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 »
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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 May
· Today’s employment report shows that private sector payrolls increased by 82,000 in May and the unemployment rate ticked up from 8.1 to 8.2 percent. · The fact is, we’re still fighting back from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The economy is growing but it’s not growing fast enough. Businesses are creating … Continue reading »
GottaVote.org Will Help Americans Understand Their Voting Rights and How to Exercise Them in Their State
VOTING: Today, Obama for America is launching GottaVote.org, the campaign’s bilingual, cutting-edge resource to help Americans understand their rights to vote, and know how to exercise it in their state. The President’s campaign is about inclusiveness and moving forward, not backward. That’s why we’re trying to get as many Americans involved as possible. That’s the … Continue reading »
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NESC Weekly Update
NESC Weekly Update November 11, 2011 New England Steering Committee,Happy Veterans Day! We hope everyone had a great week. Thank you to everyone who came out to The Beehive last Sunday to help us celebrate one year out from Election Day. We had a great crowd that was energized by the sentiments and presence of Governor … Continue reading »
House Republican plan: Duck, Dodge, and Dismantle
The House Republicans are voting on bill that would bring down our deficits and debt at the expense of economic growth, innovation and job creation, and place the greatest burden on older Americans and the most vulnerable. This plan is more Duck, Dodge, and Dismantle than Cut, Cap and Balance. At the same time, it … Continue reading »
Latest photo from the White House (fun)
Your Daily Snapshot for Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Photostream: Behind the scenes at the White House in May The White House Photo Office just released their latest batch of behind-the-scenes photos from the last two weeks of May to our flickr photostream. This batch includes the President and First Lady meeting the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Academy Award winner … Continue reading »
NEWFC members with the big guy – May 18, 2011
NEWFC Executive Council member Marianne and NEWFC Director Kathleen with POTUS before the May 18 reception. Continue reading »
President Obama and Israel – don’t believe everything you hear
To anyone concerned after hearing the rhetoric surrounding Obama’s speech on the Middle East I ask you to read the response from the ADL, the AJC and the NJDC -there are many ways to view the Presidents policy links are as follows: AJC Praises President Obama’s Call on Palestinians to Abandon UDI, Return to Peace … Continue reading »
President Obama: “A Moment of Opportunity” in the Middle East and North Africa
This afternoon President Obama delivered this speech on the events in the Middle East and North Africa, and U.S. policy in the region. The remarks follow, but you can also read the speech online here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/19/remarks-president-barack-obama-prepared-delivery-moment-opportunity and check out a fact sheet here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/05/19/fact-sheet-moment-opportunity-middle-east-and-north-africa Continue reading »
The Democrats are in Love again!
The Democrats are in love again! – after months of watching our President flirt with the “other side” - yesterday’s speech reconfirmed that he still believes in the principles we stand for and that he’s willing to fight for them. read the speech here: Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy | The White House Continue reading »
