to capture Nevada since Bill Clinton won it in 1996. Like Virginia, there's a crucial contest for the Senate as well, but in this case it's an open seat that is currently held by the GOP. In between the two events, the president also holds a town hall Wednesday at Facebook Headquarters in Palo Alto, California. California is safe and lucrative politically for Obama. He will also be the main attraction at fund raisers in San Francisco and Los Angeles for his re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee. 
April 15th, 2011
07:30 AM ET
POTUS schedule for Friday, April 15WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Obama will wake up Friday in his hometown of Chicago following a night of fundraising for his recently launched re-election campaign. He will return to Washington in the early afternoon, but the only event on his schedule, a meeting with the leadership of the National Conference of State Legislators, is closed to coverage. And CNN's Kate Bolduan reports the president will sign the 2011 budget at the White House this afternoon after he returns from Chicago. Schedule provided by the White House after the jump.
April 15th, 2011
06:00 AM ET
Obama takes another jab at 'birthers' at fundraiser CHICAGO (CNN) - President Obama touts his record and takes a jab at "birthers" during a Democratic National Committee event in Chicago Thursday night. |
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