Dan Pfeiffer

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Dan Pfeiffer

Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor

Dan Pfeiffer currently serves as Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor. In January 2009, Pfeiffer joined the White House as Deputy Communications Director and became the Communications Director in December 2009. He first joined the President’s campaign as the Traveling Press Secretary and later became the Communications Director. Prior to working on the campaign, Pfeiffer previously worked for Vice President Al Gore, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and Senators Tim Johnson and Evan Bayh.

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Pfeiffer graduated from Georgetown University

Dan Pfeiffer's Posts

Republican Court Unpacking Plan Takes Judicial Manipulation to a New Level

May 29, 2013 at 9:00 AM EDT

Republicans are pushing a proposal to reduce the number of judges on the D.C. Circuit from 11 to 8, a blatant attempt to shrink President Obama’s constitutional authority to fill this court.

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Economy

Setting the Record Straight About the Sequester

February 20, 2013 at 12:53 AM EDT

The only party unwilling to compromise to avoid the dangerous across the board budget cuts that are slated to take effect March 1 are Congressional Republicans, who would rather see our recovery and middle class economic security be put at risk than close one tax loophole for big corporations and the wealthiest.

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Solving the Sequester: The Facts

February 10, 2013 at 2:40 PM EDT

With less than three weeks before devastating, across the board cuts - the so-called "sequester" - are slated to hit, affecting our national security, job creation and economic growth, we must make sure we are having a debate over how to deal with these looming deadlines that is based on facts- not myths being spread by some Congressional Republicans who would rather see these cuts hit than ask the wealthiest and big corporations to pay a little bit more.

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Middle-Class Tax Cuts

Congressional Republican “Plan B” Legislation: Cuts Taxes for Millionaires, Fails To Meet The Test Of Balance

December 19, 2012 at 11:04 AM EDT

White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer says the latest GOP economic approach places too big of a burden on the middle class, seniors, students and the most vulnerable Americans while asking too little of the wealthiest Americans

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The Churchill Bust & Charles Krauthammer

July 31, 2012 at 5:30 PM EDT

Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer's email to columnist Charles Krauthammer on the recent back-and-forth over the busts of Winston Churchill and the White House.

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Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill

July 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM EDT

The bust of Winston Churchill has a prominent place in the White House -- in the Residence, outside the Treaty Room.

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Health Care

Health Care and the House of Representatives: By the Numbers

July 11, 2012 at 4:58 PM EDT

The health care law President Obama signed in 2010 is already making a positive difference in the lives of millions of Americans. But rather than move on and act on the President’s plans to cut taxes and strengthen the economy, House Republicans voted again to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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Economy

Three Charts Illustrating Two Different Visions for Our Nation

April 3, 2012 at 2:07 PM EDT

The President’s approach to reducing our deficit is a balanced approach that asks the wealthiest to pay their fair share, achieves significant health savings and enacts sensible spending cuts while making the investments we need to have a strong middle class.

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FACT CHECK: All-of-the-Above Approach to American Energy

February 29, 2012 at 4:37 PM EDT

Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer debunks claims from Republicans in Congress on the President's record on domestic energy and gas prices.

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Economy

Why Congress Must Extend the Payroll Tax Cut Through 2012

February 14, 2012 at 7:00 AM EDT

President Obama invited some hardworking, middle class Americans to the White House today to explain what $40 per paycheck means to their family's economic security

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