Tag: obama
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November 12, 2009 10:30 AM EST --
Barack Obama will host a jobs summit at the White House in December it was announced this morning. The President will convene business, labor and non-profit leaders at the summit to discuss more ways . . .
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March 13, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
I received this chart, from The Washington Monthly , in an email this morning. I thought I would pass it along in case you have not seen it.
The media has been obsessing about President Obama's . . .
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August 20, 2009 02:47 PM EDT --
I am sitting in on a meeting right now on health care reform meeting with Barack Obama. Join us online.
Yes we can!
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May 08, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
If you're out of work and you want to go back to school, a new program announced today can help. Check out the new web site at www.opportunity.gov. Even if you're receiving unemployment benefits, . . .
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May 13, 2009 11:01 AM EDT --
A recent New York Times/CBS News poll shows that Barack Obama's presidency has already had a remarkably positive effect on race relations in America. When asked, "Are race relations in the U.S. . . .
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May 27, 2009 09:15 AM EDT --
David Gergen called yesterday's announcement of Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court "One of Obama's finest hours," and I agree.
Sotomayor has a long and distinguished career . . .
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September 21, 2009 03:01 PM EDT --
In 2007, Highmark CEO Kenneth Melani, MD, had salary of $1,037,630, bonuses of $2,548,701, and benefits or other compensation of $60,000, for a total of $3,646,311.
If that doesn't . . .
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April 30, 2009 08:04 PM EDT --
As a Catholic with many friends who attended Notre Dame University, I was appalled when I heard about the controversy over President Obama's invitation to give the commencement speech there.
The . . .
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August 21, 2009 04:27 PM EDT --
They say good things happen in threes.
For all of my free market friends and other investors, I sign off this Friday with more good news:
Stocks end the week at their highest levels of 2009 as the . . .
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October 29, 2009 05:18 PM EDT --
October 29 – Today's announcement by the Commerce Department that the U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.5% for the third quarter – marking an end to the biggest downturn since World . . .
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September 09, 2009 11:00 PM EDT --
President Obama received this letter from Sen. Ted Kennedy after Kennedy's death. He referenced the letter in his speech about health care reform, delivered tonight before a joint session of Congress. . . .
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May 07, 2009 09:22 AM EDT --
The right wing of the GOP continues to ridicule members of the Republican Party who don't espouse extremist views, digging itself into a deeper hole politically and reinforcing its image as the party . . .
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May 28, 2009 10:56 AM EDT --
It ain't over 'til it's over, but economists are cautiously optimistic that the nation will come out of the recession by the end of the year. Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported "Consumer . . .
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August 20, 2009 10:24 PM EDT --
Eric Cantor, the Republican from Virginia who has been one of the Recovery Act’s most outspoken critics, hosted a job fair in Chesterfield County this week touting jobs funded by ... the stimulus. . . .
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November 12, 2009 10:20 PM EST --
My solemn meeting on Veterans Day with President Obama at my friend's resting place in Arlington BY James Gordon Meek, DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
I thought some of you might appreciate this Veteran's . . .
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May 11, 2009 03:12 PM EDT --
A new report released May 8 by a construction industry trade association documents early signs that the stimulus is putting Americans back to work.
Construction companies nationwide are reporting . . .
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May 12, 2009 10:14 AM EDT --
The stimulus funds are beginning to trickle down in communities across the country, putting people to work, making purchases from small retailers, and enhancing local industries like tourism.
A National . . .
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August 21, 2009 08:22 AM EDT --
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself. ~ Elbert Hubbard
When an 80-year-old well-dressed woman stood up at a town hall meeting in my community, you could hear her gold . . .
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August 24, 2009 12:32 PM EDT --
An interesting op-ed piece in yesterday's Baltimore Sun explains the real reason health insurance companies are fighting the public option.
Karen Ignagni, chief lobbyist for the health insurance industry, . . .
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October 21, 2009 11:23 AM EDT --
The Atlantic magazine is reporting the results of a new study that shows 250,000 education jobs have been saved as a result of the economic stimulus. Many state governments facing budget shortfalls . . .
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