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March 10, 2011
The leadership of the President and the First Lady on the issue of bullying will help protect America's most valuable resource: our nation's children. By bringing the focus, energy, and creativity of the Obama Administration to this issue, we can implement new solutions that ensure that every child is valued as an individual.
We must all work together to create a climate in our schools, and indeed in our country, in which we treat each other with respect.
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March 10, 2011
Speaker Boehner plans to discuss gas prices today at his weekly press conference, but we've seen his scorecard before. The GOP's "none of the above" drill-only plan does nothing to reduce the pain at the pump America's middle class families are facing now, but it's a hole-in-one for Speaker Boehner's Big Oil buddies.
Does Speaker Boehner realize that domestic oil production last year was at the highest level since 2003 – higher than during most of the Bush Administration?
Blog Post
March 9, 2011
A Bloomberg poll released this morning shows the American people's top priority remains jobs – but we are ten weeks into this Republican-controlled Congress and have seen zero bills introduced by the GOP to create jobs.
Blog Post
March 8, 2011
The Republican answer to jobs thus far has been a "So Be It" spending bill that would in fact destroy 700,000 jobs and jeopardize our economic growth. This week, it appears House Republicans are continuing to put partisan politics ahead of Americans' top priority – jobs.
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March 8, 2011
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is making accusations about so-called "secret" funds she discovered in the Affordable Care Act, signed into law nearly a year ago after an open, thorough and transparent debate in the House and Senate–including 79 House hearings and 53 Senate hearings–with the provisions she is referencing online for all Members of Congress and Americans to read for months before passage.
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March 4, 2011
Today the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 192,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in February. With 222,000 jobs added by private businesses, this marks the 12th consecutive month of private sector job growth:
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March 3, 2011
A new poll released last night by NBC/WSJ finds the American people don't support the GOP's "So Be It" spending bill that destroys jobs and weakens the middle class. According to the poll, Americans are concerned about how these irresponsible Republican cuts will impact them and their families:
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March 2, 2011
Despite claims that earmarks for the 'bridges to nowhere' were eliminated, Alaska has spent more than $71 million in federal funds on the two bridges:
The Gravina Island bridge is a $304 million project that would serve an island of 50 people, who can already access the nearby city of Ketchikan, Alaska, via a five-minute ferry ride.The Knik Arm Crossing project will build a 1.6-mile long bridge and 18 miles of connecting roads at a cost of nearly $1.6 billion.
Blog Post
March 2, 2011
To: Congressional Republicans
From: Democratic Leader's Press Office
Date: March 2, 2011
Re: Your Job Cutting Spending Bill vs. American Priorities