Category: 2012

California Academy of Sciences San Francisco, California 6:36 P.M. PDT MRS. OBAMA: Well, this is so nice. (Applause.) Did you all have fun? AUDIENCE: Yes! (Applause.) MRS. OBAMA: How about…

While it is critical that we not put American jobs and safety at risk and hurt our economic recovery by allowing funding to run out, it is not enough for…

Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012, Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Norfolk, VA to discuss college affordability. Additional details are forthcoming. In the afternoon of April…

House Republicans today banded together to shower millionaires and billionaires with a massive tax cut paid for by ending Medicare as we know it and making extremely deep cuts to…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: • Yvonne B. Burke – Director, AMTRAK Board of Directors •…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, of California, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors for a term of five years. (New Position) Patricia K.…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Patrick A. Miles, Jr. and Danny C. Williams, Sr. to serve as U.S. Attorneys for the Western District of Michigan and the Northern…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Patrick A. Miles, Jr., of Michigan, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan for the term of four years, vice Margaret…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Patrick J. Wilkerson to serve as United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. “Patrick J. Wilkerson has dedicated his career to…

The President proposed the Buffett Rule to ensure a very basic principle of fairness: millionaires shouldn’t pay less in taxes as a share of their income than middle class families…