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...Friday afternoon, the President seemed to gain back some momentum by taking the GOP to task for their unwillingness to compromise. "On some very big things, we've seen party-line votes that, I'm just going to be honest, were disappointing," Obama said. "I'm ready and eager to work with anyone who is willing to proceed in a spirit of goodwill. But understand, if we can't break free from partisan gridlock, if we can't move past a politics of no, if resistance supplants constructive debate, I still have to meet my responsibilities as President...
...worried about traditional marriage. "I don't think this has mainstreamed this matter," says Staver, who is now the law dean at Liberty University. "Two attorneys and a few people testifying in court will not sway millions of minds on this issue." Across America, gay couples eager to join the 18,000 who married before California changed its laws are certainly hoping he's wrong...
...fact, while Volcker did have some policy disagreements with Geithner and National Economic Council chairman Larry Summers - who were not eager to dismantle large banks and did not see how proprietary trading contributed to the crisis - those ideas had support from White House economists like Christina Romer and Austan Goolsbee of the Council of Economic Advisers and Jared Bernstein in Vice President Joe Biden's office. Volcker was never really persona non grata; he's friendly with Biden, and Goolsbee says Volcker spoke "extensively and repeatedly" with all the key players - including Obama. Still, White House officials were increasingly frustrated...
...political aides were eager to adopt a more populist tone, urging Treasury to give them something they could use. The bank tax was already in the works, but after Volcker made his case at a White House meeting in October, the rest of the Administration started shifting his way. Giant firms like Goldman Sachs were raking in record profits, and financiers ranging from British central banker Mervyn King to former Citigroup chairman John Reed were endorsing the Volcker rule. (See the worst business deals...
...that Laura has had the opportunity to play, she’s begun to gain more and more confidence each game,” co-captain Kathryn Farni added. “She’s eager to learn and always has a smile on her face...