President Barack Obama will get his agenda passed by the U.S. Congress if it is controlled by members of the Republican political party following the legislative elections in November 2010. Steps that former U.S. President Bill Clinton took to get his agenda passed by Congress when a majority...
Sept. 9, 2009— -- In his highly anticipatedaddress to Congresstoday, President Obama told ABC News that he would provide a much more detailed health care plan, saying that while he was still open to ideas, he is determined to get health care reform passed this year. "So, the intent o...
Yet, no matter how bad things get, there’s one mindset that will hold everyone in good stead:“Just learn how to get stuff done.” In a recent interview with LinkedIn’s editor-in-chief Daniel Roth, former President, Barack Obama offered his most important career advice for young peo...
The president acknowledged more efforts may be required on both sides of the aisle should he be elected for a second term to get things done. But those efforts will not come at the expense of his being a father. Jarrett points out that Obama grew up largely without a father. ...
“If we put all of our energy into the Middle East, or just into reacting, we won't get things done,” said Susan Rice, one of Obama’s closest advisors and, in his second term, his national security advisor. But the focus on Asia faded as other threats emerged — including Al Shab...
President Barack Obama's "We Can't Wait" campaign, in which he aims that he can get things done even when dealing with a perceived lack of action from the U.S. Congress. It describes how Republican legislators accused Obama of overstepping the bounds imposed on him by divided government....
"If the public doesn't care about it, it's harder to get things done," he said. This chat was not strictly business though; soon enough, things lightened up as it neared prime Valentine's Day date time. A panelist seeking counsel on what to name his unborn child pulled his pregnant ...
The confrontation would allow Obama to show he is willing to stare down his own party to get things done. “We have been saying all along that the most important part of this debate is not the public option, but rather ensuring choice and competition,” an aide said. “There are lots...
But the reality is tougher: “The job was frustrating. Google hadn’t been perfect, but people got things done—because they were engineers. One of the big ideas of Google was that if you gave engineers the freedom to dream big and the power to do it—if you built the whole operation...
His 'my way or the highway' approach makes it harder to build the trust with the American people that is necessary to get things done on behalf of the country," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a statement after the president's speech....