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Weekly Address: Time to Replace the Sequester with a Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction
Posted by on April 27, 2013 at 5:45 AM EDTPresident Obama says that because Republicans in Congress allowed a series of harmful, automatic budget cuts—called the sequester—to take effect, important programs like Head Start are now forced to reduce their services. After travelers were stuck for hours in airports and on planes this past week, members of Congress passed a temporary band-aid measure to stop the cuts that impact airlines — but they must do more to stop cuts to vital services for the American people. That’s why it’s time for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that makes smarter cuts and reforms in the tax code while creating jobs and strengthening the middle class.
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Weekly Wrap Up: “We Stand Together”
Posted by on March 22, 2013 at 4:48 PM EDTHere’s a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov.
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Weekly Wrap Up: “This is Your Victory”
Posted by on March 8, 2013 at 6:33 PM EDTHere’s a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov.
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Weekly Wrap Up: "Fulfilling Our Obligations"
Posted by on February 22, 2013 at 5:21 PM EDTHere’s a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov.
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Watch: President Obama Answers Your Questions in a Google+ Hangout
Posted by on February 14, 2013 at 10:10 PM EDTWatch the video of President Obama's hangout, live from the West Wing of the White House.
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Weekly Wrap Up: Our People, Our Future
Posted by on January 25, 2013 at 6:12 PM EDTHere’s a quick glimpse at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov.
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Spending Less, Spending Smarter
Posted by on September 4, 2012 at 12:31 PM EDTThe Campaign to Cut Waste has already achieved $4 billion dollars in savings in 2012, well on track to meet and exceed President Obama's goal of $8 billion by the end of FY 2013.
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A New Step Forward in Fighting Food Stamp Fraud
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 1:07 PM EDTUSDA announces a new rule that will help states better identify and prevent fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Weekly Address: A New Chapter in Afghanistan
Posted by on May 5, 2012 at 5:30 AM EDTPresident Obama calls on Congress to take the money we are no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the other half to rebuild America.
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President Obama and Vice President Biden’s 2011 Tax Returns
Posted by on April 13, 2012 at 10:30 AM EDTIn 2011, the Obamas paid $162,074 in total tax and the Bidens paid $87,900 in total federal tax for 2011
