Posts Tagged ‘threatens’

White House Threatens Veto as House Takes Up Farm Bill

The House is scheduled to begin debate on the farm bill on Tuesday with the knowledge that if the House version makes it through Congress and goes to the White House, President Obama’s senior advisers will recommend that he veto it. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

White House threatens veto of anti-abortion bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is threatening to veto a measure being considered by House Republicans that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

White House threatens veto of House farm bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is threatening to veto the House version of a massive, 5-year farm bill, saying food stamp cuts included in the legislation could leave some Americans hungry. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth." Tweet This Post

Boston Attack Threatens Obama’s Agenda

“The Boston Marathon terrorist attack allegedly hatched by two brothers from Chechnya is threatening to disrupt President Obama’s second-term agenda,” The Hill reports. Tweet This Post

Myanmar communal unrest threatens reforms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were lauded by visiting Western leaders, and the nation's president was hailed as a hero. But spasms of spreading, communal violence show the reform path is bumpier that expected and have [...]

Spending cut showdown threatens Obama’s second-term agenda

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Just hours after across-the-board spending cuts officially took effect, President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Saturday to work with him on a compromise to halt a fiscal crisis that threatens the economy and his broader domestic policy agenda. The failure by Obama and Republicans to agree to halt the $ 85 billion [...]