Jacob Lew

News

1. Obama: IRS Actions 'Intolerable,' 'Inexcusable'

   Tue, 14 May 2013

   Obama says IRS targeting of tea party was 'inexcusable,' employees failed to apply law fairly
2. G7 Says Japan Playing by Currency Rules

   Sat, 11 May 2013

   reaffirmed the importance that Japan continues to meet previous commitments, a point made a day earlier by Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew who said he was monitoring developments. Analysts said it's difficult for the G-7 to make any concerns over Japan
3. Treasury Secretary's Loopy Signature Improving

   Tue, 7 May 2013

   Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew may not have succeeded yet in getting a grand budget bargain with Congress, but at least the time comes for him to affix his " Jacob Lew " to the nation's currency. President
4. 
   Obama Names Lew Treasury Secretary

   Thu, 10 Jan 2013

   com As chief of staff for the past year and budget director before that, Lew has been intimately Lew's experience as Bill Clinton's budget director, when he helped craft a bi-partisan budget agreement that led to three years of budget
5. Senate Budget Chair Defends Kicking the Can Down the Road

   Sun, 8 Apr 2012

   after Election Day? Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent of the danger and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul minds," Conrad said. The Budget Control Act (also known White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew argues that the administration
6. White House on Assad: 'This Regime Will Come to an End'

   Sun, 12 Feb 2012

   WASHINGTON, D.C. - White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew says the days are numbered for the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The senior adviser to President Obama told Fox
7. Jack Lew Defends Tax Increases in 2013 Budget , Insists Congress Extend Payroll Tax Cut

   Sun, 12 Feb 2012

   hours before President Obama's 2013 budget is delivered to Congress, White House onslaught of criticism Sunday, defending the budget 's $1.3 trillion in additional deficit their fair share." Similar to his 2012 budget , the president's 2013 budget calls

Videos

1. 
   Interview with Jacob Lew

   Sun, 17 Jul 2011

   amount of the heart of these tense negotiations. White house budget director Jack you. Thank you for joining me is dubious as to and spoken to the issue. And in his state of the union in his budget spoke to it over the last few days to the public. He is pressing

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   me now amount of the heart of these tense negotiations. White house budget director Jack you. Thank you for joining me is dubious as to how worried should the American people -- is the country

   to the issue. And in his state of the union in his budget spoke to it over the last few days to the public. He is pressing these discussions forward that we should do as
2. 
   WH Budget Director: GOP Plan Does Not Cut Deficit

   Mon, 14 Feb 2011

   Let's turn of the president's budget director Jack He joins us from the White there's a lot of pain. In the president's budget when He got to the doctor and and you know I think did what I say about this budget is that it has a lot of pain not sure

   Budget found at 0:00, 1:55, 3:52

   Let's turn of the president's budget director Jack -- He joins us from the White House this morning thanks for Doris Day mr. -- Good morning -- so let's start you another White House officials say there's a lot of pain. In the president's budget when He got to the doctor and and you have a problem He says -- the pain on the scale of one to ten how would you rate this pain. You know I think did what I say about this budget is that it has a lot of pain -- not sure which never give it but it does the job cuts the deficit in half by the end of the president's first term has 400 billion dollars savings which would bring as spending on domestic discretionary spending down to the level it was at. In the Eisenhower administration. As you know the Republicans many Republicans saying already that it doesn't go nearly. A far enough -- they've countered with a budget that actually cuts according to them more than sixty billion dollars this year. How to federal programs why can't the president go that far. But we have a responsible plan out there that. Cut spending but also reduces the deficit I think you have to look at both of those in order to see whether it's doing the job we've yet to see another plan that actually reduces the deficit. And I point to some of the cuts that were making -- real evidence that these are tough choices and I think this budget will stand the test. That we live within our means and we invest in the future we invest in education and innovation

   Republicans are proposing. Well I'm saying that if you look at our budget our budget has serious cuts you know I think that today is they were trying to take a look at the whole picture. If you look at the Republican plan so far it doesn't really chart a path to deficit reduction. We all agree that we need to cut spending I don't think there's a debate about that the question is is a part of a plan that reduces the deficit. And are we asking for balance shared sacrifice and are we investing in the future as for the president's budget there were putting out today. -- -- put -- this chart. It shows that 84% of the budget . Goes to entitlements Medicare and Social Security defense Homeland Security interest on the debt that -- -- even being touched by either you. Or the Republican Party so far in the budget proposals. They've -- put forward isn't that going to be necessary to really get a handle on the US debt and deficits. George when the commission was created it was given the target of bringing the deficit down to 3% of our economy that's a level that sustainable where we're paying our current bills not adding to our debt the president's budget they were putting out today achieves that goal and it seems that. I touching not just the areas that we've been discussing earlier but by touching almost every part of the budget . I've been doing this from -- thirty years and you know I think that if you look over this course of the last three decades. It's not possible I think to come up with an example -- putting a controversial proposal -- there has really. Made the difference in terms of bridging the bipartisan chasm that you need to get something done. Finally when -- -- last budget director under President Clinton you left that job with a surplus the United States pledging allegiance to that again our lifetimes. George

   the point where we're not adding to the debt. That's -- this budget sets of course for us to do. And it's just a down payment we then need to work together to finish the job and to get back to place where we can talk about balancing the budget . But it's gonna take awhile and it's gonna take a lot of tough decisions and hope there will be painful choices OK