WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With five days left before $85 billion is slashed from government budgets, the White House issued more dire warnings about the harm the cuts will do to Americans, breaking down the loss of jobs and services to each of the states.

The estimates show how many teachers could lose their jobs in each state, how many toddlers could be kicked out of subsidized preschool programs, and how many children could lose funding for vaccines for measles and mumps.

WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – With five days left before
$85 billion is slashed from U.S. government budgets, governors
and lawmakers from both parties said the White House and
Congress should pull out the stops to avert indiscriminate cuts.

Republicans, who are seeking spending cuts, urged President
Barack Obama to apply what’s known as the “sequester” in a more
careful way, rather than slashing budgets across the board.

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama turned
to local television stations across the United States on
Wednesday to increase public pressure on congressional
Republicans to avert $85 billion in budget cuts set to begin in
nine days.

Obama scheduled interviews with television stations in eight
media markets, most of which have a strong military presence, on
a day when the Pentagon described its plans for laying off some
800,000 civilian employees for 22 days to save money.

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama
intends to nominate air quality expert Gina McCarthy to lead the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and nuclear physicist
Ernest Moniz to head the Department of Energy as early as this
week, according to a source familiar with the process.

McCarthy would likely become the face of Obama’s latest push
to fight climate change. Currently the assistant administrator
for the EPA Office of Air and Radiation, she would replace EPA
chief Lisa Jackson, who stepped down this month.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama turned to local television stations across the United States on Wednesday to increase public pressure on congressional Republicans to avert $85 billion in budget cuts set to begin in nine days.

Obama scheduled interviews with television stations in eight markets, most of which have a strong military presence, on a day when the Pentagon was set to describe its plans for laying off some 800,000 civilian employees for 22 days to save money.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama renewed pressure on congressional Republicans to head off budget cuts that are due to begin on March 1, staging a White House appearance with emergency workers to illustrate jobs he said were at risk.

Obama is trying to get concessions from Congress to stall the cuts by ending tax breaks enjoyed mainly by wealthy Americans.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama renewed his pressure on congressional Republicans to head off budget cuts that are due to begin on March 1, staging a White House appearance with emergency workers to illustrate jobs he said were at risk.

Obama is trying to get concessions from Congress to stall the cuts by ending tax breaks enjoyed mainly by wealthy Americans.

, Feb 13 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama
visited a truck parts plant on Wednesday to highlight the role
of U.S. manufacturing in reviving the economy, and follow up on
his State of the Union message of strengthening the middle
class.

“I believe in manufacturing,” he said, standing before a
backdrop of massive parts made for 400-ton mining trucks. “It
makes our country strong.”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the Volvo manufacturing plant shut its doors in Asheville, North Carolina, in 2010 and moved more than 200 jobs out of state, it was time for Ben Teague to go to work.

As the region’s economic development officer, he worked with state and local officials to advertise the town’s skilled labor force and offer the right mix of incentives to lure in a new business.

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama
challenged a divided Congress on Tuesday to raise the minimum
wage and make government work for “the many” in a State of the
Union speech focused on economic fairness for the middle class
as the Democrat takes a more assertive tack in his second term.

Looking to use momentum from his re-election victory last
November, Obama vowed to turn much of his attention toward
economic troubles like the 7.9 percent unemployment rate, an
issue that dogged his first four years as president.