President Obama signed his first bill into law last Thursday, approving the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, sending a clear message that issues of fair equality of opportunity will be important to his administration. Despite the passage of the Equal Pay Act more than 40 years ago, women receive, on average, 77 cents on [...]
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Reaching All Corners
February 2, 2009 – 1:23 am
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/impact/
If only Somalia was unique in stature. Widely described as a “failed state” Somalia is representitive of a problem that President Obama will have to deal with as part of a balanced foreign policy. Many African states are in similar situations as Somalia: corrupt or non-existant governments, mass starvation, and the resurgances of diseases wiped [...]
New RNC Chair Elected
February 1, 2009 – 2:28 pm
Last week, the Republican National Committee elected its new chair. Sarah Palin? Not quite, although she did recently launch her new PAC.
The RNC elected Michael Steele, former Maryland Lt. Governor and U.S. Senate candidate in 2006.
While many pundits note that Michael Steele is an African American, in my opinion the ethnicity of Steele [...]
Obama Hopes to Keep Campaign Supporters Involved
January 28, 2009 – 9:24 pm
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama may be president now, but that doesn’t mean his campaign is over.
Obama hopes to harness the unprecedented army of voters who knocked on doors and made phone calls during his presidential run to help his policies become law now that he’s in the White House.
Since the November election, [...]
US House passes the stimulus package
January 28, 2009 – 1:55 pm
Today the House of Representatives passed a proposed $819 billion stimulus package 244 votes to 188, but without a single republican vote. This hyperpartisanship is due to a divide in ideology on the issue of economics. Which is more effective: tax cuts or infrastructure spending?
It is obvious from the last 8 years that tax cuts are not the [...]
Extending a Hand
January 27, 2009 – 12:21 pm
In Pres. Obama’s Inaugural Address, he told the Muslim world and its leaders that, “…your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.” He told them that, “…we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your first.”
Today, the President conducted his first television interview since taking [...]
The Problem with Appropriations
January 26, 2009 – 3:42 pm
Obama’s Showdown Over Nukes
As one of the few people on this site able to elucidate in detail why the M16A1 was a step back from the M14, and why 45. ACP is infinitely superior to 9mm, I am going to now take it upon myself to tell all of you the problem with military appropriations. [...]
Still the Same Rove
January 26, 2009 – 11:46 am
In a final farewell to the Bush Administration, Karl Rove repeats in the WSJ the same erroneous and untrue propaganda that the Bush administration and Republicans have been scolded for promulgating.
Will-I-Am: A New Day
January 25, 2009 – 10:27 pm
…and now we celebrate because we woke up, we celebrate because we stood up. Let’s keep pushing, let’s help fix the nation. It’s going to take us all, together.
-Yelena Nam
