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Susan Crabtree

Susan Crabtree was a reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Susan Crabtree

President Obama speaks at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio, Thursday, July 5, 2012. Obama is on a two-day bus trip through Ohio and Pennsylvania.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President tells of trade complaint against China on Ohio tour

President Obama's two-day bus tour headed to northern Ohio on Thursday, where he touted a new U.S. complaint with the World Trade Organization against China for imposing more than $3 billion in duties on American-produced automobiles. Published July 5, 2012

White House spokesman Jay Carney pauses June 27, 2012, during his daily news briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)

Health care law ‘here to stay,’ president insists

President Obama defiantly insisted Thursday that his health care law is "here to stay" — and so, apparently, is the controversy over whether the massive plan is enforced by a penalty or a tax. Published July 5, 2012

President Obama speaks July 5, 2012, at the Wolcott House Museum Complex in Maumee, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Obama announcing China trade complaint on Ohio swing

President Obama's two-day bus tour headed to northern Ohio Thursday where he touted a new U.S. complaint with the World Trade Organization against China for imposing more than $3 billion in duties on American-produced automobiles. Published July 5, 2012

"This is clearly a penalty that affects less than 1 percent of the American population. And it is a penalty you only pay as a matter of choice," said White House press secretary Jay Carney. (Associated Press)

Health care law ‘here to stay,’ president insists

President Obama defiantly insisted Thursday that his health care law is "here to stay" — and so, apparently, is the controversy over whether the massive plan is enforced by a penalty or a tax. Published July 5, 2012

**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks June 21, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. (Associated Press)

Romney changes tune: Health care law is ‘a tax’

Undercutting what his top adviser said two days ago, Mitt Romney on Wednesday flatly stated that President Obama's individual mandate, which the Supreme Court upheld last week, is indeed "a tax." Published July 4, 2012

President Obama greets service members July 4, 2012, after they became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony at the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama presses Congress on immigration at naturalization ceremony

President Obama began his Fourth of July celebration Wednesday by naturalizing more than two dozen active-duty service members, using the event to highlight his recent executive order to spare hundreds of thousands from deportation and press lawmakers to pass a comprehensive immigration overhaul. Published July 4, 2012

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the League of United Latin American Citizens National Convention, Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

White House says Holder won’t be prosecuted

The White House is arguing that Attorney General Eric Holder won't be prosecuted for being held in contempt of Congress because he is protected by President Obama's use of executive privilege. Published June 29, 2012

President Obama speaks June 28, 2012, at the White House in Washington after the Supreme Court ruled on his health care legislation. (Associated Press)

Obama urges country to move on after health care victory

Calling the Supreme Court ruling upholding a majority of the health care law a "victory for people all over this country," President Obama urged the country to put aside divisive political fights over the law and move on. Published June 28, 2012

Cameras snap President Obama as he waves from the lectern at a fundraising event Tuesday in Atlanta. The president has been pushing hard for campaign contributions. (Associated Press)

Obama is crying the blues for cash

President Obama — who analysts originally thought would be history's first $1 billion presidential candidate — lowered that bar Tuesday, warning donors instead that he now expects to be outspent by the GOP this year. Published June 26, 2012

President Obama speaks at the Oyster River High School gym in Durham, N.H., on Monday. Mr. Obama appeared ebullient despite the overwhelming heat inside the gym. (Associated Press)

Obama slams Romney for ‘outsourcing’ work at Bain

President Obama continued to assail Mitt Romney for his record at Bain Capital during a campaign trip to New Hampshire on Monday — at one point mocking his GOP rival for trying to differentiate between outsourcing and offshoring. Published June 25, 2012

White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks June 21, 2012, during his daily news briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)

Two sides circle warily in legal clash over Fast and Furious

As the House of Representatives moved closer to a vote to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt in the clash over the probe into the Fast and Furious affair, the two sides Thursday were still seeking a deal short of all-out constitutional warfare. Published June 21, 2012

**FILE** President Barack Obama (Associated Press)

Interior touts oil-lease sales Bush had planned

The Obama administration Wednesday took credit for holding a successful oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico the same day, but critics were quick to point out that President George W. Bush had scheduled the auction years ago and President Obama had delayed it. Published June 20, 2012

President Obama prepares to speak at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Obama tells Ohioans he champions the middle

In a speech his campaign billed as a reset after a series of stumbles and a string of bad economic news, President Obama stuck to a long-established script Thursday with the only new line shifting the onus on voters to break open the partisan deadlock in Washington. Published June 14, 2012

President Obama arrives to speak at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland on Thursday, June 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama, Romney make dueling speeches in battleground of Ohio

For proof of how important Ohio is this fall for both presidential campaigns, look no further than this afternoon, when President Obama hit the stump in Cleveland just a few minutes after Republican rival Mitt Romney ripped the incumbent in Cincinnati. Published June 14, 2012

A Syrian chants slogans during a protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad after prayers on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, on Friday, June 8, 2012. (AP Photo)

Both sides deny there’s civil war in Syria

Syrian troops stormed a rebel-held area on the Mediterranean coast Wednesday, driving out opposition fighters and retaking the Haffa region as world leaders debated the mounting violence there and mulled how to quell it. Published June 13, 2012

Sen. Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican (AP Photo)

Seven senators call for Obama to withdraw Iraq nomination

Seven Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are calling on President Obama to withdraw the nomination of Brett McGurk to be ambassador to Iraq after a string of steamy emails surfaced last week between Mr. McGurk and a reporter he later married. Published June 13, 2012

Associated Press Regarding any deal to overhaul the nation's tax code, Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican, said, "While I generally support tax reform and getting rid of loopholes, I would have to see what loopholes we're talking about."

Congress members agree to fix tricky tax code

Amid all the unbridled partisanship and naysaying about Washington gridlock, a glimmer of consensus has begun to develop in Congress around the herculean task of fixing the nation's tax code. Published June 13, 2012