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"We've Gained Private Sector Jobs for Each of the Past Six Months Instead of Losing Them"
Today at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, President Obama spoke about our economic recovery: …we had lost nearly three million jobs during the last six months of 2008. The month I was sworn in, January 2009, we lost 750,000 jobs in… Continue
Status of Jobs & Economic Recovery Legislation
The Democratic-led Congress continues working to create American jobs and strengthen the economy–we must bring down the unemployment rate and restore American job security. Congressional Republicans continue to vote in lock step against job creation, tax cuts and recovery efforts and instead… Continue
Editorials Across the Country: Obstruction By Congressional Republicans Threatens Economic Recovery and Jobs
Last week, the House passed urgently-needed legislation to extend unemployment benefits for millions of American families–a proven boost to the economy and a much-need lifeline for Americans looking for work in a tough economy. Senate Republicans have repeatedly, and continue to, obstruct… Continue
Extension of Unemployment Benefits = Economic Stimulus
Senate Republicans have repeatedly obstructed job creation legislation that extended critical unemployment insurance benefits to help Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own make ends meet as they look for their next job opportunity. The Republican obstruction… Continue
RestoreTheGulf.gov
The Administration launched a new website, RestoreTheGulf.gov, to be a central location for news and information on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the ongoing response and recovery efforts. National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen explains: We are committed to providing… Continue
AP: "First Health Overhaul Provisions Start to Kick In"
Last Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) established by the Affordable Care Act to provide a new health coverage option for Americans who have been uninsured for at least six months and have… Continue
The 75th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Today marks the 75th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, along with Tibetan supporters all around the world, will be celebrating this occasion and honoring a man of peace and wisdom. His Holiness often describes himself… Continue
In the News: GOP Leader Boehner Spells Out Agenda to Cut Social Security, Repeal Patients' Rights
House Republican Leader John Boehner spelled out an agenda for America: cuts to your Social Security, a repeal of new patients' rights and protections from insurance industry abuses through health reform, and other than that … “few concrete thoughts,” according to Washington… Continue
Pelosi Statement on the 75th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“Today marks the 75th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, along with Tibetan supporters all around the world, will be celebrating this occasion and honoring a man of peace and wisdom.”
We Must Keep Working to Create Jobs
Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS) reported we lost 125,000 jobs in June, due the decline in temporary Census workers, but American jobs have been created in five of the last six months–averaging nearly 150,000 jobs a month this year. BLS also… Continue