After a traumatic brain injury as an infant, Quentin Hammond lived in a nursing home for the first six years of his life. At the nursing home, the caregivers viewed him as blind and vegetative, and not able to engage. However, thanks to a program supporting community living, Quentin’s mother Teresa, was able to bring him home where he […]
Yesterday, President Obama traveled to the University of Iowa where he held a roundtable with a few Hawkeyes who receive Stafford federal student loans. Following the roundtable he spoke to a larger crowd of students about the importance of keeping these interest rates from doubling on July 1. Rates are set to spike on July 1 […]
You might have heard about a partisan report on how the health care law will affect some businesses across the country. We can’t speak to these individual anecdotes. But we know that analysts and experts have examined the law and concluded that the health care law will reduce costs for businesses. And we know we […]
This week, the Senate will consider bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), that would reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). First authored by then-Senator Biden in 1994, VAWA provides funding to states and local communities to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault […]
President Barack Obama listens to senior Marissa Boles during a roundtable discussion with students currently receiving Stafford federal student loans at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, April 25, 2012. Also participating in the discussion were students Blake Anderson, center, Myranda Burnett, Jordan Garrsion-Nickerson and Martin Lopez. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) […]
Approximately 7.4 million students will rack up an additional $1,000 in debt if Congress doesn’t stop the interest rate on federal student loans from doubling on July 1. President Obama is on road this week in North Carolina, Colorado, and Iowa talking to college students about the steps his Administration is taking to keep college affordable, because […]
This week, Republicans in Congress are considering budget bills that give more power to health insurance companies, raise taxes for middle-class Americans, and threaten health care coverage for children – all by rolling back rolling back important provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Under the new health care law, states have new tools and resources […]
On Tuesday, President Obama stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where he had a message for Congress: This is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. Or, as rapper Black Thought of house band The Roots put it, “If Congress doesn’t act, it’s the students who pay.” read more Fonte: White […]
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on interest rates on student loans at the University of Colorado Coors Event Center in Boulder, Colo., April 24, 2012. (Official White House Photo by by Chuck Kennedy) If Congress doesn’t act, more than 7.4 million students with federal student loans will see their interest rates double on July 1 […]
Ed. note: This event has ended. Dr. Biden participates in a Joining Forces anniversary event at Lee Hall Elementary School in Newport News, Va. to discuss the unique needs 1.3 million military-connected children in schools face. Watch live here, starting at 9:30 AM ET. Fonte: White House
