After more than 11,000 questions and 630,000 votes, the folks from CitizenTube who will interview President Obama tomorrow have reminded everyone that the deadline for submitting questions is tonight at 8pm EST: On Monday afternoon, as a follow-up to his State of the Union address, President Obama will give a live interview to YouTube from […]
In an appearance on a morning news show today, House Minority Leader John Boehner repeatedly charged that the health insurance reform bills being considered in Congress represent a “big government takeover” of health care. It’s important to know that’s just not true. The claim of a “government takeover” is a time-worn attack raised by opponents […]
Click here to see the video. This afternoon the President sat down to answer some of the questions on the minds of Americans across the country. The questions were submitted and voted on in a process open to the public, conducted through YouTube. It’s no surprise that the questions didn’t match up up perfectly with what […]
Click here to see the video. Earlier today, President Obama discussed the 2011 budget, reflecting on the challenges for the country and the steps the administration is taking to meet them. While acknowledging that the inherited $1.3 trillion deficit from the previous administration can’t be brought down overnight, he relayed his continuing efforts to rein […]
Last week the Middle Class Task Force previewed a series of initiatives in the President’s FY 11 budget aimed at costs — like child care costs, care-giving, paying for college and retirement – that are squeezing middle class family budgets. These are costs that — along with health care — have risen dramatically for families […]
Cross-posted from the OMB Blog, read more details on the OMB Budget page. Today, the President transmitted the FY 2011 Budget to the Congress. In about an hour, he will deliver remarks about the Budget, and after that I will be taking questions from the press with CEA Chair Romer. This post gives readers of OMBlog a […]
During these tough economic times, American families are forced to make tough choices about what they can spend money on and what they need to cut from their household budgets. Through the course of the budget process we did the same thing. The President believes we need to be honest about what is working and […]
The President pledges to rein the deficit, citing three specific steps to this end. He praises the Senate for restoring the pay-as-you-go law, discusses his proposal for a freeze in discretionary spending, and calls for a bipartisan Fiscal Commission to hammer out further concrete deficit reduction proposals. Fonte: White House
Click here to see the video. Today the President did something unusual in American politics – initiated an open dialogue with members of the opposite party. Visiting the House Republican retreat, he took questions on anything they wanted to talk about. He heard them out, acknowledged where they were right, and gave a genuine explanation where he […]
This week, the Middle Class Task Force unveiled a series of initiatives in the President’s FY 11 budget aimed at helping families with soaring child care costs, balancing work with caregiving, paying for college and saving for retirement. These are costs that have risen dramatically for families at a time when their incomes have not. […]
