Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) — Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, and Alan Simpson, a former Republican senator from Wyoming, talk about the outlook for President Barack Obama’s debt-reduction commission. Bowles and Simpson talk with Peter Cook on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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Douglass Says Health-Care Summit Reveals `Common Ground’: Video
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Linda Douglass, a White House spokeswoman for health care, talks with Bloombergs Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman about the prospects for President Barack Obama’s bipartisan summit in Washington on the stalled health-care legislation. Obama urged lawmakers from both parties to use the meeting to find ways to overhaul the health-care system, saying Congress cant afford to ignore one of the biggest drags on the US economy. (Source: Bloomberg)
Gregg Says White House Seeks `Battle’ on Regulatory Bill: Video
April 14 (Bloomberg) — Senator Judd Gregg, a Republican from New Hampshire, talks with Bloomberg’s Peter Cook about plans to overhaul the financial regulatory system. Obama called House and Senate leaders to the White House today to push for progress on the rules overhaul he proposed after a financial crisis that led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. and $700 billion in US aid for banks including Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. (Source: Bloomberg)
Hubbard Calls US Taxes, Spending Key Business Issues
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, talks about the outlook for President Barack Obama speech today before the US Chamber of Commerce and recommendations for improving the US business climate. He speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Obama, Ryan, Stockman’s Own Words on Budget Proposal
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — US President Barack Obama, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, and David Stockman, US budget director in the Reagan administration, offer their views on Obama’s budget proposal. This report also contains comments from White House Budget Director Jacob “Jack” Lew; former Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican who chaired the Senate Budget Committee; Stanley Collender, managing director of Qorvis Communications and a former congressional budget analyst; Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at Columbia University. (Source: Bloomberg)