JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press

• Obama seeks a coalition bloc by voting bloc

  By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press  |  August 23, 2012

  For all the recent diversions over Medicare and abortion, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is still running a campaign that paints with a broad economic brush in hopes of rallying voters on jobs and fiscal policy.

• Obama: Progress made on global economic recovery

  By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press  |  November 4, 2011

  President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. economy is growing "way too slow" but that leaders at a world summit have made progress at getting their countries on firmer footing.

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  Obama to order FDA to help reduce drug shortages

  By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press  |  October 31, 2011

  President Barack Obama is directing the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to reduce drug shortages, an escalating problem that has endangered patients and raised the possibility of price gouging.

• Obama signs off on spending bill

  By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press  |  April 15, 2011

  President Barack Obama signed a six-month spending bill Friday that cuts more than $38 billion from the budget.

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  Obama defends Medicare cuts

  By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press  |  April 13, 2011

  In a speech Wednesday, President Obama unveiled his deficit reduction framework, vowing to curb health spending with changes to Medicare and reforms to the Affordable Care Act, which he says would save an additional $340 billion by 2021.