Here's to hoping that they saved at least TWO rounds... for personal use!
Analysis: Obama, Bernanke out of ammo to boost jobs, growth
By Alister Bull and Jonathan Spicer
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK | Wed Aug 3, 2011 5:07pm EDT
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States has a jobs problem and there's not a lot President Barack Obama or Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can do about it.
In the face of rising risks of a recession that could imperil his re-election chances next year, Democrat Obama wants Congress to extend a payroll tax cut and emergency unemployment benefits that are due to expire in December.
But the Republican-controlled House of Representatives is emboldened by budget concessions it made Obama swallow to lift the country's debt limit this week and he has little political leverage to win significant fresh spending to aid growth.
"Obama does not have much presidential persuasion left. He is running out of capital," said James Thurber, of American University's Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies.
Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/03/us-usa-policymakers-idUSTRE7725O920110803
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