Lawrence McDonald

Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House On Thursday, President Obama hosted Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti at the White House to discuss market confidence in Europe and NATO issues. Also on Thursday, a $25bn settlement was announced between state attorneys general, the federal government, and the five largest loan servicers relating [...]

Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House ·         On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to give remarks on the economy during a speech in northern Virginia. Senate ·         On Wednesday, Senate and House conferees will meet to consider the payroll tax/unemployment insurance/”doc fix” extension (HR 3630). House ·         Next week, the House [...]

Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House On Wednesday, the Obama Administration announced that they would not approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Orlando, FL, to announce his initiative to promote tourism in the U.S. as a part of his “We Can’t Wait” campaign of executive actions. Senate [...]

Courtesy of DC Tripwire Major Actions This Week: White House This morning, President Obama is hosting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the White House to discuss the end of the war in Iraq. On Tuesday, the President will conduct interviews with local television anchors from across the country about the end of the war [...]

Major Actions This Week: White House From Monday through Wednesday, President Obama travelled through North Carolina and Virginia on a bus tour to promote the American Jobs Act. On Thursday afternoon, the President met with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway. On Friday morning, the President signed free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Columbia, as well as [...]

From my partner, DCTripwire: Bottom Line: By far the most important take away from the next two weeks is not the actual budget implications for the rest of FY11, but rather what it will tell us about the new political dynamics for the rest of this Congressional session.  Once a deal is reached – and [...]

From my partner, DCTripwire: Major Actions Last Week: White House President Obama signed a two-week continuing resolution to fund the federal government through March 18th. o   The continuing resolution contained $4B in non-security spending cuts from current FY10 levels. Also this week, Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited the White House to discuss a wide-range of issues, including border security, North American [...]

From my partner, DCTripwire: Major Actions This Week: White House Today, President Obama traveled to Cleveland, OH, to hold a Winning the Future forum focusing on small businesses. This morning, Elizabeth Warren, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, gave a speech regarding credit card reforms in the [...]

House, Senate Play Budget “Chicken” Bottom Line: As Congress heads for a March 4th deadline to continue funding the government for the current fiscal year (FY11), the House and Senate remain far apart from a compromise.  The House GOP leadership has substantially raised the stakes for a possible government shutdown by asserting that it will not even accept [...]

From my partner, DCTripwire: Major Actions Last Week: White House Treasury and HUD released their GSE reform proposal, due under the Dodd-Frank Act. This week, President Obama continued promoting his innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, giving a speech on the National Wireless Initiative at Northern Michigan University. On Tuesday, President Obama and Vice President Biden held a [...]