Obama's Performance Record... My Evaluation of President Obama

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Let's examine President Barack Obama's performance record to date by stating a few facts about the President prior to his becoming President. We all know that Barack Obama is biracial and we all know that his preacher, Jeremiah Wright, is a racist who Obama viewed as a father figure. What most do not know is that on most issues where race is involved, Obama actually has sided with white people most often to the point that he was regarded as a race traitor by most black Americans prior to being President. The first time I had ever heard of Obama was during the Jena 6 issue where Jessie Jackson was trying to stir up racial unrest in a case where six young black teenagers who were convicted of beating a white teenager where Obama took the side of the white student leading Jackson to attack him as half white and a race traitor. In fact, Obama had a reputation for taking what many felt were the tough stands to make on issues and often took the right side albeit he also took many controversial stands which Republicans like to address.

His upbringing was a bit chaotic to say the least considering his mother was somewhat radical, who wouldn't be if they were a woman given the name Stanley. But she was a radical leftwinger by all accounts and she was drawn to men of the Muslim faith which her son would be heavily influenced by. That does not mean he is a Muslim nor a radical leftwinger... but to say he does not have these influences when there's a mountain of evidence to point out that his mothers influences on him made a lasting impact is just as wrong for his followers to assume as they have been doing. Because of this, it led him to become involved in things like becoming a community organizer where he apparently was involved with Bill Ayers of the 1960's radical leftwing terror group called the Weathermen. While many on the political right try to make something more nefarious out of this, his supporters try to brush it aside when it's quite obvious you don't sit with someone like this over time without knowing who they are since everyone around Obama at the time would have known who Ayers was. The problem here is guilt by association which was actually strengthened by denials from Obama, his support team and supporters in general because Ayers was too well known for Obama not to have been told who he was working with. Where Reverend Wright is concerned, it is very possible Obama simply chose to ignore Wrights extreme views because Liberals and black civil rights leaders have since the 1960's promoted the flawed belief that blacks can't be racists. But this view has been changing and when it came to a forefront during the 2008 election process, Obama was dumbfounded how to respond considering everyone was attacking Wright as a racist including many on the political left. He handled the matter poorly and for anyone else, it would have cost him the election... but that didn't happen in this case.

Barack Obama has a long list of accomplishments in his past and he has a list of academic accomplishments to his credit... however, the poor state of American education does not allow for us to judge someone by the degrees they possess or claims of academic accomplishments anymore. In every facet of life from business leaders to your local doctor, we are finding a huge problem where graduates from our institutions of higher learning are actually "unqualified" for the jobs they possess. American industry has made billions of dollars by hiring young people straight out of college... it has also lost untold billions for the same reason as their initial success almost always becomes a state of rapid collapse as many of these college graduates lack practical experience and their success lay in marketing skills allowing them to better get around the rules until those rules catch up to them. A con man often has a long list of academic credentials which they use as part of their deceptions and even those we think we can trust it turns out when we actually examine their credentials, they may have attended college and gotten degrees... but not for the reasons we were led to believe. We have paid a terrible price as a society for putting our trust in degrees as many of our doctors today are little more than snake oil salesmen which education and degrees were supposed to eliminate in our society so we could trust the medical profession. Thus, most political leader make their academic records open to the public even if there may be some humiliating elements... Barack Obama has chosen to conceal most of his records instead raising suspicions which is the natural course such actions take.

Barack Obama's past reads like a conman as his mother was a political extremist, his father was already married when he married Baracks mother, Barack traveled the world influenced heavily by his mothers beliefs, his academic records are sketchy, his life experiences have him surrounded by questionable people and much in his life has been a contradiction. Some might point out that his grandmother provided a stabilizing influence upon Barack but when you examine the lies he told to get the money he needed to enter college... the signs of an opportunist were there very early on even before he entered politics. Some say he is a Muslim... chances are, he is not but lived that life early on because of his mothers influence. The reason I say this is because when you read about Obama's early life to the present, there has always been an element of instability in his life where he doesn't seem to truly commit to anything but instead, exploits the opportunities provided to him. Thus, his mothers traveling made being Muslim necessary to survive and then in the US, being a Christian was more important so that's what he became. Reverend Wright allowed Obama to root himself firmly in the black community here which he had never really been a part of which gave him what some call "street cred" to win support from the black community.

There is a pattern to Obama's political career as he has always spoken like a Liberal, but largely votes like a Conservative. Only when you check his voting record does this become apparent. The reason is that as a Senator, it gives him the leftwing vote almost automatically and it rallies the Republicans against him... but to gain the Conservative Democrat vote requires giving them results which in turn benefits the Republicans being they are mostly Conservative.

As a US Senator, Obama's reputation as a traitor continued as he never supported the Democrats even once against Bush except through lip service. On actual votes, Obama voted with Bush every time when he was not voting present http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=v... as illustrated here with this topic about Obama's voting record posted by his Democrat opposition prior to becoming President. This is key to understanding the blind support Obama has now because prior to winning the Democratic nomination, he had strong opposition from the Democrats. The most evident opposition emerged when questions about his birth certificate emerged as this issue was not brought up by the Republicans... it was brought up by the Democrats themselves as an opposition issue which survived to haunt Obama as Republicans and his unwavering Democrat opposition continued using it against him even after he became President.

After Becoming President

Obama's first revealing act as President was trying to close Gitmo with an Executive Order. If he were truly a Constitutional Scholar and his academic credentials were as great as it had been claimed, he would know that the Executive Order is not a dictate and he could have foreseen his own party turning against him like it did. Then, recently, he again used an Executive Order on this matter restoring the military trials and once again, betrayed the political left who have always assumed he was one of them sharing their views because they listen to what he says... and they see the opposition from his Republican and Conservative opposition. This in turn would lead them to attack not just the Conservative Republicans, but their own Conservative Democrat party members splitting the Democratic Party against itself which worked in favor of the Republicans who did not have the power to stop the Democrats from doing anything they wanted using cloture to bypass filibusters... at least until the death of Ted Kennedy brought about a special election Democrats knew would preserve their power but instead, gave the seat to Republicans which was the first sign Americans were turning against the Obama Administration.

Then came his support for Iran trying to restore relations and undo the growing hostilities Bush had instituted. Only, Obama had actually supported Bush on these matters causing harm to relations with Iran when Obama was a US Senator. On this matter, Obama revealed supreme ignorance any high school student studying politics could see would result in disaster. There was an election coming up in Iran in June of 2009 just six months after Obama became President over the US. Obama is not a diplomat meaning he should have waited and used the time to before the Iranian elections to prepare himself... instead, he actually invited the then Iranian President to the US to celebrate Independence Day in July showing his belief the Iranian elections were already decided. When the Iranian elections went wrong, Obama was again forced into a no way out position as he was with Jeremiah Wright and again, he responded the same way with indecision and stammering when he addressed the matter. So why did he make such a poor leadership decision as to immediately enter diplomatic relations with Iran when the best course of action would have been to wait?

The answer is very clear as Jimmy Carter advised him to jump into the Peace Process knowing Obama was ill prepared to do this and knowing about the upcoming elections. He also advised Obama to ignore unemployment issues and the economy which dominated his first year in office because he took this advice. In fact, Obama took advice from Carter during his first two years as president even when Carter came out claiming opposition to Obama was based in racism which even Obama himself disputed by criticizing Carters comments. Too late, he learned like Clinton and even Carter did that you cannot base your support on the political left as they are a political minority of divided loyalties and where support is largely based in convincing people they are victims. In Carters case, he split his own party against itself just as Obama has and until Obama, Carter was regarded as the least experienced President since Ulysses Grant... hardly the person you should accept advice from. However, Carter also had a blind support base from the left attacking the right within their own political party and who even attacked others in the political left when Ted Kennedy turned against Carter much as James Carville and other leftwing Democrats did over the Gulf Oil crisis.

Clinton learned from his mistakes after the 1994 elections put the Republicans back in power and it seems like Obama's trying to take a page from Clintons book but again, his indecision and lack of leadership ability is proving his downfall. His entire Presidency has been marked by such indecision and when he does take a stand on any issue... it is never firm nor does it seem to be educated as he always seems like he's going with the motions saying what he thinks needs to be said but always on shaky ground where he becomes indecisive so no one really knows where he stands on any issue and he cannot create a firm support base like Clinton did gaining support from the political left and right but clearly shifting to the political right when they gained the majority... he understood the simple notion that to get things done, the majority rules and he's head of that majority regardless what form it takes. Obama's not grasping this concept because the 2008 elections polarised the political left shifting them to the extreme left like what happened in the 1992 elections with Clinton. He needs their support because he will not win over the Republicans and he has lost most of the Independents with his support among Moderates diminishing as well. Clinton actually did the impossible in winning over some of the Republican vote to win re election. There's no chance of that with Obama and the issue is his race... not because Republicans won't support a black person or are racists, but because his supporters have made almost everything Obama does about the color of his skin to a point they have destroyed the race card.

Where his supporters desperately try to show he's an effective leader is by literally dissecting a few positive things he's achieved into a hundred or more achievements. However, when you examine his achievements... they're always tainted by greater failures. He passes health care reform and yet, he tosses the "public option" leading most leftwing Democrats to attack him claiming without it his healthcare plan will fail... and thus, unless he restored it, they could not support him or his plan. Well, he didn't restore it and his supporters continued to support Obamacare anyhow for the promise of universal healthcare... a plan they themselves said cannot work under any circumstance without the public option!! Early in the debate, Obama stunned the political left when it was revealed he had made a secret deal with Big Pharma exempting them from his plan in exchange for $80 billion in rebates... less that 2% of healthcare costs that inflict upon us and which they will get back by simply increasing the costs of healthcare pharmaceuticals by an additional $80 billion above what they would increase prices by anyhow. It was an ignorant deal made by an ignorant man who broke his campaign promise about no secret deals and proved willing to give Big Pharma everything they wanted... giving them control over him and the healthcare process where the only way to pass healthcare reform was to do it without allowing anyone to read it including the President himself. His deal with Big Pharma had one other consequence as Big Pharma is the number one reason healthcare costs so much in America so that by exempting them means universal healthcare CANNOT WORK because it requires heavy price controls. Not only that, his secret deal led Obama to break another promise he made... to allow Canadian pharmaceutical companies to sell in US markets.

Breaking campaign promises is nothing new... all Presidents do it as all Presidents are essentially liars by trade. But the problem here isn't Obama... the problem are the supporters who blindly support and enable him to do this when their support for him was entirely based on his promises for change. Jimmy Carter also promised change and had that same type of blind support regardless of the mistakes, lies and broken promises he made.

Examine how Obama built his entire career promising to repeal or remove the worst provisions of the Patriot Act. Yet, as a US Senator, he actually supported Bush claiming he had gotten promises to remove some of the provisions which Liberals attacked him over because they elected him to do more than this and expected him to support the Democrats against Bush on this issue. Then, as President, he proves himself once more by stabbing Democrats in the back actually taking the lead to preserve the three most hated provisions of the Patriot Act with no prompting from the political right... this was his decision alone to do and his supporters took this in stride yet again beyond all belief, reason, logic and common sense!

Then there was the Nobel Peace Prize which any man of substance of character or integrity would have rejected in consideration that he was overseeing the worlds greatest ongoing war, was escalating the war and then turned the US military against Iran sending missiles to an island in the Indian Ocean aimed at Iran... hardly the mark of a man of peace. True, he did give up the money but as many pointed out, his ego refused to allow him to not accept the Nobel Peace Prize... the same ego Liberals and people like Jessi Jackson had attacked him for his entire political career before he became President. What a difference being President seems to make in this situation as people criticizing Obama were shouted down even if those people were Liberals revealing there is a schism even on the political left where Obama is concerned and all it needs is a voice with a face to split the left against Obama with one side trying to undo the damage he's done and rebuild... the other side remaining loyal guaranteeing Republican victories in future elections because the political left will remain divided for years to come. More and more on the political left are waking up where Obama is concerned and because there is no voice from the left to support against Obama, we are instead seeing black voters, womens rights activists, hispanics and even gays switching parties either becoming Republicans or Independents as the only options they have to voice their opposition to this President. This is also why we see these groups joining the Tea Party and openly challenging Obama in blogs, on television and even writing books against him.

Then, we have the Gulf Oil Crisis last year which followed revelations that Obama had, yet again, broken his campaign promise making a secret deal with the oil companies. In this case, he did so by telling the states they had to accept the deal creating bipartisan support against Obama by Democrats and Republicans with a growing criticism across the country when the Deepwater Horizon explosion took place. This revealed just how far Obama's supporters would go to support him and be blind to truths they would never have allowed any other President in US history to get away with. Other oil companies offered to send in their equipment to scoop the oil off the surface so no chemicals would be needed to break up the oil... Obama refused to allow it. Foreign oil companies and nations offered their help having more experience than we do with these matters... Obama told them no. Obama then gives absolute power to BP over this matter giving them control over local state and federal authorities... to block the media, to create a no fly area over the area and even to confiscate any camera's or video to destroy evidence. They then dumped tons of Corexit 9500 into the Gulf breaking up part of it sending over 40 million gallons of oil into the atmosphere and the bulk of it to the bottom of the Gulf where the food chain begins. Most environmentalists went along with this and even applauded the Presidents efforts while the media largely turned a blind eye even when people like James Carville began screaming out against the Presidents lack of effective leadership. Then came revelations about Obama receiving more lobby money from BP than any single recipient in history and that while Republicans receive more lobby money from the oil companies... the Democrats receive more lobby money from BP.

The question here in regard to Obama's performance is where does he stand on the issues. His actions and views are so confusing that many call him a Centrist trying to explain them. But a Centrist has a very strong personality and self assurance. To succeed, they try to pull both sides together and unlike Moderates who tend to be moderate in their disposition, Centrists are outspoken and often forceful in theirs. But Obama is uncertain about where he stands on any issue, he often seems out of the loop and indecisive. Rather than being a Centrist, it seems he's trapped in a position where he ran for the Presidency not expecting to win but increasing his own credibility on the national scene. Then he won and his response was total astonishment which was an odd reaction. To be successful, Obama had always told Liberals what they wanted to hear and gave Conservative Democrats results... Republicans were always the enemy.

Even as a US Senator, Obama was attacking Republicans openly but behind the scenes, he was voting with them and most Republicans in Washington DC actually like Obama because of his help when he was a US Senator... something his supporters also choose to ignore when it is an openly known truth. But as President, Obama must gain the support of Republicans and badmouthing Republicans turns the support base of Republican leaders against him. Even though Republican leaders like Obama, to win re election they knew they had to oppose him because the political left and people like Keith Olbermann enraged the rightwing voting base.

Again, President Obama did not cause this... Presidents make mistakes and can have bad judgment, but when your loudest base of support does nothing but applaud you and make excuses for everything you do wrong... you kind of develop a feeling of being Superman because your supporters love you for defeating the badguys, even if you destroyed the entire city to do it.

Obama's performance record is off the chart... but through the floor not through the roof. His behavior and actions as President have been condemned by Republicans and his Conservative opposition which seems to reinforce his support base that he's being successful... but only at angering the opposition which for those who have shifted to the extreme left is exactly what they want. The problem is that this has been self destructive. Many Democrats lost elections even before Novembers elections because of the growing voices against Obama and the focus of the political left on Obama even at the expense of the entire Democratic Party. They focused that anger on their Conservative Democrat opposition helping remove some of them from power but then, the Liberal Democrats lost to their Republican opposition who pulled the votes of Conservative Democrats to them who refused to vote for Obama supporters.

Having won a decisive victory in 2008... Democrats in 2010 suffered a resounding defeat and almost all of it was brought about by Obama's support base and the intimidation factor where anyone opposing Obama was accused of racism and hate.

In the end, Obama has made a lot of mistakes and poor decisions. He seems confused, indecisive and at times... truly dumbfounded by events taking place. He has been attacked even by Democrats for his dependency on teleprompters as if he can't even put together a cohesive thought without them. He depends too heavily on advice from people like Jimmy Carter that has had negative influences on his political leadership and when you criticize him for his choices in Czars, all his supporters can do is point out that Bush and Reagan did the same thing... and that does not excuse the fact that Obama's choices are bad, it just says that to his supporters he's doing the same thing as Republican Presidents which supposedly they voted for Obama because he promised not to be like that.

Obama has not only hurt himself, he has divided his party against itself and blinded the entire Democratic Party to their priorities. They have sacrificed everything they believe in to support Obama when he has broken his promises, supported the opposition even without them asking, betrayed his support base several times, caused conflict where he promised to bring resolution and so turned the voting base against him that many Democrats refused to accept his support at election time because he became the kiss of death to several Democrat leaders leading up to the November elections.

By the time 2012 gets here, we will not be discussing Obama being re elected anymore, we'll be talking about who will defeat him. In order for him to be re elected, he must do what Bill Clinton did and he would almost be better suited to remove Joseph Biden as Vice President and choose someone more dynamic to replace him who could pump new blood into his Administration. Doing something like that would be unexpected but that's exactly why it's such a good idea allowing Obama a chance to totally reinvent the direction his Administration has been moving in.

The Obama Administration deserves a failing grade not because the opposition determines it... but because his own support base has determined it. Being blind to what Obama has done has made them blind to the consequences for doing that. Being deaf to the voices speaking out against him has proven them deaf as they refuse to hear what they need to hear about this Administration... that being the truth. They refuse to speak because those who would fear being attacked the way they see others who speak against Obama being attacked.

If you support Obama... that support is unconditional as if you deviate to criticize him, and you don't go back to blindly supporting him almost immediately, you will be treated no different than the enemy.

Everything Democrats claim Republicans have done to Obama... they actually did to a higher degree to Bush. Even now with the upheavals we see in Wisconsin, Democrats are acting worse than they claim Republicans acted during the healthcare debate doing more damage, making more death threats and causing even greater civil unrest crying out for blood and violence. And where is Obama during all of this... well, he actually helped inflame all of this with his support for the unions and Scott Walker did nothing that Obama himself didn't do when he passed Obamacare. You cannot help but view Democrats across the US as hypocrites condemning Scott Walker and the Republicans when they had praised Obama doing the same things with Obamacare.

That's what Obama has done for America... we are more divided than we were before he became President, we are regarded even more poorly by the world than we were under Bush with many of our allies regarding Obama as a fool and we are economically worse off. Obama's supporters are as blind as they said Bush's supporters were and by supporting a Bush Democrat, they're actually supporting someone who helped Bush do everything that he did... and who is still pursuing many of Bush's policies meaning that the Liberals who support Obama are actually supporting Bush so when they attack Bushs supporters, that's probably the only way they'll ever attack Obama without even knowing they're doing it.

That's my evaluation... long but it's not a rightwing attack on Obama, if anything... its a question how can the political left support this man and for all their boastful behavior... how can they not see the damage he's done to their political party, or better yet the damage they have done to it through their blind support of this man who has conned his way to the most important seat of power in the free world and revealed he has no leadership ability to deserve it.

He still has about a year and a half left to prove me wrong... he's already had two years to prove me right even though for the first half year I supported him after giving him my vote.

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• CaliGurl 2011/03/19 21:33:29
  

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  Barack Obama .... which way do you want it? Do you want to call him a Muslim or a Christian that listen to his Christian preacher, Wright, for 20 years? You can't have it both ways.
  
  Barack Obama was a community organizer, because he chose to help the people and he really is passionate about the public, which is why he was so effective running for POTUS. He could have made a very LARGE salary as an attorney with the degrees that he posesses, but tending to the needs of the community was more important to him. He has integrity and values.
  
  While many consider him a liberal, he has proven to be a moderate by what he has done over the past two years as POTUS. The liberals aren't happy with him because he is not liberal (as they believed he would be), and the Republicans don't like him because he is black. He has a problem making people happy lately, and it's clear as to why.
  
  The folks at Fox "news" certainly don't do anything to cause the American public to feel safe with him as our POTUS. Instead, they incite fear, anger and violence. Fox "News" is the most dangerous thing to happen to America, because there are ignorant voters and listeners that actually believe that channel to be legitimate news. It's entertainment, people, and it's packed with racism and hate.
  
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  Barack Obama .... which way do you want it? Do you want to call him a Muslim or a Christian that listen to his Christian preacher, Wright, for 20 years? You can't have it both ways.
  
  Barack Obama was a community organizer, because he chose to help the people and he really is passionate about the public, which is why he was so effective running for POTUS. He could have made a very LARGE salary as an attorney with the degrees that he posesses, but tending to the needs of the community was more important to him. He has integrity and values.
  
  While many consider him a liberal, he has proven to be a moderate by what he has done over the past two years as POTUS. The liberals aren't happy with him because he is not liberal (as they believed he would be), and the Republicans don't like him because he is black. He has a problem making people happy lately, and it's clear as to why.
  
  The folks at Fox "news" certainly don't do anything to cause the American public to feel safe with him as our POTUS. Instead, they incite fear, anger and violence. Fox "News" is the most dangerous thing to happen to America, because there are ignorant voters and listeners that actually believe that channel to be legitimate news. It's entertainment, people, and it's packed with racism and hate.
  
  Obama is a good man. He's not nearly as effective as the great Bill Clinton was. Obama needs to grow a pair and stand up. While liberals are clearly more intelligent and effective in their ideas, the problems remains that liberals are the "peaceful party". Democrats do not stand up and fight, they compromise and give in. The Republicans, on the other hand, tend to be hateful, hypocritical and angry. They will fight loudly and persistently and get their way... even though their way is to say NO to progress for
  America. What America needs is another Bill Clinton... our country was in great shape during those years.
  
  We should, however, be grateful for the progress that has been made:
  
  Any candidate for president in 2008 was already screwed, due to what George W Bush left America with. A bad economy, two wars, ruined foreign relations, a ton of debt...
  
  This remains true, however...
  Promises Kept – 123 – Still going up & breaking records!
  
  In the Works – 232 – Still going down!
  
  Compromise – 40 – Still going down & still more than any GOP administration!
  
  Stalled – 84 – You can thank the proudly obstructionist Grand Old Party of NO for this party over country political tactic.
  
  Promises Broken – 24 – Not every campaign promise is doable at this time. Again you can thank the proudly obstructionist Grand Old Party of NO for this.
  
  HISTORY NOTES: Still breaking Presidential records for campaign promises… And is also consistently polling higher than Reagan & Clinton at the same time.
  
  Here is a short list of accomplishments by Obama:
  
  In boost for Obama, Belarus gives up nuke material
  
  Senate Passes Overhaul of Food Safety Regulations
  
  Energy Research Spending Should Triple to $16 Billion, U.S. Panel Urges
  
  Holder Confirms Justice Department Investigating Wall Street
  
  Online Holiday Retail Sales Growth Poised to Reach Pre-Recession Level
  
  Russia Will Cooperate With NATO on Missile Shield
  
  Obama Designates Polar Bear Protection Area In Alaska, Could Restrict Future Oil And Gas Drilling
  
  Consumers spend and earn more, layoffs slow
  
  U.S. To Drop Color-Coded Terror Alerts
  
  U.S. Jobless Claims Decline to 407,000, Lowest Since July 2008
  
  U.S. Wind Power Projects Get Huge Gust From Feds
  
  U.S. Corporations Post Highest Profits on Record in History Last Quarter
  
  FBI raids Wall Street hedge fund offices
  
  DADT Discharges Plummet
  
  Economic growth faster than first thought
  
  US starts human blindness trial using stem cells
  
  California gains most jobs since 2006
  
  DRAGNET: U.S. Reportedly Preparing Massive Sweep Of Insider Trading In Financial Sector
  
  An all-NATO missile shield – Obama says agreement in place on shield to protect all NATO countries
  
  Survey Finds Midsize Companies See Better Economy & “Healthy” Hiring
  
  Obama ends Bush-era ‘DNA waivers’
  
  Fed Program Could Help Create 1 Million Jobs
  
  GM IPO One Of Biggest In U.S. History
  
  Fed Issues Guidelines for Banks’ Dividends, Buybacks
  
  FDIC Launches Criminal Investigations Of 50 Failed Banks
  
  Feds Move To Ban Alcoholic Energy Drinks
  
  Retail sales rise is led by higher auto purchases
  
  U.S. offers Israel warplanes in return for new settlement freeze to continue peace talks
  
  Obama seeks more market access, jobs for Americans
  
  White House Planning New Internet Privacy Protections, Watchdog Agency
  
  US homes lost to foreclosure drops 9 pct in Oct.
  
  WATCH White House Adviser: How The U.S. Will Create Biggest Export Increase In History
  
  Federal deficit fell 20 percent from last year
  
  President Obama Invites Bipartisan Meeting on the Economy
  
  Thru Executive Order Obama Creates Export Coordination Enforcement Center
  
  U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks as Exports Hit Two-Year High
  
  Obama issues personal appeal to the Muslim world to join West in battle to defeat violent extremism
  
  EPA Subpoenas Halliburton Over Controversial Drilling Practice
  
  AP analysis: Economic stress dips to 16-month low
  
  Obama Announces $10 Billion In Trade Deals To Support 50,000 U.S. Jobs
  
  Consumer Credit in U.S. Increased $2.1 Billion in September
  
  Employers add 151K jobs in October
  
  Productivity in U.S. Rose More Than Forecast in Third Quarter
  
  U.S. Stocks Rally on Fed Stimulus; S&P; 500 at Two-Year High
  
  Obama challenges Cabinet, sets bipartisan talks
  
  43,000 private sector jobs added
  
  U.S. Service Economy Expanded More Than Forecast in October
  
  Ford Motor’s U.S. Auto Sales Increase 15%, Exceeding Estimates for October
  
  SEC Proposes Increased Financial Rewards for Whistleblowers
  
  US Government: Naturally Occurring Genes Should Not Be Patentable
  
  Clinton: US will help end sexual slavery
  
  High-Speed Rail Moves Forward, With $2.4 Billion in Federal Funding Given to Projects in 23 States
  
  Feds to Build ‘Solar Shield’ to Protect Power Grids from Space Weather
  
  Iran Offers To Return To Nuclear Talks
  
  U.S. Economy Grew at 2% Rate in Third Quarter
  
  GM Paying Down Debt, Other Obligations by $11 Billion
  
  Unemployment claims drop sharply to 434K (AP)
  
  SEC Poised to Ban Brokers From Permitting Unsupervised Trades
  
  Visa Says Quarterly Profit Rises, Sets $1 Billion Buyback Plan
  
  New home sales rise 6.6 pct. after dismal summer
  
  Ford earns $1.7b in 3Q, pays down health debt (AP)
  
  Feds give Cal. $900M for high speed rail
  
  Feds to propose new efficiency rules
  
  More Private Sector Jobs Created In 2010 Than During Entire Bush Years
  
  Things Obama has done…
  
  Wall Street TARP Bailout Returns 8.2% Profit for Taxpayers – Bloomberg
  
  Democrats actually shrank spending & deficit in last fiscal year!
  
  Jobless claims fall to 452K
  
  Obama’s foreclosure task force: Banks to be held ‘accountable’, criminal charges possible
  
  Feds sue Blue Cross for inflating hospital prices
  
  Pentagon is ordered to accept gays
  
  Obama To Press For Stimulus Payments For Seniors
  
  Luxury Sales Rebound To Pre-Crisis Levels
  
  Feds Will Begin Surprise Oil Rig Inspections
  
  Animal Abusers Beware: Nation’s First Public Cruelty Registry Created
  
  Obama: Tax incentives for job-creating firms
  
  Obama: End tax breaks to stop overseas outsourcing of jobs (AP)
  
  Mountaintop removal opposed by EPA
  
  Sept. retail sales rise, third monthly increase
  
  SEC May Tighten Trigger for Trading Restrictions
  
  Obama Backs Foreclosure Probe
  
  Fed Leans Toward Two-Step Plan To Boost Economy
  
  Mission to stop nuclear terrorism
  
  US treats first patient with stem cells
  
  Congress to probe Chamber funding
  
  Dow strikes 11,000 as world markets recover (after taking over from GOP at historic low of 6,000)
  
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Casts for Collaboration in Its New Climate Change Response Plan
  
  U.S. Military Aims to Use 50 Percent Renewable Energy Within Ten Years
  
  First Solar Power Projects Approved to be Built on U.S. Public Lands
  
  FDIC Ready To Sue Executives From Failed Banks, Seeking Over $1 Billion
  
  TARP And AIG Bailouts Costs Drop To $30 Billion
  
  US Orders Oil Companies to Permanently Seal All 3000 Inactive Wells in Gulf
  
  Consumer Bureau ‘First Real Agency We’ve Built In The 21st Century’
  
  Retailers report September boost (AP)
  
  Unemployment claims drop for 4th time in 5 weeks (AP)
  
  White House to install solar panels
  
  Service sector growth accelerates in September (AP)
  
  Government Sues American Express, Visa, MasterCard Over ‘Anticompetitive Rules’
  
  Verizon refunding $90 million to subscribers Unprecedented move comes amid FCC probe of phony charges
  
  White House Plans Public-Private Job Training Partnership
  
  Obama pushes green economy
  
  Congress OKs $19 Billion NASA Budget
  
  US consumer spending ticks higher in August
  
  EPA Seeks To Regulate Rocket Fuel Chemical In Drinking Water
  
  Treasury: TARP Bailout Could Cost Less Than $50 Billion
  
  New sex ed funding ends decade of abstinence-only
  
  Feds Announce New, Tougher Offshore Drilling Rules
  
  Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials (AP)
  
  AIG reaches deal to repay government
  
  House Votes to Get Tough On China
  
  House passes 9/11 health bill
  
  Obama Will Reportedly Seek Change Of Law To Use BP Spill Fines To Restore Gulf
  
  Home Prices Rise In 17 Cities In June
  
  Obama signs US small business bill into law
  
  Ahmadinejad says Iran may end enrichment
  
  10 Major New Health Reforms That Take Effect TODAY
  
  Obama doubles down on Middle East peace drive
  
  NEW RULES to clamp down on drilling.
  
  THE END of ‘government motors.’
  
  Hillary Clinton cooks up plan for clean stoves
  
  US asks North Korea to show talks commitment
  
  Markets soar on recession’s ‘end’
  
  Experts: ‘Double dip recession’ unlikely
  
  Home construction jumps 10.5 pct in August (AP)
  
  GM Profit Rises to $1.54 Billion on Auto Sales Gains – BusinessWeek
  
  Job Outlook Improves For 2011 Grads
  
  Olmert: To further peace, US will give citizenship to 100,000 Palestinian refugees
  
  Obama Names Warren As Adviser: ‘One Of The Country’s Fiercest Advocates For The Middle Class’
  
  Senate Panel OKs START Treaty With Russia
  
  Gates outlines $100B defense cuts
  
  US urges Israel to halt settlements
  
  Retail sales get big boost in August
  
  Michelle Obama pushes healthier food
  
  US ends outsourcing aid
  
  White House Launches New Foreclosure Program To Help ‘Underwater’ Homeowners
  
  Obama rules out Bush tax cuts
  
  US may pull oil subsidies
  
  US, China hail warmer relationship
  
  U.S. Launches New Website To Help Unemployed Find Work
  
  Obama unveils huge jobs and infrastructure plan
  
  Obama to propose $100B tax credit
  
  Obama Wants To Make R&D; Tax Credits Permanent
  
  Obama says he’s committed to helping middle class (AP)
  
  First Day Of Middle East Peace Talks Result In ‘Modest Achievement’
  
  Obama Rebuffs Defense Establishment’s Hunger for Conflict with Iran
  
  DoE Invests In First Flywheel Power-Storage Plant
  
  SEC Threatens Credit Rating Agencies With Fraud Charges
  
  Obama opens long-shot talks on Mideast peace
  
  Mexico, US open joint office to combat drug gangs
  
  FDA aims to put an end to ‘robo-tripping’
  
  Consumer Confidence inches up in August
  
  Obama Widens North Korea Sanctions on Nuclear Funding
  
  Fed shield law ‘will ensure transparency’
  
  Obama: ‘We have brought home over 90,000 troops since I took office’
  
  Pelosi Opposed to Raising Retirement Age
  
  Jimmy Carter Wins Amnesty For American Hostage In North Korea
  
  Good Riddance to Overfishing: New Management Can End Unsustainable Practices
  
  HOW THE STIMULUS IS CHANGING AMERICA – Time
  
  New jobless claims drop for first time in 4 weeks (AP)
  
  CBO: Stimulus Added Millions Of Jobs In Second Quarter
  
  Final Phase Of New Consumer Protections Begins
  
  US: No ‘risk’ in Iran’s nuke facility
  
  Obama Wants Burma Rulers Probed For War Crimes
  
  Iran – Give Us Uranium And We’ll Stop Enriching
  
  Blackwater agrees to pay $42 million fine
  
  Ahmadinejad: Iran ready for nuke talks
  
  ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ Ends As Last U.S. Combat Brigade Pulls Out
  
  Obama backs 9/11 health bill
  
  First National Guard troops arrive at border
  
  Obama to ease travel to Cuba
  
  Govt begins overhaul of mortgage system
  
  Clinton urges nuke reduction treaty
  
  Obama signs ‘libel tourism’ bill
  
  Obama signs manufacturing bill
  
  GM posts $1.33 billion profit, a sign of strength
  
  Obama ‘May Meet’ With Iran’s President
  
  Feds say well’s not dead yet, more drilling needed
  
  Retail sales post July gain
  
  US widens probe of drug makers
  
  FDA okays new morning-after pill
  
  China US debt holdings lowest level in a year: Treasury
  
  WH: Afghan withdrawal ‘non-negotiable’
  
  No More Rubber Stamp: Government To Require Tough New Rules On Offshore Drilling
  
  Overdraft Protection Expires: No More Overdraft Fees Without Opting-In
  
  Obama Hosts Ramadan Dinner At The White House
  
  Obama Administration Ramps Up Secret Assaults Against Terrorists
  
  House passes tough border bill
  
  Departing US Troops Pack Millions Of Items In Iraq
  
  House Passes $26 Billion State Aid Bill, Prevents 161,000 Teacher Layoffs
  
  Iraq forces take over from last U.S. combat brigade
  
  Stimulus Money Helps Homeless Schoolchildren
  
  US decision to attend Hiroshima memorial hailed
  
  New Appliance Standards Give Fish Cause for Celebration
  
  US General Stripped Of Stars Exonerated
  
  Obama to Expand Government Fraud ‘Strike Forces’
  
  Obama Said to Consider Easing Educational Travel to Cuba
  
  Obama Plans to Send BP Money to Gulf Area Residents
  
  Carbon-Capture Plant Gets $1 Billion From US
  
  Obama Plays Venture Capitalist-in-Chief With Clean-Energy Bets
  
  Senate Passes $26 Billion to Avoid Teacher Firings
  
  Obama To Pursue Union-Friendly Agenda
  
  Reps return to House for jobs bill
  
  First woman to head US intel
  
  U.S. Companies Add 71,000 Jobs – Bloomberg
  
  Senate Passes $600 Million U.S.-Mexico Border Bill, Would Dispatch Drone Planes, 1,500 New Agents
  
  Senate confirms Kagan as 112th justice
  
  Trustees: Medicare hospital fund extended 12 years due to reform
  
  Senate Approves Aid To States, Mass Layoffs Of First Responders Averted… GOP Opposes It Despite Deficit Reduction
  
  Kerry pushes bill to create national hepatitis strategy
  
  Obama confirms Iraq troop pullout
  
  Report: Medicare reform to save $8 Billion
  
  US automakers report sales growth
  
  Health Care Reform Provisions To Go Into Effect Next Month
  
  BP’s expected oil disaster fine: $17.6 billion
  
  Medical marijuana tax deductible
  
  US added 42,000 jobs in July
  
  Obama Pledges Taxpayers Won’t Pay For Banks Again
  
  Obama vows to trim deficit with new law
  
  Ford Reports Another Profit, and Sees More Gains Ahead
  
  VA to allow medical cannabis
  
  Pesticide crackdown to target US farmers
  
  US home sales rebound 24%
  
  US luxury spending grows
  
  $1.2 Billion Secured For What Will Become Biggest Wind Farm In US
  
  Iran To Resume Nuclear Fuel Swap Talks
  
  Obama signs finance reform into law
  
  White House hailed for ending climate gag order
  
  Congress Passes Historic Legislation To Reduce Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
  
  Obama Insists On Performance Standards For Teachers
  
  House Passes Bill To Crack Down On K Street ‘Scofflaws’
  
  Oil Spill Legislation Passes House
  
  July Marks Wall Street’s Best Month This Year
  
  Democrats plan to expand manufacturing
  
  US may end Cuba embargo
  
  Unemployment rate falls in 39 states in June
  
  Jobless benefits pass Senate
  
  Dems fight for jobless, clears GOP Senate hurdle by one vote
  
  Oil Spill Investigation Now Includes TENS OF THOUSANDS Of Abandoned Wells
  
  Goldman Sachs Settles With SEC Over Fraud for $550 million and reform – Stocks SOAR
  
  Hillary Clinton Looks Into BP’s Libya Deals
  
  Obama Wants 40% Cut In US Nuclear Weapons
  
  94 charged in massive health care fraud
  
  Senators Move To Revive Estate Tax At Reduced Rate
  
  Fed. agency probes mortgage lenders
  
  Senate set to extend benefits
  
  Gay rights group gets UN accreditation after strong lobbying by Obama admin
  
  Afghan 2014 security handover ok’d
  
  Obama garners little credit for sweeping change
  
  Clinton seeks more Pakistan-Afghan cooperation
  
  Guard heads to border Aug. 1
  
  Shift in Afghan strategy
  
  Obama’s ‘National Ocean Council’ to protect ecosystems
  
  New jobless claims decline to ’08 level
  
  Obama to expand PTSD care with ’21st century’ VA
  
  Spy swap brings swift end to diplomatic problem
  
  North Korea to return to nuclear talks
  
  Pentagon allows banned reporter to return to Guantanamo
  
  JPMorgan profit leaps nearly 80%
  
  Fed looks for ways to aid small business lending
  
  Obama Offshore Drilling Moratorium: Administration Issues New Rule
  
  White House unveils national HIV/AIDS strategy
  
  White House claims rescue effort saved three million jobs
  
  White House sends new 99 million dollar bill to BP
  
  Wall Street Reform Passes
  
  U.S. hands over last Iraq jail
  
  Bank of America earns $2.78B in 2nd quarter
  
  Senate panel approves extension of NASA space shuttle program
  
  Obama Awards $2 Billion For Solar Power, Hails New Jobs
  
  Troop pullout in Afghanistan set for next summer
  
  US begins scaling back ambitions for Afghan occupation
  
  Americans spend more in May, see incomes rise
  
  Wall Street Hiring Jumps Most Since 2008
  
  Obama opens door to space arms treaty
  
  Home prices up 3.8% in April
  
  FDA Says Antibiotics In Meat A ‘Serious Public Health Threat’
  
  Senate Panel Approves Lifting BP’s Liability Cap
  
  US fines BP subsidiary $5.2 million for false reporting
  
  House panel backs ending travel ban on Cuba
  
  Senate Dems Push To Reinstate COBRA After GOP Block
  
  House passes bill allowing oil rig workers’ families to sue‎
  
  House Passes Major Campaign Finance Legislation‎
  
  Biggest Wall Street Revamp Since 1930s Approved‎
  
  Senate considers $10B bill to spur EV sales
  
  Petraeus backs July 2011 Afghan withdrawal deadline
  
  Senate bill would shift tax burden back to billionaires
  
  Mortgage rates at lowest point since at least 1971
  
  New Drilling Agency Will Have Investigative Arm
  
  Climate bill could mean 540,000 new jobs per year
  
  Obama launches piracy crackdown
  
  Homeland Security to deploy more drones on Mexico border
  
  The New Patient’s Bill of Rights
  
  Troop pullout in Afghanistan set for next summer
  
  Obama unveils fatherhood measures for ‘most important job’
  
  Government launching plan to halt homelessness
  
  EPA Reverses Controversial ‘Human Guinea Pig’ Rule
  
  Law banning sale of ‘light’ cigarettes goes into effect‎
  
  Obama uses powers to expand federal rights, benefits for gays‎
  
  Senate Votes to Include Swipe Fee Reform in Financial Regulatory Bill
  
  US sets policy on banking pay, bonuses‎
  
  Drilling moratorium to return
  
  EPA to Modify Regulations on Sanitary Sewer Overflows
  
  Obama seeks $600m for border security
  
  Senior Senate Dem to unveil plans to overhaul offshore drilling
  
  Authorities reveal mortgage fraud crackdown, 485 arrests
  
  Unemployment falls in 37 states in May
  
  Obama administration spends $1.2 billion on cycling and walking-initiatives
  
  US mulls less jail-like immigrant facilities
  
  Senate restores Medicare pay for doctors
  
  USDA Proposes Tougher Meat Industry Antitrust Rules
  
  Gates and Buffett lobby billionaires to donate most of their wealth to charity
  
  Oil industry has new watchdog
  
  Pentagon backs off ban on four Guantanamo reporters
  
  Justice Department Investigating BP For Criminal Negligence
  
  BP Agrees To Set Aside $20 Billion For Spill Claims In White House Meeting
  
  White House Announces New For-Profit College Recruitment Rules
  
  President To Demand That BP Set Up Account To Pay Oil Spill Victims
  
  Obama pushes for aid to cities, states
  
  Commission outlines $1 trillion in defense budget cuts
  
  TARP Repayments Surpass Loans
  
  New jobless claims dip for third straight week
  
  Democrats Move To Reinstate Cobra Subsidies
  
  Pelosi Demands Oil Spill Legislation By July 4th
  
  US sets 72 Hour deadline for BP
  
  Obama Announces Additional $400 Million In Aid To Gaza
  
  US mandates new safety rules for offshore drilling
  
  More Employees QUIT Their Jobs As Economy Improves
  
  Senate Whacks Credit Card Companies In Wall Street Reform Bill
  
  White House Endorses Unlimited Liability Cap For Spill
  
  House panel supports 1.9% pay raise for military
  
  Gov’t awards $234 million in AmeriCorps expansion
  
  States closing youth prisons as arrests plunge
  
  FTC to Toughen Anti-Greenwashing Rules
  
  Why The Housing Recovery Is Real
  
  U.S. Jail Population Declines For First Time in Decades
  
  EPA bars Texas’ authority to issue refinery operating permits
  
  DOT: Airlines should pay bumped passengers more
  
  Unemployment Drops In 90 Percent Of Cities
  
  Obama Calls For Rolling Back Oil Company Tax Breaks
  
  Israeli blockade of Gaza unsustainable: White House
  
  Obama Gives More Benefits To Federal Workers’ Same-Sex Partners
  
  Study: Almost 5 million charging stations by 2015
  
  Feds Begin BP Criminal Investigation
  
  CBO finds 3.7M jobs created by stimulus
  
  Start-Up Activity Now HIGHER Than It Was During The Dotcom Boom
  
  Obama’s new security strategy breaks with Bush‎
  
  Obama signs Press Freedom Act‎
  
  Obama sending 1200 troops to Mexico border
  
  Democrats Embrace Panel to Control Immigrant Workers
  
  EPA Officials Weighing Sanctions Against BP’s US Operations
  
  Obama seeks way to trim costs from spending bills
  
  White House Seeks To Speed Up ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal
  
  FCC to Restore Authority Over Net Neutrality, Broadband Service: Netroots Backlash Cited
  
  Consumer confid. highest in 2 years
  
  Obama pushes $30B small biz aid plan
  
  Obama orders new fuel standards for future (AP)
  
  EPA orders BP to use less toxic dispersant
  
  Consumer watchdog eyes lenders in new bank rules (AP)
  
  Jobless rates drop in 34 states and DC (AP)
  
  Senate passes massive financial regulation bill
  
  Obama Deporting More Immigrants Than Ever
  
  US overhauls drilling agency
  
  New claims for unemployment insurance inch down
  
  Obama Introduces Oil Spill Recovery Bill
  
  Financial Reform Has ‘Strongest Consumer Financial Protections In History’
  
  Congress Reins In Its Perks for Travel
  
  GM back in the black
  
  No pay raise for Congress in 2011
  
  Consumer prices dip in April
  
  New home construction surges
  
  DOD: Film all interrogations
  
  More Jobs Might Be Created This Year Than During George W. Bush’s Entire Presidency
  
  Good news: Foreclosures fall 2%
  
  U.S. EPA Regulates Greenhouse Gases for Large Industrial Sources
  
  Wholesale inventories and sales rise in March
  
  Sens. Kerry and Lieberman introduce compromise climate bill‎
  
  Fed Audit Amendment Passes Senate 96-0
  
  Obama Administration Outlines New Federal Drug Control Policy
  
  Drug Czar Emphasizes Prevention, Treatment Over Old Drug-War Tactics
  
  Tax Bills Hit Lowest Level Since 1950
  
  Moody’s Under SEC Investigation
  
  Health reform laws already helping millions
  
  FCC to Restore Authority Over Net Neutrality
  
  Bill To Ban Members Of Congress From Becoming Lobbyists Wins Cosponsor In Senate
  
  U.S. Economy: Manufacturing Grows by Most Since 2004
  
  US officials create offshore drilling safety review board
  
  EPA Announces Historic Plans to Regulate Coal Ash
  
  Sen. Leahy Proposes Amendment To Repeal Anti-Trust Exemption For Health Insurers
  
  U.S. economy added 290000 jobs in April
  
  Obama administration now supports Fed audit
  
  US Has 5,113 Nuclear Warheads, Pentagon Reveals
  
  Jobless claims dip for 2nd week in a row
  
  Democrats Unveil Citizens United Response Bill
  
  US Senate breaks logjam on Wall Street overhaul
  
  First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Gets Government OK
  
  U.S. Electrical Grid Undergoing Massive Green Transition
  
  U.S. GDP Up 3.2% In First Quarter, Consumer Spending Shows Biggest Rise In 3 Years
  
  Feds launch criminal investigation of Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs
  
  Blue Cross withdraws big CA rate hike
  
  New-home sales see biggest jump in 47 years
  
  Orders for most durable goods rise
  
  Congress boosts assistance to veterans
  
  Obama: Wall St. reform will ‘end’ taxpayer bailouts
  
  Treasury Department to sell 1.5 billion shares of Citigroup
  
  Jobless claims drop as labor market improves
  
  Senate Panel Passes Tougher Rules On Derivatives
  
  GM Starts Paying Back Government Bailout Loans
  
  SEC probing all 19 largest US banks
  
  US military shrinking carbon ‘bootprint’
  
  FDA to limit salty foods
  
  Poll: World’s Opinion Of U.S. Has ‘Improved Sharply’ Under Obama
  
  Obama mandates new same-sex partner benefit rights
  
  Pay Czar Cuts Salaries For 65 Bailout Executives
  
  U.S. charges Goldman with subprime fraud
  
  Obama to veto bill without derivatives curbs‎
  
  U.S. Leads Effort To Phase Out Whaling
  
  Obama orders checks of ‘troubling’ mines
  
  Congressional Pork Projects Actually Decline For 2010
  
  47 nations at US nuke summit actually agree on something
  
  Federal deficit shrinks 8% year-on-year
  
  Dow Closes Above 11000 For First Time Since September 2008‎
  
  Tax refunds up 10 percent due to stimulus
  
  New Federal Bicycle Policy Wins Love From Cyclists
  
  Obama unveils ‘open government’ plans…
  
  Obama Limits When U.S. Would Use Nuclear Arms
  
  Obama’s Green Car Plan: 34.1-MPG Average by 2016 Nationwide
  
  White House Seeks Bipartisan Support In Congress For Financial Reform
  
  March jobs data shows biggest growth in three years
  
  US announces new airline security measures‎
  
  March payrolls surge by 162,000 US says
  
  EPA Sharply Limits Mountaintop Mining
  
  Green Government? Federal Gov. Purchases 5,000 Hybrids
  
  White House Launches Push For Workplace Flexibility
  
  Obama Closes Loophole That Allowed Drilling In Rockies Without Environmental Review
  
  Obama’s Factory Farm Policy: Not As Bad As You Think
  
  White House Lays Out Financial Reform Timeline
  
  Chrysler Expects to Break Even This Year‎
  
  CHANGE FOR STUDENTS: Obama Signs Largest Reform Of Student Aid In 40 Years
  
  Mountaintop removal coal site veto: EPA
  
  New law allows gay men legal parenthood
  
  Obama Orders Military To Withdraw Fast Food Joints From Afghan Bases
  
  US and Russia announce deal to cut nuclear weapons‎
  
  Gov’t Unveils Plan to Shrink Some Home Loans‎
  
  Pentagon changes rules for discharging gays
  
  Obama pay czar to look back at Wall Street pay
  
  Houses passes historic health care bill‎
  
  Obama Vows To Fix ‘Broken Immigration System’
  
  Clinton: U.S. ‘On The Brink’ Of Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia
  
  Dodd Amending Financial Reform Bill To Prevent ‘Backdoor Bailouts’
  
  Dodd Calls For Probe Into Lehman Accounting
  
  Health reform cuts US deficit: report
  
  Bipartisan immigration bill unveiled…
  
  Obama signs multi-billion dollar jobs bill into law
  
  Senate slashes crack penalties
  
  Senate sends jobs bill to Obama
  
  Analysts: US may be seeking Israel ‘regime change’
  
  Obama’s Reported Picks For Federal Reserve Praised By Economists
  
  Dodd Unveils Financial Regulatory Reform Bill With Plans For Consumer Protection Agency
  
  Kerry introduces whale protection law
  
  Obama Calls for Sweeping Change in Education Law‎
  
  Obama plans to overhaul ‘No Child Left Behind’
  
  Student Loan Overhaul Taking Filibuster-Proof Route To Overcome Corporate Opposition
  
  Feb. retail-sales report offers positive surprise (AP)
  
  Democrats To Upend Seniority System In Senate, Committee Chairs To Be Elected Based On Merit
  
  Harry Reid Pledges Filibuster Reform
  
  Senate Passes Bill To Provide Jobless Aid, Tax Breaks
  
  Obama using ‘bounty hunters’ for health care fraud (AP)
  
  Job openings rise to one-year high
  
  Biden Condemns New Jerusalem Settlements While In Israel
  
  Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace (AP)
  
  Dem seeks congressional pay cut
  
  Democrats Eye Moratorium On Earmarked Spending Projects
  
  Obama Administration Will Test Program To Let Homeowners Sell For Less Than They Owe
  
  Obama To Unveil New Vision For NASA Space Program
  
  GM may reinstate 661 dealerships
  
  U.S. envoy seeks Mideast talks deal
  
  Dems start push for NAFTA repeal
  
  Lobbying Reform Proposal Would Ban Congressmen From K Street FOR LIFE
  
  Ford’s US sales skyrocket 43%
  
  Obama to ‘sharply reduce nukes’
  
  Toxic Waters – Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Hampering E.P.A.
  
  Atheists Hail Historic Meeting with Obama Administration
  
  DoD opens access to social media sites – Air Force News
  
  Economy grew 5.9% in 4th quarter
  
  New retirement savings rules coming
  
  Obama Administration Floats Foreclosure Ban
  
  Obama May Make ‘Living Wage’ Factor In Awarding Contracts
  
  VA to reopen Gulf War vets’ files (AP)
  
  House votes to kill antitrust exemption for health insurers
  
  FDA Considers Regulating Safety of Electronic Health Systems
  
  Democrats Want To Phase Out Use Of Military Contractors
  
  Bill would ban security contractors from war zones
  
  The Military Declares War… On Climate Change
  
  Obama to propose limits on insurance rates (AP)
  
  Congress launches investigation into gas drilling practices
  
  Obama has caught more Taliban Leaders in 1 month than Bush/Cheney did in 6 years
  
  Obama: Social Security fix would be simple
  
  Consumer prices excluding food and energy fall (AP)
  
  Obama to unveil $1.5B in housing aid for hard-hit states (AP)
  
  Obama establishes debt commission
  
  Wall Street Elders Throw Support Behind Obama’s Bank Reform Plan
  
  U.S. To Require Higher Broadband Speeds
  
  Obama Pledging More Than $8 Billion For New Nuclear Reactors
  
  Spain to take five Gitmo inmates
  
  U.S. first lady Michelle Obama kicks off anti-obesity effort
  
  Obama Names U.S. Envoy To The Muslim World
  
  Obama Escalates His Crackdown On Lobbying Industry
  
  Obama to expand women’s programs
  
  Obama signs ‘pay as you go’ legislation into law
  
  New jobless claims tumble
  
  Obama report: 95,000 jobs to come each month
  
  Obama admin. demands justification for health insurer’s 39 percent rate hike
  
  Obama wants junk food vending machines banned from schools
  
  Obama launches new Climate Service
  
  Obama Plans Bipartisan Summit on Health Care‎
  
  Graph! Job Loss Exploded Under Bush, Gets Better Under Obama
  
  Obama wants TARP funds for small businesses
  
  Comm. Sec. wants to double US exports
  
  Dalai Lama to visit White House
  
  Obama’s Quiet Revolution
  
  New York AG filing civil charges against BofA‎
  
  Iran ‘ready’ for nuclear fuel swap
  
  Dems Want Constitutional Amendment To Restrict Corporate Political Spending
  
  Defense officials say lift military ban on gays (AP)
  
  Obama Will Do Another Q&A; — This One With Democrats
  
  Taxes on rich to increase by $1 trillion
  
  RUSSIA, US back nuclear disarmament.
  
  ‘No Child Left Behind’: Obama To Seek Sweeping Changes In Law
  
  Obama finds $20B in cuts
  
  Congress ‘productive’, in spite of it all
  
  Obama’s jobs plan: $5,000 tax credit for every new worker
  
  WATCH: Cameras Roll As Obama Schools GOP During Hour-Long Session
  
  Obama unveils 33-billion-dollar jobs package
  
  US gov’t: 28% cut in greenhouse emissions
  
  Economy grows at 5.7 pct pace, fastest since 2003 (AP)
  
  Obama announces $8 billion investment in high-speed train system
  
  Senate OKs pay-as-you-go spending curbs; GOP votes ‘no’
  
  Obama will establish deficit reduction commission
  
  Obama to freeze pay of top officials
  
  Wind Power Growth Up 39% Due To Government Stimulus
  
  Obama proposes new policies to help the middle class
  
  Obama vows to keep fighting Wall St
  
  Obama creates task force to fight deficit
  
  US, Israel meet in push for peace
  
  Biden: US to appeal dismissal of Blackwater case
  
  Why It’s Good News When Obama Sinks the Market
  
  Obama: Supreme Court ruling ‘strikes at our democracy itself’
  
  Clinton Unveils Civilian Strategy for Afghanistan, Pakistan
  
  Combative Obama pushes job creation bill
  
  Campaign Begins To Kill Filibuster
  
  NIST completes first release of Smart Grid framework
  
  Goldman Sachs Under Investigation For Its Role In Subprime Mortgage Meltdown
  
  Obama Signs Bill Making Haiti Donations Tax Deductible For 2009
  
  Obama rips SCotUS on corp. donations
  
  Obama Unveils New Restrictions To Rein In Big Banks
  
  Opposition To Bernanke Growing, Confirmation Vote Delayed
  
  Hillary Clinton: Internet Freedom Is Part Of U.S. Foreign Policy
  
  Clinton’s Speech on Internet Freedom: A Turning Point for Freedom of Expression
  
  Prestigious Hospitals Questioned In Electronic Health Records Probe
  
  DOL Announces Green Jobs Training Grants
  
  Members Of Congress Talk About Moving Their Money To Small Banks
  
  New York City Moves Its Money, City Will Deposit $25 Million In Local Credit Unions
  
  White House Makes Push For ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs’
  
  Obama Orders Crackdown On Tax Cheats
  
  Grayson Wages War Against Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling
  
  Anti-Trust Action Coming Against Banks?
  
  ‘Hamas accepts Israel’s right to exist’
  
  US leading index suggests recovery gaining traction
  
  EPA: Greenhouse Gases Are Danger To Human Health, Must Be Regulated
  
  COBRA funds, jobless benefits extended
  
  EPA Says Air Pollution In 600 Neighborhoods Poses Cancer Risk
  
  Reversing itself, FDA expresses concerns over health risks from BPA
  
  EPA Smog Limit: New Strict Proposal To Replace Bush-Era Rule
  
  New year, new policy push for universal broadband
  
  EPA Puts Health First by Limiting Mercury Emissions
  
  FDA Orders Tobacco Companies to Disclose Cigarette Ingredients
  
  Recovery Act Funds 10000th Highway Project
  
  FDA to discuss stricter guidelines for tanning beds due to skin cancer
  
  Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cells
  
  HHS Announces New Health IT Workforce Grants
  
  Obama Eliminates Abstinence-Only Funding In Budget
  
  FDA takes drug makers to task on ads
  
  Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay facility
  
  Obama Targets Backlog of Veterans’ Claims
  
  Huge increase in veterans benefits in Obama budget
  
  Obama Offers 17% US Emissions Cuts at Climate Summit
  
  Obama’s Consistent Position on the Patriot Act – Know the Facts
  
  Clinton: Israel Must Stop Building West Bank Settlements ‘Forever’
  
  US opposes new settlements in east Jerusalem: White House
  
  US Harshly Rebukes Israel on Settlement Plans
  
  Clinton: Stop Israeli evictions of Palestinian families
  
  US ‘Gift’ Of $200M To Struggling Palestinian Authority
  
  Obama: ‘Absolutely’ no green light for Israel strike
  
  US Pressures Israel To End Gaza Blockade
  
  Obama Signs Equal-Pay Legislation
  
  Obama Signs Children’s Health Insurance Bill
  
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