Topic: Bill Burton

Democrats catching up in election spending race

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats, badly outspent in congressional elections last year, fired their first shot on Wednesday against conservative groups in the advertising wars running up to the 2012 presidential election.Priorities USA, a new political fundraising group run by a former aide ...

White House deputy spokesman Burton to resign

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's long-serving aide Bill Burton, a contender for the job of White House press secretary until the president recently picked someone else, said on Wednesday he was leaving to form a political consulting firm.On the day ...

Obama extends Hawaii vacation after delayed start

HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is extending his vacation in Hawaii by a day to spend more time with his family after their departure from Washington was delayed last week, the White House said on Wednesday.Obama will leave Hawaii, where grew ...

Obama confident on tax cut deal in days

ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is confident of a deal within days that would extend tax cuts for "middle class" families, the White House said on Monday."They are making progress," White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters ...

Obama to speak to South Korea's Lee after attack

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will speak to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak after an artillery attack by the North on a South Korean island, White House spokesman Bill Burton said on Tuesday.Obama believes the North ...

Warren "in the mix" for consumer financial agency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren is one of the candidates being considered to become the top U.S. consumer financial regulator, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday, although he had no further information on the decision."She's obviously in ...

Warren "in the mix" for consumer financial board

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren is one of the candidates being considered to become the top U.S. consumer financial regulator, a White House spokesman said on Tuesday, although he had no further information on the decision."She's obviously in ...

Obama discusses economy, markets in advisers call

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - President Barack Obama held a conference call with top economic advisers on Wednesday to discuss newly released grim data that has raised fears the economy is at risk of a new downturn.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White ...
No. 2 White House spokesman offers aw-shucks demeanor in contrast to combative GibbsWith a broad grin and aw-shucks approach, Bill Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.While Gibbs comes off as ...

White House mulling "all options" on stem cells

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The White House is reviewing all options for responding to a court ruling stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, a spokesman said on Tuesday.A U.S. district judge issued the injunction on Monday, saying ...