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Renewable-energy leaders call for far-reaching federal action: providing rebates to green investors, mandating electricity from alternative sources and revamping the grid.
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Renewable-energy leaders call for far-reaching federal action: providing rebates to green investors, mandating electricity from alternative sources and revamping the grid.
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Economic recovery plans includes spending to make public buildings and schools more energy efficient, while Obama pushes automakers to make rapid changes in fuel efficiency.
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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday welcomed a plan by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to buy equity in financial institutions if necessary to halt market turmoil.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Bush administration plan to let U.S. agencies decide for themselves whether their actions put wildlife at risk is drawing fire from environmental groups, which say this is like letting a fox guard a henhouse.
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TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will give a "major" speech outlining his economic rescue plan at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, his campaign said.
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THE federal Government is about to crack down on technology carbon emissions after testing found some brand new computers failed to meet turn-of-the-century emissions standards.
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama unveiled the specifics of a $60 billion package to stimulate the US economy and shield Americans from the most severe effects of the looming recession.
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The GOP candidate tries to rejuvenate his flagging campaign, while the Democrat opts for more specifics
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I've been reading the speech Barack Obama made on the economy this afternoon, plus his new Rescue Plan for the Middle Class. The speech ends with an eloquent farewell to the age of easy money: We’ve lived through an era of easy money, in which we were allowed and even encouraged to spend without limits; to borrow instead of save. Now, I know that in an age of declining wages and skyrocketing costs, for many folks this was not a choice but a necessity. People have been forced to turn to credit cards and home equity loans to keep up, just like our government has borrowed from China and other creditors to help pay its bills. But we now know how dangerous that can be. Once we get past the present emergency, which requires immediate new investments, we have to break that cycle of debt. Our long-term future requires that we do what’s necessary to scale down our deficits, grow wages and encourage personal savings again. Well said. If President Bush had said something like that in September 2001, instead of tell ...
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Barack Obama called for temporary but costly new programs to aid employers, automakers, homeowners, the unemployed, and state and local governments.
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Jake Tapper reports on Barack Obama's rescue plan for the middle class.
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Sen. Obama unveils expanded economic plan to help the middle class.
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TOLEDO, Oct. 13 -- Democrat Barack Obama advocated an immediate and expensive economic assistance package Monday, while Republican John McCain readied a set of specific new proposals of his own, as the candidates entered a three-week sprint toward a presidential election that appears certain to turn...
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It's one of the few things on which he and John McCain can agree.
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OREGON, Ohio (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama endorsed the federal government's plan to invest $250 billion in the nation's banks, saying it will strengthen the financial system and give taxpayers some extra protection....
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Petrohawk Energy (HK) dropped in pre-market trading, after the company's board approved a stockholder rights plan.
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McCain criticizes Obama for raising taxes of people like 'Joe the Plumber.'
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“Joe the Plumber” isn’t technically a plumber, and he probably wouldn’t be adversely affected by Barack Obama’s tax plan. But that doesn’t mean the issues he raises aren’t important.
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“Joe the Plumber” isn’t technically a plumber, and he probably wouldn’t be adversely affected by Barack Obama’s tax plan. But that doesn’t mean the issues he raises aren’t important.
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Obama: "Senator McCain would pay for part of his plan by making drastic cuts in Medicare -$882 billion worth." Roanoke, VA., October, 17
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Sen. John McCain stepped up his rhetoric against his Democratic rival on taxes in his weekly radio address Saturday, comparing his plan to "socialist" programs.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Sunday that a Barack Obama administration would help the middle class by cutting its taxes, answering Republican claims that Obama's plan represented redistribution of wealth....
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says a Barack Obama administration would help the middle class by cutting its taxes, answering Republican claims that Obama's plan represented redistribution of wealth....
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The Bush White House has agreed to consider a stimulus package being pushed by congressional Democrats.
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ABC News' Teddy Davis, Hope Ditto, Arnab Datta, and Ferdous Alfaruque Report: Facing criticism from John McCain that his tax plan constitutes "welfare," Barack Obama recently added a work requirement to one of his proposals. "They started saying this was...
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"How would your golden years turn out under John McCain? His health-care plan would cut Medicare by $800 billion. That means a 22 percent cut in benefits. Higher premiums and co-pays. More expensive prescription drugs. Nursing home care could suffer. . . . After a lifetime of work, seniors' health...
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McCain's criticism has apparently forced Obama to change his tax plan. From ABC News: Facing criticism from John McCain that his tax plan constitutes "welfare," Barack Obama recently added a work requirement to one of his proposals. "They started saying...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama, showing some concern about his Republican rival's constant criticism that his tax plan would redistribute wealth, is devoting more of his standard campaign speech to a point-by-point rebuttal of those arguments....
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This summer $4-a-gallon gas put energy issues front and center.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama moved from defense to offense Thursday as he characterized Republican John McCain's approach to taxes as nothing more than "putting corporations ahead of workers."...
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ABC News' Teddy Davis, Bret Hovell and Julia Hoppock Report: John McCain is seizing on an ABC News report about Barack Obama tweaking his tax plan to argue that his Democratic opponent will "say anything to get elected." "This week...
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RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Democratic candidate Barack Obama is mocking his Republican rival, John McCain, for trying to distance himself from President Bush....
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For the Democrat, the way to cross the finish line first may be simply to stay on course and avoid game-changing mistakes. It doesn't hurt that the political landscape favors Democrats.
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Traveling around the country and spending millions to spread his message, oil and gas maven T. Boone Pickens tells Charlie Rose his plan to end America's oil addiction is the "only plan" that will do the trick.
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Economists believe Barack Obama might require large and medium U.S. companies to contribute as much as 6 percent of their payrolls to employee health care.
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Economists believe large and medium companies might have to contribute as much as 6 percent of their payrolls toward coverage.
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