Sentences with phrase «barack obama called»

Tiger Woods confirmed what had been an urban legend in Chicago golf circles: former President Barack Obama called to ask him to take on the Jackson Park / South Shore golf project.

From Russia With...: President Barack Obama called for a renewed relationship between the United States and Russia during a speech delivered this morning in Moscow.

This time, President Barack Obama called it «an ambitious and far reaching solution» to a «rapidly growing threat to the health of our planet».

Last night US President Barack Obama called for a massive green energy make - over of the world's largest economy.

Trump, who once declared climate change was a hoax created by the Chinese, is the leader of a party former President Barack Obama called the only major party in «the advanced world that effectively denies climate change.»

In 2009, President Barack Obama called on the G 20 to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies but since then UN federal subsidies have risen by 45 %.

Noting that just one in five U.S. students had access to high - speed internet in their schools, President Barack Obama called for targeting and increasing federal E-rate funds to bring faster broadband to 99 percent of students by 2018.

Barack Obama called for No Child Left Behind, the 2001 law that set the standards and goals for public education, to be revamped by August.

In a 2007 speech, then - rising presidential candidate Barack Obama called the Harlem Children's Zone a model for combating urban poverty.

In his campaign last fall, President Barack Obama called for a «cap and trade» plan that would auction off carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions allowances to big carbon polluters.

In his memorandum, President Barack Obama called on OMB to «offer suggestions on the role of cost - benefit analysis» and to «identify the best tools for achieving public goals through the regulatory process.»

Nonetheless, U.S. President Barack Obama called the pact «meaningful and unprecedented» and said it was a necessary step to break the gridlock.

That's higher than the $ 9 President Barack Obama called for in January.

They spoke the day after President Barack Obama called the public option a preferred but non-essential element of overhauling the nation's ailing health - care system.

CNN: Obama calls for short - term fix to imminent spending cuts President Barack Obama called on Tuesday for a short - term agreement to put off deep cuts to government spending, including the military, set to take effect next month.

«President Barack Obama called to congratulate Ouattara.

In February 2016, outgoing President Barack Obama called on legislators to «mak [e] automatic voter registration the new norm across America.»

Remember when Barack Obama called a woman sweetie?

On December 4th Barack Obama called for a higher federal minimum wage.

President Barack Obama called for new regulations this week to ensure that brokers who work with retirement accounts put investors» interests first.

But as President Barack Obama calls for an aggressive ramp up of the U.S. government's response, resolve is colliding with a grim reality: The epidemic is outpacing the speed with which drugs and vaccines can be produced.

Not exact matches

The bill is called the American Health Care Act and it would fulfill a long - running Republican goal — repealing and replacing much of former President Barack Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare.

Jon Favreau, former chief speechwriter for Barack Obama, called them «nearly identical» and said someone should be «seriously fired.»

«My organization has not targeted these so - called Dreamers,» Kelly told CNN, referring to the name given to those granted protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created by Democratic President Barack Obama and extended by Republican President Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing pressure from President Barack Obama to ratify the agreement, while Canada's auto - parts makers and former Research in Motion chief executive Jim Balsillie are among the voices calling on Trudeau to walk away.

Last Thursday, moreover, both The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that Flynn had spoken with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, about the US economic sanctions on Russia before Trump was sworn in — including at least one call on the day President Barack Obama imposed new penalties on Russia for its election - related meddling.

Former President Barack Obama on Sunday called for lawmakers to have «courage» when considering health care legislation that would significantly gut his signature domestic policy, the Affordable Care Act.

This one, sent by «Barack Obama,» has the semi-stalker-ish subject line «If I don't call you» and says Obama will contact donors this week to thank them for contributing to his campaign before the end of the third quarter.

For example, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page that he had personally called then - President Barack Obama to express «frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future.»

Peters, who was highly critical of President Barack Obama's administration, was suspended from Fox for a short period in 2015 for calling Obama a «total pussy» while on the Fox Business Network.

Update: July 15, 2015, 2:45 pm: President Barack Obama responded to calls from members of Congress to revoke the Presidential Medal of Freedom that Bill Cosby was awarded in 2002.

South of the border, there's a lot of attention being paid to the rich, as President Barack Obama and some wealthy Americans like Warren Buffett call on the most affluent to pay a greater share of taxes in that recession - torn nation.

Not only has the billionaire businessman turned president - elect called for doing away with trade deals favored by President Barack Obama, he expressed interest in renegotiating the North America Free Trade Agreement, a 22 year - old trade pact between the U.S., Canada and Mexico that eliminated most tariffs on products traded between the countries and strengthened intellectual property enforcement.

Cantor spelled out the options for the GOP — allowing default and stepping into an economic abyss, backing the Senate Democratic plan or calling President Barack Obama's bluff by backing the GOP's own proposal.

Back in September, two days before Barack Obama delivered his speech to Congress on jobs, he put in a call to Howard Schultz, the chairman and CEO of coffee king Starbucks.

Romney tried to galvanize support for his presidential campaign since the day John McCain lost to Barack Obama, and throughout the process he was frequently called the default choice for the Republican party.

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Chuck Hagel as defense secretary — calling him «the leader our troops deserve» and a man who could make «tough fiscal choices» in a time of increasing austerity.

Quartz notes Carusone also published a petition in 2012 calling for Macy's to drop Trump's merchandise in the wake of his comments suggesting Barack Obama might not be an American citizen.

In most press accounts, Clinton's plan has been lumped in with those of Barack Obama and John Edwards — her rivals in the so - called top - tier.

«It doesn't seem like an exaggeration to say that some Republican members of Congress would have called for Barack Obama's impeachment if he had ever called for taking people's guns away without due process,» The Washington Post's James Hohmann wrote on Thursday.

U.S. President Barack Obama, in fact, has issued various executive orders calling for stricter security for firms that control critical infrastructure.

Because of the lasting toll it takes on prisoners, President Barack Obama has called on state correction centers to reduce punishment by isolation and banned solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons.

She received a congratulatory phone call from then - President Barack Obama.

FCC chief Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump in January, said the commission will vote at a Dec. 14 meeting on rescinding the so - called net neutrality rules championed by Democratic former President Barack Obama that treated internet...

The New York real estate developer, who has never held elected public office, touts his practical experience on economic matters and potential to create jobs, blaming President Barack Obama for what he calls a weak recovery from the economic recession.

President Barack Obama on Monday called reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups «outrageous» and said anyone responsible should be held accountable.

President Barack Obama's former top economic adviser, Jason Furman, noted the slip - up, calling it a «minor transgression.»

President Barack Obama on Monday called the Internal Revenue Service's focus on conservative groups «outrageous.»

In a few hours Mayer will join a group of CEOs meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss their priorities for the so - called «fiscal cliff» of tax hikes and spending cuts set to take place Jan. 1, unless Congress acts.

My blog post a year ago called it A Very Political Budget: the document sought to institutionalize Harper's sense of outrage at Barack Obama's decision to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project.