11/18: Delays Weigh Down Obama’s Hefty Agenda
Posted by Editor on November 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
President Obama’s to-do list is getting longer, not shorter, as key priorities slip into the future and are joined by new pressing concerns over jobs and the ballooning deficit.
This week, Senate Democrats announced that they’ve bumped action on climate change into next year, and House Democrats won’t take up a rewrite of financial regulations until next month at the earliest. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has signaled a desire to act to boost jobs and to try to reduce the deficit – the two issues that voters say matter as the economy continues to struggle.
