From the White House
- New Report Highlights Wireless Broadband Benefits for Public Safety and Job Creation February 21, 2012Vice President Joe Biden holds a conference call in the West Wing to thank first responders and to discuss the economic value of increasing spectrum, Feb. 21, 2012. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) Today, Vice President Biden met with law enforcement officials, firefighters and public safety groups in the Roosevelt Room and spoke to a couple h […]
- By the Numbers: 20 February 21, 2012A new report from the Council of Economic Advisors found that by 2015, U.S. mobile data traffic will be 20 times higher than it was in 2010. To provide for this projected traffic growth, much of it due to the increase in usage of smartphones, tablets, and other internet-enabled mobile devices, the Obama Administration has proposed making an additional 500 MH […]
- We Can’t Wait: Bringing New Investments to Rural Communities by Leveraging Existing Programs February 21, 2012Since the formation of the White House Rural Council in June 2011, we have had a unique opportunity to provide recommendations on how to grow the economy and create jobs in rural America. The feedback we’re providing to the White House, based on our travels throughout the countryside, has helped us find creative ways to move the country forward without r […]
- President Obama: "This Got Done Because of You" February 21, 2012President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, discusses the importance of the agreement passed by Congress to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance while speaking in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Feb. 21, 2012. The President urged Congress to build on the success of the agreement by taking ad […]
- Kicking Off the Community College to Career Bus Tour February 21, 2012Tomorrow, Dr. Jill Biden and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis will embark on a three-day “Community College to Career” bus tour to highlight innovative industry initiativesthat are helping train students with the skills they need to meet area workforce needs. President Obama recently announced an $8 billion Community College to Career Fund, co-administered by […]
National Democratic Party
- DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz calls supporters in New Mexico February 21, 2012Today in New Mexico, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined a women-to-women phone bank at OFA New Mexico's Albuquerque office. Check out this picture of the chair talking to a woman who is "in," and sign up to make calls to women in your area. […]
- Don’t miss out on Dinner with Barack February 21, 2012Over the course of his 2012 campaign, President Obama's been hosting the occasional dinner for a few lucky supporters, giving him a chance to share a meal and ideas with the folks who are building the campaign on the ground. Today, he sent out an email announcing that there's another Dinner with Barack coming up, and you could be one of his guests. […]
- President Obama is Restoring America’s Prominence in the World February 21, 2012When I was six or seven years old, I remember spending hours flipping through National Geographic magazines looking at pictures of interesting people in far-away places. I was captivated by the idea that the U.S. was part of a global community. As an elementary school student, I didn't have any sense of U.S. foreign policy or cultural differences. I w […]
North Carolina Policy Watch
- A powerful message about how this General Assembly works February 21, 2012[Continue Reading...] […]
- Top Tillis Tales February 21, 2012It has been just over a year since the Republican majority elected Thom Tillis Speaker of the House, making him the most public face of the first Republican-led General Assembly in North Carolina 140 years. Tillis began the 2011 General Assembly session promising to focus on creating jobs and touting his business consulting [Continue Reading...] […]
- Hiding from the truth February 21, 2012What last week’s General Assembly evictions say about conservative legislative leaders There’s been a good deal of controversy in recent days over the decision by officials in House Speaker Thom Tillis’ office to evict a group of quiet and peaceful demonstrators from the second floor of the state Legislative Building last [Continue Reading...] […]