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Some people have asked why I'm so agitated about the possibility that Republicans may acquiesce to tax increases as part of the Supercommittee negotiations.

That is according to the majority staff memo in advance of next week's markup of the bills.

President Obama pushed for his $447 billion jobs bill this morning during a White House news conference in which he again challenged Republicans to either enact his ideas or be prepared to explain to voters why they opposed what he says are ways to put Americans to work.

President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Republicans not to play politics with federal disaster aid as he toured flood-stricken New Jersey and pledged to do everything possible to help states recover after Hurricane Irene.

President Barack Obama and top Republicans faced off over taxes and healthcare spending on Thursday in their fifth deficit meeting this week as pressure rose for Washington to raise the U.S. debt ceiling soon.

U.S. President Barack Obama took to Twitter on Wednesday to press his economic agenda, using the popular social media site to tweak Republicans and advocate for a deal to reduce the deficit.

President Obama today ripped Republicans for refusing to accept tax hikes, even for the wealthiest Americans, as part of any deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling beyond $14.29 trillion.

In response to today's terrible jobs report Republicans are demanding that even more government employees, contractors and others lose their jobs.

They also demand that even more construction workers and others receiving government contracts lose their jobs, too.

They want to do more of what they did in the Bush years, which led to this mess. If we do what they want to do it will send us into a depression.

House Republicans lined up to reject their own proposed $2.4 trillion increase in the nation's debt limit Tuesday, a political gambit designed to reinforce a demand for spending cuts to accompany any increase in government borrowing.

Republicans may be ready for a brief fling with Donald Trump, but a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows they have serious reservations about installing Trump in the White House.