President Obama Signs Equal Pay Bill
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed an equal-pay bill into law Thursday before cheering labor and women leaders who fought hard for it and the woman whose history-making lawsuit gave impetus to the cause.
Obama, choosing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act as the first bill to sign as president, called it a [...]
Unemployment Benefits Reaches Highest Record Since 1967
WASHINGTON – The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has reached an all-time record, the government said Thursday, and more layoffs are spreading throughout the economy.
The Labor Department reported that the number of Americans continuing to claim unemployment insurance for the week ending Jan. 17 was a seasonally adjusted 4.78 million, the [...]
Must Read Blogs and Op-Ed’s — January 29.2009
Barack Obama won his first win on the Economy on Wednesday, despite the fact that 0 Republicans voted for the stimulus package to help the economy. Republicans, whom are only interested on what Tax relief they can give to the wealthy, focused on issues such as contraception and supposed/possibly/maybe pork as the reasons they [...]
Stimulus Plan Passes! Republicans Bail On American People
WASHINGTON — After a sharply partisan debate on Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed an $819 billion economic stimulus package designed to create millions of jobs quickly and give consumers more money to spend.
The vote was 244 to 188. None of the House’s 178 Republican members voted yes.
Despite a fresh plea for cooperation from President [...]
Obama and Rudd get down to Business
Obama, Rudd get down to business
January 28, 2009 – 11:46AM
Pickign up the phone … Barack Obama has called Kevin Rudd.
Photo: AP
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd discussed the global economic crisis and the need for coordinated action in a phone conversation today with new US President Barack Obama.
It is the first time the two leaders have spoken [...]
Must Read Blogs and Op-Ed’s — January 26, 2009
As Caroline Kennedy moves away from the public spotlight, and Hillary Clinton moves to Foggy Bottom a new name has emerged in the wake of Governor Patterson’s firestorm. Her name is Kirsten Gillibrand! The blue dog democrat from the Montana — eer I mean New York rural districts. Mostly unknown, but shockingly characteristic for [...]
Current Confirmed Cabinet Members
January 22, 2009
PN64-10 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Ray LaHood, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation.
PN64-13 * DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be the Representative of the United
States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador
Extraordinary [...]
Republicans Ask For No Prosecutions of Bush Administration
Delay in Holder Confirmation Illogical and Unreasonable, Whitehouse Says
January 23, 2009
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former U.S. Attorney and Attorney General for Rhode Island, today sharply criticized the argument some Republican members of the Committee are making for delaying a vote on the [...]
Clinton Reaches Out To Foreign Leaders
(Defend Your Vote US Headquarters in New York) Taking the bull by the horns Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began to reach out to world leaders to restablish diplomatic ties with countires often ignored by the Bush Administration. According to CNN the calls were introductory as the Obama Administraiton reviews policy.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright(1997-2001) [...]