Poll: No swing for Obama among Catholics despite contraception debate
14 Feb 2012 11:08pm GMT Catholics' view of President Obama did not significantly change despite a high-profile battle over whether the administration would require religiously affiliated employers to include contraception in employees' health insurance plans, according to a new poll from Gallup.Obama's approval among Catholics dipped from 49 percent to 46 percent over the week, within the poll's margin of error and in line with general polling trends, Gallup found.The Obama administration announced last Friday that...
Poll: Majority favor payroll tax cut, but support declines from last autumn
14 Feb 2012 10:25pm GMT A new poll released Tuesday found that a majority of Americans continue to favor cutting the payroll tax, although the percentage supporting that break has steadily decreased since last autumn.According to a survey by CNN/ORC, 54 percent of Americans favor cutting the payroll tax, while 42 percent oppose doing so. That figure is down from 59 percent in October of last year, and 65 percent last September.Democrats are evenly split on the issue, with 48 percent favoring a tax cut and 49 percent...
Civilian suffers hand injury at White House
14 Feb 2012 10:12pm GMT A man who was a member of the White House residence staff suffered a hand injury at work Tuesday morning."There was a minor injury with a member of the residence staff – an ambulance was called out of an abundance of caution," said an administration official. Lon Walls, spokesman for the D.C. Fire and EMS Department, told The Hill that emergency services were called to the White House at 10:52 a.m. “We went there with a report of a possible amputation of either one or two...
Ron Paul: Americans should be 'outraged' with Obama budget
14 Feb 2012 9:28pm GMT Ron Paul said Tuesday that Americans should be "outraged" over President Obama's 2013 budget proposal and echoed fellow Republicans in arguing that the plan fell short of the president's promises to reduce deficit spending."For the fourth year in a row our federal budget deficit will exceed $1 trillion, and President Obama is offering us a budget plan that will continue digging us deeper into this debt hole," said Pau in a statement. "This budget contains a massive tax increase, and President...
Santorum takes lead in fourth survey but GOP voters still pick Romney as likely nominee
14 Feb 2012 9:19pm GMT A new survey released Tuesday is the fourth national poll to show Rick Santorum snatching the lead in the race for the GOP nomination from Mitt Romney. Santorum earned 34 percent of support by Republican voters surveyed compared to Romney’s 32 percent, according to the poll from CNN and ORC International. Santorum’s lead is within the margin of error, but his numbers are a huge jump from CNN/ORC’s poll last month, when Santorum took 15 percent.