April 17, 2013 A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip By GABRIELLE GIFFORDS WASHINGTON SENATORS say they fear the N.R.A. and the gun lobby. But I think that fear must be nothing compared to the fear the first graders in Sandy Hook Elementary School felt as their lives ended in a hail of bullets. The fear that … Continue reading »
Category Archives: policy
It’s about time for gun control!
The Senate Thursday cleared the way for the debate on the first piece of major gun control legislation to be considered in that chamber in two decades. With families of victims of the Newtown massacre watching silently from the chamber, the Senate thwarted a threatened filibuster with a vote of 68 to 31 and will … Continue reading »
More about the Sequester – and it’s not good
Averting the Sequester Unless Congress acts, over the next few weeks our economy will be hit with harmful automatic cuts that threaten hundreds of thousands of middle class jobs. These cuts will slash vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and health care for our troops and military families. Everything the President does … Continue reading »
From our inbox – A Plan to Avert the Sequester
White House Blog Post: A Balanced Plan to Avert the Sequester and Reduce the Deficit Posted by White House Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri on February 21, 2013 In eight days, harmful automatic cuts are slated to take effect, threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs, and cutting vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and … Continue reading »
Employment Situation in December, Fiscal Cliff recap, debt ceiling and deficits: the President’s plan.
Thanks to the hard work and grit of the American people the economy has added private sector jobs for 34 straight months, for a total of 5.8 million jobs during that period. After the worst recession since the Great Depression we’re making progress and need to build on that moving forward. Today’s employment report shows … Continue reading »
Happy Thanksgiving – and please share this online, but not at the dinner table……..
Right now, President Obama is working with leaders of both parties in Washington to reduce the deficit in a balanced way so we can lay the foundation for long-term middle-class job growth and prevent your taxes from going up. Your voice and action helped re-elect President Obama, and hundreds of thousands of you have already … Continue reading »
Savita Halappanavar’s medically unnecessary death
Jill Filipovic for Feministe, part of the Guardian Comment Network guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 14 November 2012 05.19 EST Savita Halappanavar’s medically unnecessary death In the worst way possible, a woman refused a life-saving abortion in Ireland has proved ‘pro-life’ advocates wrong “This is a Catholic country,” was what Irish doctors told Savita Halappanavar after she learned … Continue reading »
SECOND-TERM PLAN: President Obama’s Specific and Achievable Plan for A New Economic Patriotism Will Help Create Jobs and Restore Middle-Class Security
When Mitt and Morning Joe tell you the President has no plan they are wrong – read the plan at barackobama.com/plans The President’s concrete and specific second-term plan will help create jobs, develop American energy, train the best workforce in the world, reduce the deficit in a balanced way and do some nation-building here at home. … Continue reading »
ROMNEY’S ENDLESS RESETS: Romney Resets His Campaign Nearly Every Week, But He Still Won’t Tell Us His Plans Because He Knows They Would Hurt the Middle Class
Romney is constantly trying to refocus his campaign – yesterday it was on foreign policy, today it’s on agriculture – but he’s still hasn’t offered any specific ideas to move our country forward. Mitt Romney has reset his campaign over and over again, but still hasn’t told voters how he’s going to move our … Continue reading »
Extending Tax Cuts For Middle Class Families
Today the President called on Congress to extend the middle class tax cuts for the 98 percent of Americans making less than $250,000 for another year. If they don’t, a typical middle-class family of four will see its taxes go up by $2,200 on January 1st. It would be a big blow to working families, … Continue reading »
EDUCATION: Mitt Romney Opposes Reducing Class Sizes; Wants to Let Schools Lay Off Teachers and Pack More Kids Into Classrooms
Mitt Romney told teachers and parents yesterday that he knows better than they do which class sizes are better for their students. Romney opposes smaller class sizes, which help students get the individualized attention they need from teachers, particularly in the earliest grades. While the President has kept hundreds of thousands of teachers in … Continue reading »
The Buffett Rule – spelled out
http://www.barackobama.com/buffett-rule?source=20120408_ofa_EMS The Buffett Rule would create up to $32 MILLION in tax revenue from just one millionaire. Find out exactly how that money could make a difference on issues that affect us all. Continue reading »
From our inbox – John Tener sounds off on Women’s health, privacy rights, and equal protection under law. Thanks John!
Dear Friends (and friends of friends), There are deeply disturbing attacks ongoing on women’s fundamental, and Constitutionally protected, rights to decide for themselves how they might conduct their private lives, including how and when they engage in sex, whether and when they choose to have families, and whether it will be any one’s business but their own. … Continue reading »
The right underestimates support for women’s health and Planned Parenthood
Statement by Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Regarding Today’s Komen Announcement SHARE + “The outpouring of support for women in need of lifesaving breast cancer screening this week has been astonishing and is a testament to our nation’s compassion and sincerity. “During the last week, millions spontaneously joined a national conversation about lifesaving … Continue reading »
Mitt Gets It Backwards on Firing Health Insurers
Dear Friends, While I have been intending to provide non-Massachusetts residents some details of the most widely applauded and highly effective health care program in country, I could not resist forwarding the email below even before I fully gather the highlights of my state’s landmark legislation. (Full disclosure: the email below comes from John McDonough … Continue reading »
