Click here to see the video. After concluding a phone call with Russian President Medvedev, President Obama announced the new START treaty during a press briefing Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Gates, and Admiral Mullen. The new Treaty, which he called “the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades,” is a major step to reduce […]
Just a quick update. The White House now offers, count’m, seven podcast feeds. We’ve just added a feed for First Lady Michelle Obama and Music & the Arts, an exclusive collection of performances at the White House. If you weren’t aware that we even offered podcasts, now you know. So if searching and downloading video […]
Throughout the course of the health reform debate, amongst the President’s top concerns has been how the sky-rocketing costs of health care affect America’s businesses and the economy. The final health reform legislation is a reflection of that, and will help contain the costs that threatened to swallow up the budgets of businesses across the […]
Thanks in large part to tax benefits in the Recovery Act, taxpayers are seeing larger refunds from their 2009 tax returns this season — according to the IRS, average tax returns are up by almost 10 percent this year. While these tax return averages are interesting … the question you’re probably asking is "Do I qualify […]
The final health insurance reform legislation that will be voted on by the House this weekend, and debated in the Senate soon after, is now available. As the President said in Ohio, “We have debated this issue now for more than a year. Every proposal has been put on the table. Every argument has been […]
After more than a year of extensive debate, the House voted last night to pass the most significant health reform legislation this country has seen in decades. It was a historic victory for the American people. And now, millions of Americans – workers, families, seniors, small business owners – stand to benefit from lower health care […]
One of the goals of the Council on Women and Girls is to call attention to the inspirational women working in the Federal Government and to learn more about their paths to their current positions. In the first of this series, Meet the Women of the Administration, we asked Dr. Rebecca Blank to reflect on […]
After a historic vote in the House to send health reform to the President, he speaks to all Americans on the change they will finally see as they are given back control over their own health care: Click here to see the video. Good evening, everybody. Tonight, after nearly 100 years of talk and frustration, […]
Cross-posted from the OMB blog. Today’s Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of health insurance reform legislation reaffirms what we have said for the past year: that fiscally responsible health insurance reform is not only possible, but also is an important step toward long-term fiscal sustainability. The new CBO estimate finds that health insurance reform will reduce […]
Today, the President announced that he will be issuing an executive order after the passage of the health insurance reform law that will reaffirm its consistency with longstanding restrictions on the use of federal funds for abortion. While the legislation as written maintains current law, the executive order provides additional safeguards to ensure that the […]
