From MSNBC: VENICE, La. – President Barack Obama toured the staging area for response efforts to the Gulf Coast oil spill on Sunday, afterwards saying “we’re dealing with a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster.” Mindful of the political damage suffered by President George W. Bush for a slow response after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the […]
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency as an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico creeps toward shore and threatens the fragile ecosystem along the coastline. Thursday’s order allows the state to free up resources to begin preparing for the oil to reach the shore, which could happen as soon as […]
Congress recently passed an $18 billion dollar bill to extend jobless benefits for those who’ve been unemployed long-term. Right after the bill was passed, President Obama signed it into law. The law is designed to help those who lost their state-paid benefits after they’ve run out. Americans can now reapply retroactively for long-term unemployment benefits […]
Looks like the first family is taking it all the way to the bank! The Obama’s tax records were made public by the White House Thursday and show that the First Family made $5,505,509 in income in 2009. Their tax records show their occupations as “U.S. President” and “U.S. First Lady” with earnings that are […]
// Both Newsweek and Businessweek have stories about how Obama has restored America’s economy. Businessweek’s story is called “Why The Obama Plan Is Working.” Here is an excerpt from Businessweek’s Story: With seven months to go before midterm elections, and more than two years before Obama reaches his own reelection day, there’s still time for […]
Newsweek wrote that Joe Biden’s Big F—- Deal Statement when the health care signed was one of the few times that the F-bomb was appropriate. Now they are using Biden’s statement as a fund raising T-Shirt. RELATED STORIES Obama Visits Iowa To Sell Health Care Reform To Public PRESIDENT OBAMA SIGNS HEALTH CARE REFORM INTO […]
WASHINGTON — We should start by putting the health-care bill into proper perspective. Opponents and supports of the bill have both profited immensely from exploiting the average person’s inability to put billions and trillions into context. So let’s begin by breaking down the numbers. The $900 billion price tag is repeated with the regularity of […]
From WashingtonPost.com: Legislation hailed by supporters as the most significant change to college student lending in a generation passed the House on Sunday night. The student aid initiative, which House Democrats attached to their final amendments to the health-care bill, would overhaul the student loan industry, eliminating a $60 billion program that supports private student […]
Among the outspoken African-American political and social figures that have criticized President Obama for not doing more for black Americans in these tough economic times, Al Sharpton has emerged as the voice of support for Obama’s presidential initiatives designed to help all Americans. According to an article written for The Wall Street Journal, “President Barack […]
From Inside Higher Ed WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday signed a renewal of the executive order on federal efforts to assist historically black colleges. While the executive order itself follows the form of orders in previous administrations, the head of the Obama administration’s effort for the colleges said that the executive order would set […]
