Posts Tagged ‘ weekly address ’

...from the very start, there was also something more. A steadfast commitment to serve, to fight, and if necessary, to die, to preserve America and advance the ideals we cherish. It’s a commitment witnessed at each defining moment along the journey of this country. It’s what led a rag-tag militia to face...
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It's not just about pushing the economy into a rebound, President Obama told listeners this morning in his weekly address, it's about preventive action -- meaning Wall Street reform. And Americans are on the receiving end of "misleading rhetoric" from opponents of reform. Beware, he said. We all have a stake in the legislation...
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Just because the auto industry seems to be turning around, we shouldn't assume Wall Street will police itself back into health, President Obama told listeners this morning in his weekly address.

Acknowledging that that the decision early in his presidency to extend temporary taxpayer assistance to GM and Chrysler was a...
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There were many causes of the turmoil that ripped through our economy over the past two years.  But above all, this crisis was caused by failures in the financial industry.  What is clear is that this crisis could have been avoided if Wall Street firms were more accountable, if financial dealings were more...
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On the weekend before taxes are due, President Barack Obama took to the airwaves in this morning’s weekly address to tout his administration’s commitment to middle class tax relief, courtesy of the Recovery Act, and to discuss this “fundamental responsibility of our citizenship”—something conservatives obviously need to be reminded of from time to time.

Amid the storm of public debate, with our 24/7 media cycle, in a town like Washington that’s consumed with the day-to-day, it can sometimes be easy to lose sight of the eternal. So, on this Easter weekend, let us hold fast to those aspirations we hold in common as brothers and sisters, as...
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While calling himself a "vigorous defender" of the free market, President Obama warns that we must learn from last years financial meltdown and enact "common-sense rules that will our allow markets to function fairly and freely while reining in the worst practices of the financial industry."

On Monday, the Banking...
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But what matters to you – what matters to our country – is not what happens in the next election, but what we do to lift up the next generation.  And the fact is, there are few issues that speak more directly to our long term success as a nation than issues concerning...
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I  know it has been a long and hard road to this point. And we are not finished with our journey just yet. But we are close. We are very close. And so I ask Congress to finish its work. I ask them to give the American people an up or down vote.  And let’s show our citizens...
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It is time for us to come together.  It is time for us to act.  It is time for those of us in Washington to live up to our responsibilities to the American people and to future generations.  So let’s get this done. 

America's unifying  pride in this country's...
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