Obama to announce financial system overhaul, extension of federal benefits to gay partners

September 16th, 2009 Obama visits Hispanic caucus' galaWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pushing his ambitious health care overhaul to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Obama plans to speak to the group's black-tie gala Wednesday evening in Washington.

September 15th, 2009 Key elements of the Obama financial overhaulHere's a look at key parts of the Obama administration's financial overhaul plan. __ CHANGES IN OVERSIGHT OF FIRMS — Federally chartered banks would be overseen by a new national bank supervisor.

September 10th, 2009 Obama to give speech Monday on financial crisisWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is delivering a speech on Wall Street Monday, exactly one year after the Lehman Brothers investment bank collapsed, precipitating the financial crisis felt around the world. The White House said Thursday that Obama will discuss steps the administration has taken to ease the crisis, its commitment to reduce government involvement in the financial sector and actions the U.S.

August 17th, 2009 Obama: VA care not affected by health overhaulPHOENIX — President Barack Obama says a proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system is not going to change how veterans get their medical services. Obama on Monday told a convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that no one in Washington is talking about taking away their benefits.

August 16th, 2009 Obama confident health care overhaul coming soonWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he's confident his drive to overhaul health care will succeed. The president writes in Sunday's New York Times about "health insurance reform" and says his attempt to overhaul the system is closer to reality "than we have ever been." Obama cites support from the American Nurses Association, the powerful American Medical Association and the AARP for big changes.

August 16th, 2009 Congressman says Obama able to keep tax pledgeWASHINGTON — The chairman of the House tax-writing committee says he thinks President Barack Obama can keep his promise not to raise taxes on most people and still overhaul health care. Democratic Rep.

August 5th, 2009 Obama promises health care overhaul this yearWAKARUSA, Ind. — President Barack Obama promised Wednesday that there will be an overhaul of the health care system before the end of the year and said it doesn't have to be a bipartisan effort.

August 2nd, 2009 Officials to seek unemployment benefits extensionWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economic advisers say the administration will work with Congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of Americans. The head of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, said Sunday that the administration is already looking ahead at an extension of benefits as that money runs out.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Wednesday extended some benefits for government workers to same-sex partners in a bid to give them greater equality. Obama signed a presidential memorandum that would provide limited health care and financial benefits that are currently denied to gay couples and domestic partners.

June 17th, 2009 AP source: Same-sex partners to get fed benefitsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, whose gay and lesbian supporters have grown frustrated with his slow movement on their priorities, is extending benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, a White House official said. Obama planned to announce his decision Wednesday in the Oval Office, the official said.

June 17th, 2009 Obama cites decades of mistakes behind recessionWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is offering a broad-scale overhaul of the financial system, saying hard times struck largely because a post-Depression era business regulatory scheme couldn't keep up with an increasingly global economy. In remarks readied for the unveiling of new rules to govern business, Obama attributed much of the country's current problem to "a cascade of mistakes and missed opportunities" which happened over several decades.

June 17th, 2009 Romer, Boehner, debate new financial regulationsWASHINGTON — White House adviser Christina Romer said Wednesday the Obama administration's proposal to overhaul the financial regulatory system should be accepted by Congress because "the status quo is not an option." At the same time, the leading House Republican Leader John Boehner said that while the GOP agrees on many aspects of financial regulatory change now being proposed, members of his party worry about the government taking too large a role. "If you look deeply ...

June 16th, 2009 Official: Obama to propose new consumer agencyWASHINGTON — An Obama administration official says the Treasury will propose the creation of a regulatory agency to protect consumers in their credit, savings and other banking transactions. The new agency is one of the central elements of President Barack Obama's overhaul of the financial regulatory system.

June 16th, 2009 Obama promises to close regulatory gapsWASHINGTON — As the Obama administration prepares to unveil an overhaul of the way financial institutions are regulated, President Barack Obama says the goal will be to fill a "series of regulatory gaps." Obama told reporters Tuesday there's been a "lack of oversight" that allowed what he termed "wild risk-taking." He says it led to conditions that have been "very dangerous" for the American people. Obama says rather than adding another layer of regulatory agencies, his approach will be to streamline and consolidate, and to add protections for consumers and investors.

January 27th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Nearly 400,000 employees of the Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday observed a day-long strike demanding extension of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in the state. Work in various state government offices remained paralysed due to the strike call by the employees' joint co-ordination committee.