State and Local Officials Respond to the President’s Call for an American...
Following the President’s speech where he called on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act, bi-partisan governors, mayors, and state legislators have spoken out and echoed the President’s call to put...
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Just over 24 hours ago, President Obama spoke to a special joint session of Congress and detailed the American Jobs Act to put Americans back to work. Governors, mayors, state legislators and county...
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President Obama Speaks to State, Local, Tribal Officials on American Jobs Act
President Barack Obama has a conference call with local, state and tribal officials in the Oval Office, Sept. 9, 2011 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) On Friday, after traveling to the...
View ArticleGovernment and Stakeholders – Working Together to Find Solutions
This week, I had the pleasure to share remarks with an auditorium full of immigration professionals as they prepared to spend their day identifying ways to continue improving citizenship and...
View ArticleTwo Ways to Think About Immigrant Integration
Recently I traveled to Phoenix, Arizona to speak at the National League of Cities (NLC) Congress of Cities and Exposition. Over 2,000 mayors, city council members and staff from all over the country...
View ArticleHonoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Through Service
Monuments are built to those who change the course of history. It is right and fitting that a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. now stands in the heart of our nation’s Capital. Even as we renew...
View ArticleA Look Back at Joplin: United We Succeed
Eight months ago, one of the deadliest tornados in U.S. history touched down in Joplin, Missouri, and took the lives of more than 160 residents and destroyed thousands of homes. The federal response...
View ArticleReforma de Salud, Servicios Preventivos e Instituciones Religiosas
Gracias a la Ley de Asistencia Asequible, la mayoría de los planes de seguro médico cubrirán los servicios de prevención para la mujer, incluidos los anticonceptivos, sin cobrar un co-pago o deducible...
View ArticleHealth Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious Institutions
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans will cover women’s preventive services, including contraception, without charging a co-pay or deductible beginning in August, 2012. This...
View ArticleThe Doc Fix
The agreement reached in Congress yesterday is an important step that will prevent a tax hike on 160 million hardworking Americans who are still recovering from the worst economic downturn since the...
View ArticleSecuring Equal Pay
Today – Tuesday, April 17 – is Equal Pay Day, which marks the fact that, nearly 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the average woman still has to work well into...
View ArticleNew Report: Health Care Law Makes Community Health Centers Stronger
The President's health care law gives hard working, middle-class families the security they deserve. The Affordable Care Act forces insurance companies to play by a new set of common sense rules,...
View ArticleNew Report: Health Care Law Invests in Nurses
Note: This live session of Office Hours has concluded. Check out the full question and answer session below or at Storify.com Today, we are excited to celebrate the start of National Nurses Week....
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White House Rural Council Celebrates Its One Year Anniversary
President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at the Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, on the first day of a three-day bus tour in the Midwest, Aug. 15, 2011. (Official White House Photo by...
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Deferred Action Process for Certain Young People: Smart and Sensible...
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration announcement in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 15, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Sonya N....
View ArticleReligious Leaders Support President Obama’s Stance on Immigration Reform
From Pope Benedict to prominent Protestant pastors, clergy from a variety of faiths are raising their voices on behalf of immigrants and the need to fix the broken system. President Obama has...
View ArticleLíderes religiosos apoyan la posición de Presidente Obama en la reforma de...
El clero de varios credos, incluidos el Papa Benedicto y pastores protestantes prominentes, se está haciendo oír en nombre de los inmigrantes y en cuanto a la necesidad de arreglar el sistema...
View ArticleReligious Leaders Support President Obama’s Stance on Immigration Reform
From Pope Benedict to prominent Protestant pastors, clergy from a variety of faiths are raising their voices on behalf of immigrants and the need to fix the broken system. President Obama has...
View ArticleNew “Shopping Sheet” Will Make It Easier for Students to “Know Before They Owe”
Editor’s Note: You can read more about the Shopping Sheet in a post on the official blog of U.S. Department of Education. Almost every day, President Obama gets letters from students who are swimming...
View ArticleNuevo Informe Destaca el Impacto que Han Tenido los Programas y las Políticas...
Ayer tuve el gusto de participar en una conversación sobre política gubernamental llevada a cabo en el instituto Center for American Progress centrada en asegurar que las vías a la oportunidad se...
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