U.S. President Barack Obama stops in Denver, Colorado, Tuesday as part of a national tour to promote a jobs bill and raise money for next year’s campaign. Mr. Obama is speaking at Abraham Lincoln High School in Denver. In recent weeks he has been urging Americans to pressure their congressmen to pass the $477 billion […]
Obama Again Urges Congress to Pass Jobs Plan
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 3:43 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama repeatedly urged Congress to pass his jobs plan during a town-hall meeting on Monday in the U.S. high-tech capital, Silicon Valley in California. Mr. Obama said passing his $450 billion job bill is the most important thing that can be done to get Americans back to work. He said Americans can […]
Obama Pushing Jobs Plan In California
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:12 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is attending a town-hall meeting on Monday in the U.S. high-tech capital, Silicon Valley, as part of efforts to sell his jobs plan to the American public. Mr. Obama agreed to attend the event hosted by professional networking site, LinkedIn, to answer questions about his $450 billion plan from LinkedIn’s online […]
Obama Pushing Jobs Plan In California
Posted September 26th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is attending a town-hall meeting on Monday in the U.S. high-tech capital, Silicon Valley, as part of efforts to sell his jobs plan to the American public. Mr. Obama agreed to attend the event hosted by professional networking site, LinkedIn, to answer questions about his $450 billion plan from LinkedIn’s online […]
Obama Campaigns for Jobs Proposal at Clinton Global Initiative
Posted September 21st, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States needs to get its economy growing in order to continue investing in international development. Speaking at a forum of business and political leaders and philanthropists Wednesday, Mr. Obama made his latest pitch for his $447-billion jobs-creation proposal. The president said the United Nations remains the world’s largest […]
Obama Continues Push on Jobs Bill
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama called again for Congress to pass his jobs creation plan, as he spoke to students Friday at a science and technology high school outside Washington, D.C. In remarks made before signing a bill on patent reform, Mr. Obama called on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act and send it to […]
Obama Vows to Continue Push on Jobs Bill
Posted September 16th, 2011 at 1:53 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he intends to keep the pressure on lawmakers to pass his job creation plan, despite Republican criticism that it is a “poor substitute” for policies needed to boost job growth in the country. Mr. Obama has been traveling across the country promoting his $447 billion American Jobs Act proposal. He […]
House Speaker Boehner Releases Republican Jobs Plan
Posted September 15th, 2011 at 3:15 pm (UTC-5)
Republican House Speak John Boehner says President Barack Obama’s job creation plan is a “poor substitute” for policies needed to boost job growth in the country. In a speech to the Economic Club of Washington Thursday, Boehner said job creation in America is threatened by excessive regulation, the current tax code and government spending. He […]
Obama Visits North Carolina, Urges Passage of Jobs Bill
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 2:07 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama was on the road Wednesday for a second day, urging Americans to tell Congress to pass his $447 billion proposal to create jobs and boost the economy. Mr. Obama spoke at a university in North Carolina Wednesday. He visited Ohio on Tuesday. The president called on Congress to pass the legislation […]
Obama Urges Approval of Jobs Bill as US Poverty Rate Increases
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 12:46 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama will continue on Wednesday his appeal for lawmakers to pass his proposal to create jobs and boost a sluggish economy, amid news that the country’s poverty rate has risen to its highest level in 17 years. The president, taking his message directly to the American people, will head to North Carolina, […]
