Sentences with phrase «president obama»

In the meantime, the election of President Obama by a demographically diverse coalition anchored among younger voters helped unleash the furies inside an older, overwhelmingly white and Southern - leaning GOP coalition.

«We were recognized by President Obama for announcing that we will double the number of on - site solar energy projects.»

In the swing states of Ohio and Florida, it's crunch time for teachers unions, which in the final days of the campaign are getting out the vote for President Obama in droves — even though they disapprove of some of his policies.

Just in time for the GOP convention at which Mitt Romney will be formally nominated to take on President Obama in November...

As one of the undecided votes, he received an invitation to play basketball with President Obama as part of a White House charm offensive.

He accused the Republicans of rushing the bill through so that a vote can be held on Thursday — the seven - year anniversary of President Obama signing the Affordable Care Act.

As President Obama said at a May gathering with the leaders of five Nordic nations in Washington, D.C., «We have a moral obligation — to this and future generations — to confront the reality of climate change and to protect our planet, including our beautiful Arctic.»

The change also follows a public stance taken by the White House, with President Obama saying in November he favors maintaining net neutrality by using the heavy regulatory approach of Title II.

When President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal government aimed to stimulate the economy, support job creation, and invest in critical sectors, including education.

«The presidential election will tell if Americans view support for gay marriage as a political sin but the vote is in on whether it is theologically sinful — and it's a close call» writes Cathy Lynn Grossman of USAToday on the heels of President Obama announcing he is now in favor of same - sex marriage.

The former EPA regional administrator under President Obama says scientists who leaked the report on further evidence of climate change to the New York Times should be commended as «whistleblowers.»

Frankin has had a personal gripe about President Obama for years accusing him variously of being a secret Muslim, not born in Hawaii etc..

This letter was aimed at President Obama as he entered nuclear talks with Iran, and geared towards disrupting diplomatic discussions between Iran and the United States.

Just weeks after President Obama made a national commitment to greater investments in early education in his 2013 State of the Union, Head Start programs faced devastating budget cuts that slammed shut the window of opportunity for 57,265 at - risk children.

7) What did President Obama do on Friday, March 4?

And, in March, the president expressed his belief that Trump Tower was wiretapped by former President Obama with the help of the Department of Justice.

And perhaps that's why I am so much in favor of supporting President Obama's signature accomplishment with the Affordable Care Act, because I know how hard it was to get that passed, even with a Democratic Congress.

Though the thawing of diplomatic tensions arguably began in 2009, when President Obama made it easier for Cuban - Americans to visit and provide financial assistance to relatives in Cuba, the country truly opened up only in the last year:

But this law has been overdue for reauthorization since before President Obama took office.

So stay away from the polls in November, but you will surely pay a high price if President Obama does not win re-election.

Representatives from consumer, privacy and other public interest organizations urged President Obama on Monday to fill a vacant commissioner post at the FTC with someone who will uphold the agency's mandate of protecting American consumers.

The White House this afternoon issued a muted summary of the meeting President Obama held with 23 senators aiming to forge consensus on energy legislation that would also constrain greenhouse gases.

In total, financial services regulators were responsible for 13 of the 25 new major rules issued during President Obama's fourth year; led by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), with nine; followed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with six (two rules were issued jointly by the two agencies).

We will see about the reality of what President Obama announced today regarding an acceleration of icebreaking capability.

The gap between Americans who view the Affordable Care Act favorably and those who do not is smaller now than at any time since the fall of 2012, a year before the law's disastrous rollout, according to a monthly poll that has tracked attitudes about the polarizing law since President Obama signed it five years ago.

Alternatively they could ask president Obama if he agrees with Gordon Brown's analysis that the global downturn both started in America and was Washington's fault..?

And after President Obama gives a real clear goal... like his first NASA budget request that had 6 billion over 5 years timeline for commerical space.

Inhofe spoke against President Obama joining the UN's global warming treaty.

Cuomo made his remarks before President Obama told an ABC News interviewer that he now supports same - sex marriage - become the first U.S. president to do so.

Particularly high spikes for these search terms occurred following two occasions when President Obama spoke about the need for new gun control legislation.

Israel is against privatization of social security into personal spending accounts and he staunchly defends the Affordable Care Act, or what even President Obama now calls Obamacare.

Why did President Obama tell Africans (many of whom are malnourished) in July 2009 that they should refrain from using «dirty» fossil fuels and use their «bountiful» biofuel and other renewable energy resources, instead?

But when former President Obama issued a memo during his term that encouraged banks to do business with the marijuana industry, this loosened up access to both some banks and payment processors for cannabis - related companies.

If YOU think President Obama believes that the ONLY way to heaven is through Jesus who also said «I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

While President Obama proposed to save $ 28 million in his budget by cutting or eliminating a handful of programs, Representative Sam Graves, Republican of Missouri, declared that the president's cuts did not go far enough.

Today's news follows comments from President Obama last year in which he described Mr Cameron as a «lightweight».

There is patent reform on the way as President Obama recently signed the America Invests Act into law, shifting from the first - to - invent system to the first - to - file route.

It seems as though anyone who will show support for a man who has lived in the 33rd district for over 10 years, spent his years since moving to NYC from Puerto Rico involved in progressive organizations, and helping people like President Obama get elected will be deemed a Rivera campaign worker.

The 49 - year - old bridge, which President Obama visited last year, currently carries traffic from local roads and I - 71 and I - 75, two of the nation's heaviest truck routes.

That's because President Obama promised in the 2008 campaign his policies would create 5 million new green jobs within a decade.

Former President Obama proposed a $ 19 billion cybersecurity plan in 2015 and 2016 (as part of the President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget) to improve IT infrastructure.

Just before President Obama visited the Arctic in August, an Icelandic seafood company quietly sent 1,800 tons of frozen meat hacked from slaughtered endangered fin whales through the Arctic to Japan.

But if President Obama wanted Republicans at the table, the first thing he would have to say is, «All right, let's at least open the door to tort reform.»

Various updates below It was heartening to see President Obama include an ample reference to the importance of climate - smart energy policies in his short inaugural address today.

Four years ago, in Foley and Malloy's first contest for governor, Malloy squeaked a win over Foley by 6,400 votes after President Obama also appeared for Malloy in Bridgeport two days before the election.