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`Snowmageddon': Obama Names Blizzard

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 12:48 p.m.

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WASHINGTON — "Snowmageddon" – that's what President Barack Obama calls the storm that's shut down Washington ... His motorcade made it a few blocks through deserted streets so he could speak at the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting on Saturday ... In his opening remarks, Obama thanked activists for being willing to brave the blizzard. The streets around the hotel where the meeting was held were blocked by snow and police ahead of Obama's arrival ... California Rep. Mike Honda

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Obama DNC Speech: Says He's Not Giving Up On Health Care Reform

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 12:11 p.m.

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WASHINGTON — Just a year after celebrating Barack Obama's inauguration, despondent Democrats on Saturday heard from their party leader who urged optimism in the face of Republicans' strong challenge to their congressional dominance ... At its winter meeting, a defiant Democratic Party worked to project a message of strength even as loyalists acknowledged the prospect of several defeats in November. The party that controls the White House typically loses seats during midterm elections at an

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Weekly Address: Opening Doors for Small Business

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Published Feb. 6, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

Reiterating once again his commitment to small business as the engine of our economy, the President urges Congress to move forward immediately on steps to help them expand and create jobs. These proposals include using $30 billion in TARP funds to create a new Small Business Lending Fund to provide capital to community banks to increase lending to small businesses, offering a new tax credit for over one million small businesses that hire new workers or raise wages, and providing targeted

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Stephen Zunes: Obama's State of the Union: Little Focus on the World Beyond Our Borders

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 6:11 p.m.

The problems with the Obama administration's foreign policy are not nearly as egregious as those of its predecessor. But U.S. citizens must continue to push the administration to pursue a more rational and more ethical global agenda ...

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Welcome to the Big Leagues

Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 4:42 p.m.

Today the President got to meet the Park View Little League Team, 2009 Champions ... President Barack Obama shakes hands with members of the Park View Little League baseball team of Chula Vista, California in the East Room of the White House, to congratulate them on winning the 2009 Little League World Series ...

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Two New Groups Dedicated to Open Government

Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 4:12 p.m.

In accordance with the Open Government Directive, two working groups have been established to help develop specific actions to implement the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration set forth in the President’s Memorandum of January 21, 2009 ... First, Federal Agencies have designated a high-level senior official to be accountable for the quality of Federal spending information. In an ongoing commitment to transparency, participation, and collaboration, these senior

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More Praise on Transparency from the Experts

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 3:09 p.m.

As the President has recently noted, the Administration has had an extraordinary first year for transparency and open government. We still have work to do, but we have already had some significant accomplishments. That was the conclusion of the respected independent groups that gave us an A for transparency in a recent report card -- and that view was also expressed by other experts in this area who I recently joined on a panel hosted by OMB Watch on government transparency. You can watch a

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Another Day, Another Disappointing Political Ploy Obstructing Progress

Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 1:31 p.m.

Yesterday, just hours after the Senate voted 96-0 to confirm Martha Johnson as the Administrator of the GSA after a pointless 9-month delay, we learned that Sen. Richard Shelby from Alabama has placed a blanket hold on all nominees, including national security nominees, to use as leverage for some projects in his state. He's holding up 70 nominees, among them top intelligence officials at the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security. According to the National Journal, he’s

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Human Events Seeks Donations To Pay For Its Outdated Distribution Model

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 9:41 a.m.

I just got an email from Tom Winter, the president and editor-in-chief of conservative periodical Human Events ... Seems like they are in a bit of a sticky wicket, money-wise, and Time-Warner is to blame, for sending lobbyists to Capitol Hill. Anyway, SEND THESE PAUPERS MONEY, I GUESS? ... Dear Friend of HUMAN EVENTS: ... It pains me terribly to write a letter like this, but HUMAN EVENTS needs your help ... Let me explain ... You may recall that, for several years, the federal government's

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On the Employment Situation in January

Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.

While unemployment remains a severe problem, today’s employment report contains encouraging signs of gradual labor market healing. The unemployment rate fell three-tenths of a percentage point and employment rose in a number of industries, though overall employment fell slightly ... The unemployment rate declined from 10.0 percent to 9.7 percent. This decline occurred despite a modest rise in the labor force. The broadest measure of the unemployment rate, which includes all persons

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