Today, President Obama continues his American Jobs Act Bus Tour to highlight the many aspects of the American Jobs Act that will build an economy that lasts. Investments like preventing up to 280,000 teacher layoffs and putting construction workers back on the job rebuilding America's schools to provide all of our students with a world class education. This […]
Tomorrow, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden are heading to St. Louis, Missouri for Game One of the World Series. But they aren’t going just to watch a ballgame… First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden take to the field at Yankee Stadium for game one of the World Series in Bronx, […]
President Barack Obama holds a roundtable meeting with teachers at Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown, N.C., during the American Jobs Act Bus Tour, Oct. 18, 2011. Jamestown, North Carolina is a small community of about 3,000 situated between Greensboro and High Point. It's home to Guilford Technical Community College, where President Obama this morning […]
On January 18, President Obama called for an unprecedented and ambitious government-wide “lookback” at federal regulations. The lookback requires all agencies to reexamine their significant rules and to streamline, reduce, improve, or eliminate them. A few months ago, and after consulting with the public, over two dozen departments and agencies released plans to remove what […]
On Wednesday, October 19, law students, participants in the civil rights movement, and others will gather at the White House for a screening of Freedom Riders and a panel discussion of the legal legacy of the 1961 Freedom Rides. The screening is part of National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) “Bridging Cultures through Law” film […]
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, and Marian Robinson tour the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial before the dedication ceremony in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) Today, nearly half a century after Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic March on […]
In 1976, President Gerald Ford visited West Wilkes High School aboard Marine One, the presidential helicopter. Today, President Obama dropped in by presidential bus — as part of the American Jobs Act Bus Tour. West Wilkes High School is in Miller's Creek, North Carolina — a small town located about 60 miles west of Winston-Salem. […]
Attorney General Eric Holder and Second Lady of the United States Dr. Jill Biden deliver remarks at the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) national conference on October 14, 2011. Photo credit: Lonnie Tague for The Department of Justice On Friday, I was honored to join General Raymond Odierno, Chief […]
This morning, President Obama kicked off the American Jobs Act Bus Tour at Asheville Regional Airport to talk to communities about the pieces of the American Jobs Act that will put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of those who are working. Throughout the week, we'll bring you numbers from the road to […]
Ed. Note: Cross-posted from Treasury Notes. In the fall of 2008, a financial crisis of a scale and severity not seen in generations left millions of Americans unemployed and resulted in trillions in lost wealth. Our broken financial regulatory system was a principal cause of that crisis. It was fragmented, antiquated, and allowed large parts […]
