Posts tagged white house

• Paul Krugman is on the Edge

  Paul Kiesel | February 06, 2009 7:53 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As the economy remains stagnant or contracts into a more depressing declivity, reports of the number of job losses from January coming in and continuing to rise (600,000 and counting; not to mention...

• Bush and the Economy or Beating a Dead Horse

  Paul Kiesel | December 23, 2008 7:20 PM | 2 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The New York Times published an article Sunday that broadly examines President Bush's role in our current economic turmoil (how Mr. Bush and his administration held the country's hand and led us...

• NYT: Bush Aides Hurry to Pass Contentious Labor Department Rule

  Paul Kiesel | December 02, 2008 2:25 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  President Bush has said that he wants to work with President-elect Obama to make the transition process as smooth as possible. Logically, this makes sense for the greater good of the country,...

• Obama Names Economic Dream Team

  Paul Kiesel | November 24, 2008 3:28 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Earlier today, at a press conference in Chicago, President-elect Barack Obama called for sound judgment and fresh thinking in addressing the nation's economic crisis, which he described as a...

• President Bush, Wyeth v. Levine & Ethex's Morphine Sulfate: Consumers Beware!

  Paul Kiesel | November 19, 2008 6:15 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As President Bush does his best to rewrite federal rules aimed at pre-empting product liability litigation (50 rules that would govern product-liability laws from motorcycle brakes to pain medicine,...

• Greenspan on the Financial Crisis: "I Made a Mistake..."

  Paul Kiesel | October 24, 2008 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, who was once considered by many economists and government officials to be an infallible maestro of the financial system, was hammered yesterday on...

• The Real Bush Legacy

  Paul Kiesel | October 15, 2008 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As President Bush's approval ratings continue to slide (the most recent Gallup Poll shows W. with a 27 percent approval rating), a stealth effort is being coordinated at the highest levels of the...

• When it Comes to the Bailout, Some Refuse to See the Facts

  Paul Kiesel | September 30, 2008 9:58 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There are a lot of different news outlets and political blogs pointing fingers at who's to blame for the financial crisis and why Americans should or should not support the failed bailout (or...

• Loan Modification and Foreclosure Mitigation Efforts in the Bailout Bill

  Paul Kiesel | September 29, 2008 8:04 PM | 1 CommentLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A key provision added to the bailout bill by Democrats last week, and a provision that likely dissuaded about two-thirds of House Republicans from voting "Aye" on the failed bill today, deals with...

• White House Renews Threat to Veto Housing Bill, Bush Pushes Congress to Pass His Version

  Paul Kiesel | July 22, 2008 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Yesterday, the White House renewed its threat to veto the housing bill that will be voted on tomorrow by the House if it contained a $4 billion block grant program for states to buy foreclosed homes...