http://www.mail.com/people/43816-dan-pfeiffer.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/43816-dan-pfeiffer.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2004794-raucous-debate-immigration-to-under-way.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill hope to finish their work this week, opening what's sure to be a raucous public debate over measures to secure the border, allow tens of thousands of foreign workers into the country and grant eventual citizenship to the estimated 11 million people living here illegally. Already negotiato... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:34:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2004794-raucous-debate-immigration-to-under-way.html 2013-04-08T16:34:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2004764-obama-aide-budget-will-parties-unhappy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning friend and foe alike: They're not going to like every part of President Barack Obama's budget when it is released this week. White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer is telling Republicans their "my way or the highway" approach would spell the GOP's defeat in upcoming budget negotiations. He also is telling Obam... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:26:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2004764-obama-aide-budget-will-parties-unhappy.html 2013-04-08T08:26:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003536-dem-gop-senators-work-background-check-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows and online transactions, Senate aides said Sunday. If completed, the effort could represent a major breakthrough in the effort by President Barack Obama and his allies to restrict guns foll... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:50:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2003536-dem-gop-senators-work-background-check-deal.html 2013-04-08T02:50:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003452-us-preparing-nkorea-actions.html BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action. Heightened tensions with North Korea led the United States to postpone congressional testimony by the chief U.S. commander ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2003452-us-preparing-nkorea-actions.html 2013-04-07T16:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2003572-top-white-house-aide-gop-cooperate-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Sunday warned Republicans that a "my way or the highway" approach would spell the GOP's defeat in upcoming budget negotiations and told its Democratic allies that they, too, will have to bend on President Barack Obama's delayed spending plan set to be released this week. White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said the... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 15:46:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2003572-top-white-house-aide-gop-cooperate-budget.html 2013-04-07T15:46:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1911472-condemn-pending-budget-cuts-spread-blame.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Republicans kept up the unrelenting mudslinging Sunday over who's to blame for roundly condemned budget cuts set to take effect at week's end, with the administration detailing the potential fallout in each state and governors worrying about the mess. But as leaders rushed past each other to decry the potentially deva... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:20:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1911472-condemn-pending-budget-cuts-spread-blame.html 2013-02-25T04:20:21Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1909284-administration-warns-impact-broad-budget-cut.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread flight delays and shuttered airports, off-limit seashores and unprotected parks. The Obama administration is painting a dire portrait of the many ways the public will feel the effects of automatic federal spending cuts due to begin March 1. The grim picture is emerging as the White House and lawmakers count down the days until... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:58:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1909284-administration-warns-impact-broad-budget-cut.html 2013-02-23T12:58:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1903488-reset-gop-finding-obamas-open-door.html President Barack Obama says "I'm willing to work with anybody to get this job done" in trying to deflect a speeding meteor of across-the-board spending cuts headed straight for the federal government. "So my door is open." Republicans argue his door isn't very open considering the president's refusal to consider a fix of targeted spending cuts alone, as R... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:25:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1903488-reset-gop-finding-obamas-open-door.html 2013-02-20T17:25:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901826-white-house-tries-to-immigration-track.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Tuesday sought to keep delicate immigration negotiations on track, as a key Republican senator distanced himself further from a draft bill President Barack Obama's aides are readying in case congressional talks crumble. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's office said Obama's plan "injected additional partisanship int... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:17:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1901826-white-house-tries-to-immigration-track.html 2013-02-20T00:17:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1856680-reset-familiar-faces-obamas-2nd-term-team.html President Barack Obama is much of the way through completing his second-term Cabinet and top White House staff. For many of those chosen so far, it's been a game of musical chairs. Same faces, new places. He nominated Jack Lew — his chief of staff and earlier his budget director — to be Treasury secretary. To fill the chief-of-staff opening, the presiden... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1856680-reset-familiar-faces-obamas-2nd-term-team.html 2013-01-30T15:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845718-obama-picks-foreign-policy-aide-chief-staff.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Friday that his new chief of staff is longtime trusted aide Denis McDonough, whom the president described as a close friend unafraid to deliver straight talk. McDonough has been a longtime foreign policy adviser to the president and is popular among the White House staff. Obama made the announcement in th... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845718-obama-picks-foreign-policy-aide-chief-staff.html 2013-01-25T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1776416-white-house-threatens-veto-boehners-plan-b.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama would veto House Speaker John Boehner's 'Plan B' proposal for extending tax cuts for people making up to $1 million. White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer says it is unlikely that such a bill would pass the Senate. In a statement, he says the deficit reduction that would result from ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1776416-white-house-threatens-veto-boehners-plan-b.html 2012-12-19T14:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744098-analysis-obama-risk-going-cliff.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It may be just a bluff or a bargaining ploy, but the White House is signaling that President Barack Obama is willing to let the country go over the "fiscal cliff," a hard-line negotiating strategy aimed at winning concessions from Republicans on taxes. If Washington really does fail to avert the looming series of tax hikes and spending c... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744098-analysis-obama-risk-going-cliff.html 2012-12-05T22:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1739040-gop-issues-fiscal-cliff-offer-to-obama.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue — but not raising rates for the wealthy. The White House declared ... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1739040-gop-issues-fiscal-cliff-offer-to-obama.html 2012-12-04T01:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1740796-white-house-rejects-gop-fiscal-cliff-counteroffer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is rejecting a Republican counteroffer aimed at averting the "fiscal cliff," saying it does not meet what the White House calls "the test of balance." White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer says the GOP proposal would lower tax rates for the wealthy and stick the middle class with the bill. He says the plan incl... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1740796-white-house-rejects-gop-fiscal-cliff-counteroffer.html 2012-12-03T21:05:00Z