US MPs unhappy as PM Narendra Modi may not get to address US joint sessionThe US govt often honours heads of nations with which it has close ties by inviting them for the address. A similar invitation was widely e...
PM Narendra Modi gets invite to address US Joint SessionIn a goodwill gesture, Speaker of US House of Representatives has invited Modi to address a joint session of the US Congress at a date conv...
Narendra Modi extended open invite to address US Congress joint sessionSpeaker of US House of Representatives John Boehner has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of the US Congress ...
Obama Admn remains hopeful on comprehensive immigration reformThe Obama Administration has expressed hope that the US Congress would be able to pass the immigration reform bill, even as John Boehner re...
Key support for budget deal; deficits would riseA new budget deal to avert future government shutdowns has gained importance among House Republicans even though it would nudge federal def...
US Shutdown: Barack Obama steps up effort to resolve fiscal impasseObama has stepped up his personal engagement with Congressmen to resolve the fiscal impasse that triggered government shutdown for the firs...
US Shutdown: Barack Obama steps up effort to resolve fiscal impasse"Obama is disappointed that Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner is preventing his members from coming to the White Hous...
John Boehner’s debt talks plan lacks Republican nodJohn Boehner, who has failed to win talks with President Barack Obama, faces another challenge as well: what to say to Obama about the debt...
Ready to negotiate if threats are withdrawn: Barack Obama to John BoehnerObama offered to negotiate with the Republican leadership only after the threat of government shutdown and debt default have been removed.
Shutdown could harm America's global stature: White HouseWhite House today warned that the looming prospect of an unprecedented debt default by the world's largest economy was a "terrible" scenari...
US shutdown: No end in sight to the crisisThe Congress needs to increase the federal debt ceiling by October 17 to avoid having the US default on its obligations.
Boehner says Congress, Obama must keep seeking 'fiscal cliff' dealObama and his fellow Democrats are insisting that wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes in order to help reduce high budget deficits and a...
US president Barack Obama's approval rating at three-year high: Gallup poll"The President is also in the middle of continuing negotiations with Speaker of the House John Boehner over a solution to the looming "fisc...
US President Barack Obama would veto Republican 'Plan B' on fiscal cliff: White HouseNegotiations to avoid the looming U.S. ``fiscal cliff'' hit a lull as the most powerful Republican in Congress announced that his party had...
Fiscal Cliff may be averted as Barack Obama cuts tax targetObama lowered his tax revenue demand by $200 billion and offered to start tax rate increases at $400,000 in income instead of $250,000.
- Republicans say revenue is on the table in fiscal cliff talks
Top Republicans emerged from a meeting at the White House on Friday saying they are prepared to agree to additional revenue in order to ave...
- Republicans asking 'Where are the jobs?'
Republicans concerned about the Obama administration's big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, ``Where are th...