Obama To Congress: Kill Oil Industry's Tax Breaks
"They can either place their bets on a fossil fuel from the last century or they can place their bets on America's future," the President said.
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"They can either place their bets on a fossil fuel from the last century or they can place their bets on America's future," the President said.
At a news conference Tuesday, President Obama lashed out at Mitt Romney and the other GOP presidential candidates for "the casualness with which some of these folks talk about war," saying their rhetoric on Iran reflects the fact that they "don't have a lot of responsibilities."
After being elected President in 2008, Barack Obama mentioned that he might use his power to push college football toward a playoff system.
Election officials expect between 15 percent and 20 percent of the state's registered voters to cast ballots in Tuesday's presidential primary election.
While voters in most of the state are focused on Michigan's upcoming presidential primary, pockets of Genesee and Oakland counties are getting state House races off to an early start in 2012.
In what senior administration officials described as an "accommodation," President Obama announced the government will not force religiously-affiliated institutions to directly provide birth control coverage.
Obama noted the challenge students will face and the skill they will need to compete in this 21st century economy.
"He brought up today students loans and student debt, but he failed to address the overall debt that he's layering on top of this generation," said Michigan GOP Chair Bobby Schostak.
President Obama's higher education reform plan calls for tying federal aid to schools to the levels of state support for its schools.
Thousands of students wrapped in blankets have been waiting outside the Michigan Union since Wednesday night, hoping to get tickets to hear President Barack Obama's speech at the Ann Arbor campus Friday.
A General Motors plant manager and a western Michigan wind turbine company worker are scheduled to sit near the first lady during the State of the Union address.
With less than a year to go before voters head to the polls, President Obama's chief of staff William Daley plans to step down, with budget director Jack Lew set to take his place.
Speaking to students at Oakland University, Flint native fimmaker Michael Moore blamed President Bush and the Republicans for the nation's economic problems.
The White House says President Barack Obama has nominated Wayne County Circuit Judge Gershwin Drain to a seat on U.S. District Court in Detroit.
President Barack Obama sat courtside and watched No. 1 North Carolina beat Michigan State 67-55 on Friday night in the Carrier Classic on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson.
On Veterans Day, a crowd gathered chanting ""Pass the bill", in reference to President Barack Obama's jobs legislation.
They ought to be downright embarrassed, Newt Gingrich, outspoken former Speaker of the House and GOP candidate told Carol Cain during a conversation in advance of a GOP debate in Metro Detroit.
Dow Chemical Co. CEO Andrew Liveris and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp of Midland joined cabinet members, lawmakers and other dignitaries who watched as President Barack Obama signed off on a new trade deal with South Korea.
As President Obama announced an end to the Iraq war, WWJ spoke with Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, asking if we accomplished our mission there.
Former Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak had to endure death threats and screams of "baby killer!" for lending his crucial support to the federal health care law.
President Barack Obama, the nation's basketball-fan-in-chief, will have the seat of his choice at the Carrier Classic hoops game on Veterans Day on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson, the aircraft carrier that buried Osama bin Laden at sea.
Vice President Joe Biden has told public safety officers in Michigan that the Obama administration's jobs plan will help struggling cities like Flint.
President Barack Obama says China has "gamed" the world's trading system to its advantage, but he's not ready to get behind a bill that would penalize Beijing.
President Barack Obama set up another clash with Republicans on Monday by proposing $1.5 trillion in new taxes aimed primarily at the wealthy as part of a $3 trillion package to shrink the U.S. national debt.
President Barack Obama will travel to Detroit on Sept. 5 to speak at the city's annual Labor Day festivities,
