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Talk about Calif. lawmaker joining Obama’s team sparks look back at role in commutation

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, House members, Obama administration
"The California congressman in discussions with President-elect Barack Obama to become U.S. trade representative played a role in President Bill Clinton's commuting the prison sentence of a cocaine dealer," the Associated Press is reminding its readers. The story is a...

Talk about Calif. lawmaker joining Obama’s team sparks look back at role in commutation

December 4th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, House members, Obama administration
"The California congressman in discussions with President-elect Barack Obama to become U.S. trade representative played a role in President Bill Clinton's commuting the prison sentence of a cocaine dealer," the Associated Press is reminding its readers. The story is a...

Live-blog: Obama news conference on Richardson nomination

December 3rd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, Obama administration
President-elect Barack Obama met with the news media yet again this morning, this time to announce he's nominating New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be his Commerce secretary. Richardson was one of Obama's rivals for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination,...

Obama slated to nominate Richardson for Commerce tomorrow

December 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, Obama administration
President-elect Barack Obama is holding a news conference tomorrow at 11:40 a.m. ET. The Associated Press, Politico and other outlets quote transition sources as saying he'll nominate New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as secretary of commerce. Richardson, a former House...

Obama says governors will be ‘true partners’ in economic recovery

December 2nd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, Obama administration, Republicans
President-elect Barack Obama and vice president-elect Joe Biden are meeting with governors this morning in Philadelphia, and they've just given their opening remarks. Both of them noted that states are being hit hard by the recession and 41 states are...

Obama creates economic advisory board

November 26th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Economy, Obama administration
President-elect Barack Obama is due to open his third news conference in as many days at 10:45 a.m. ET. The Obama-Biden transition team just confirmed, in statement sent to reporters, that Obama will use the Chicago briefing to announce he's...

More tough economic news

November 26th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Economy, Obama administration
President-elect Barack Obama has made naming his economic team the first priority during the transition and this morning he starts the day with more reports about how tough times are: • The Labor Department says initial requests for unemployment benefits...

Obama names budget director, promises ‘line by line’ effort to cut waste

November 25th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Economy, Obama administration
President-elect Barack Obama just opened a news conference in Chicago with the announcement that he has chosen Peter Orszag to be the budget director in his administration and a pledge to go through the federal budget "line by line" to...

Live-blog: Obama unveils his economic team

November 24th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, Obama administration
President-elect Barack Obama just introduced the members of his administration's economic team at a news conference in Chicago. In a sober warning, he said that the economy is likely to get worse before it gets better, but he pledged he...

ABC: Berkeley prof to head Obama’s council of economic advisers

November 24th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Economy, Obama administration
All the names should be confirmed at noon ET when President-elect Barack Obama holds a news conference to introduce his economic team. But here's another to add to the list: ABC News' Political Punch blog reports Obama has chosen University...

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