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Doing What’s Best for Small Businesses
"This piece of legislation is good for workers, it’s good for small business people, it’s good for our economy. And yet, Republicans in the Senate have blocked this bill — a needless delay that has led small business owners across the country to put off hiring, put off expanding and put off plans that will make our economy stronger." – President ObamaToday the President called on members of Congress to immediately pass a small business bill that has been held up by Senate Republicans.New jobs numbers released this morning show that while we’re continuing to make progress on the economy—adding 67,000 private sector jobs in the 8th consecutive month of growth—businesses and workers are still hurting.Loans for small businesses under the Recovery Act have successfully helped …
Barack Obama is locked in a lose-lose situation
The president seems incapable of tackling either unemployment or the deficit,
says Jeremy Warner.
“This is too important”
For OFA volunteers, this year’s elections are just too important–and there’s too much at stake–not to get involved. During last week’s Moving America Forward Day of Action, thousands of supporters came out and knocked on more than 200,000 doors, talking with voters about the choices they’ll face this November.In Arizona:Pima Community College student Joseu woke up at 4:00 a.m. for cross country practice and still made time to reach out to first-time 2008 voters, saying he wanted “to be a part of the change Arizona needs”OFA Rhode Island writes: “One volunteer, Kathy, hosted a canvass for the first time. ‘You know I’ve always been saying ‘I don’t have time, I don’t have time,’ but today, we’re here …
Technology to Change the World
I’m an iPhone developer. It can be an exciting job: there are always puzzles to solve, you meet a lot of clever people, you’re always working late and shipping yesterday—but it can quickly start to feel like a grind. How many interactive corporate brochures can a person make before starting to wonder whether technology really has the power to change the world? That’s why I’m so excited about the project I just finished working on: today’s update to the Organizing for America iPhone app, which gives volunteers everything they need to go door to door talking with people about what’s important to them. The app takes the usual …
The long, hard road to peace in the Middle East
Telegraph View: The first peace talks for two years have opened
auspiciously in Washington, but Obama has his work cut out.
Iran casts a giant shadow over the Washington peace talks
Israel will keep the chances of a deal alive, while the US tackles the nuclear
threat, says Stephen Pollard.
Vote 2010 News: Highlighting What’s at Stake This November
With two months until November’s midterm elections, Democrats are kicking off an aggressive fall campaign next week starting with appearances by DNC Chair Tim Kaine on the Daily Show and Vice President Biden on The Colbert Report. Next Wednesday, Chairman Kaine will also give a major address to highlight how Republicans would roll back all the progress we’ve made if they were to be put in charge this November.Politico has more: The nation’s Democrats next Wednesday will kick off their fall campaign with a media blitz that will include back-to-back appearances by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” and Vice President Joe Biden on “The Colbert Report.”As workers reengage after Labor Day, Kaine will go on morning …
Obama powerless to reverse stagnation as the jobless total climbs
I always think it’s nice when the end of the world is postponed for a bit
longer.
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