Weekly Address: President Obama Challenges Politicians Benefiting from Citizens United Ruling to Defend Corporate Influence in Our Elections

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Published Aug. 21, 2010 at 5:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, the President urged Republican leaders in Congress to end their obstruction of a bipartisan bill that will reduce the influence wielded by corporations and foreign entities.  The President vowed to continue the fight for reform and transparency, and said elected officials who benefit from corporate or foreign-funded ads should either defend the ads or join the bipartisan effort to stop them ... The full audio of the address is HERE. The video can be

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The New START Treaty Sent to the Senate

Published May 13, 2010 at 5:41 p.m.

Today the President submitted the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) – an arms control agreement with Russia that he signed last month in Prague -- to the United States Senate. Before the Treaty can be ratified, the Senate must provide its advice and consent by a two-thirds majority. Next week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will open formal hearings on the treaty, with Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Gates, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mullen

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Elena Kagan: What They're Saying

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Published May 10, 2010 at 4:09 p.m.
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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden applaud as Solicitor General Elena Kagan moves to the podium after the President announced her as his choice for Supreme Court Justice during an event in the East Room of the White House, ... Here's a run-down of the reaction so far to the President's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court ... News Coverage ... ABC News: Kagan “Is Considered One of the Finest Legal Scholars in the Country ... “Kagan, 50, is

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Nominating Kagan: "Her Passion for the Law is Anything But Academic"

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Published May 10, 2010 at 11:12 a.m.
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Click here to see the video ... In noting that Solicitor General Elena Kagan would have legendary shoes to fill at the Supreme Court when confirmed, the President described the career of Justice John Paul Stevens: ... For nearly 35 years, Justice Stevens has stood as an impartial guardian of the law, faithfully applying the core values of our founding to the cases and controversies of our time.    ... He has done so with restraint and respect for precedent -- understanding that a judge’s

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Barack Obama, Campaign Manager: How The 2008 Playbook Passed Health Care

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Published May 14, 2010 at 7:15 a.m.

Shortly before 11 a.m. on a Sunday in mid-December, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was driving through Washington D.C. when he received a nervous phone call from one of his trusted deputies, Sen. Chuck Schumer ... Schumer wanted to know if Reid had seen Sen. Joseph Lieberman's comments on "Face the Nation" that morning. "Lieberman seemed to draw a line in the sand," the New York Democrat relayed. "You should check in with him. He seemed to rule out supporting the bill if it has the Medicare

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On Cinco de Mayo, a Call for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Published May 5, 2010 at 8:18 p.m.
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Click here to see the video ... Welcoming a boisterous crowd to the Rose Garden for Cinco de Mayo, the President had a long list of people to recognize.  From Mexico’s Interior Secretary, Fernando Gomez Mont, to Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, to esteemed Members of Congress, to Secretaries Solis, Napolitano, and Salazar (who was not in attendance), to the Maru Montero Dance Company and DJ Javier Cortes, it was a crowd more than worthy of recognition ... The President also gave a nod to "Los

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Worse than the Status Quo for Families and Community Banks

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

Earlier this week we put out a list of “10 Most Wanted Lobbyist Loopholes” – examples of how industry lobbyists are looking to weaken Wall Street reform. It turns out that we underestimated their ambition.  A new amendment put forward by Senator Shelby on consumer financial protection would not just weaken the bill, it would weaken the status quo ... This new proposal keeps consumer protection oversight under banks' prudential supervisors, whose primary responsibility is safety and

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin

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Published May 6, 2010 at 4:40 p.m.

See below for an answer to a question(marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up ... *On May 4, the Vice President chaired his monthly Cabinet-level meeting on Iraq.  Ambassador Hill and General Odierno briefed Principals on political and security developments via secure video teleconference and the Departments of Justice, State, and Homeland Security discussed Rule of Law programs in Iraq.  Participants included Defense Secretary Gates, Homeland Security Secretary

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Remarks by the President on the Monthly Jobs Numbers

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Published May 7, 2010 at 10:32 a.m.

11:03 A.M. EDT ... THE PRESIDENT:  All right.  Good morning, everybody.  On what seems like a daily basis, we’re barraged with statistics and forecasts and reports and data related to the health of the economy.  But from the first days of this administration, amidst the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, I’ve said that the truest measure of progress would be whether or not we were creating jobs.  That’s what matters in people’s lives.  What matters is whether someone

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 5/5/10

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Published May 5, 2010 at 6:39 p.m.

See below for answers to questions (marked with an asterisk) posed in the briefing that required follow up ... *No. The new security protocols that superseded the emergency measures put in place after Christmas are in place because they are stronger and more effective than requiring additional screening for everyone from certain countries.  The new measures apply to every individual traveling to the United States, from every country, not just people from certain countries. That original

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