On the 75th anniversary of Social Security, President Obama promises to protect it from Republican leaders in Congress who have made privatization a key part of their agenda. He makes clear that, espe
President Obama’s Press Conference: "Let's Find Those Areas Where We Can Agree" In a news conference in the East Room this afternoon, the President spoke openly about the lessons of the previous night
Weekly Address: Working Together on the Economy Ahead of the elections, the President says no matter what happens both parties must work together to boost the economy, and expresses concern about stat
The President to the UN General Assembly: "We Can Say That This Time Will Be Different" At the beginning of the President’s speech this morning to the United Nations General Assembly, the President sp
This morning the President welcomed everybody back from the Thanksgiving break, and said he was looking forward to tomorrow's bipartisan meeting with Congressional leaders, making clear that "it’s tim
As part of the explosion of Recovery Act projects this summer and as a move towards a clean energy future, the President announces nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments to key solar companies.
The President spoke about what the Labor movement has meant for America: It was working men and women who made the 20th century the American century. It was the labor movement that helped secure so mu
This afternoon the President was in Cleveland, Ohio, the city where House Republican Leader Boehner recently put forth his party’s priorities for the economy. In his remarks, the President laid out a
The President says ratifying the New START, a pivotal treaty with Russia on nuclear weapons, must happen this year. He explains that failure to ratify the treaty this year would not only mean losing o
Having just emerged from a Cabinet meeting focused on getting every agency doing all they can to help America create jobs, the President zeroed in on two major fights for the middle class. The first w
奥巴马每周电台演讲:GOP Rewarding Corporations that Create Jobs Overseas The President lays out his agenda to foster investment here at home. He vows to close the tax loopholes for sending jobs and profits over
The President addresses the American people from the Oval Office for the first time on the ongoing Administration-wide response to the BP oil spill and America’s clean energy future. Remarks by the Pr
The President expresses gratitude to America’s military men and women and their families, and discusses the steps his administration is taking to help create jobs so that next Thanksgiving, Americans
The President calls out Republicans for blocking campaign finance reforms that would address last year’s Supreme Court decision opening the floodgates of corporate money into elections. Remarks of Pre
This afternoon President Obama spoke in the White House Briefing Room on the security situation that has been unfolding since last night: THE PRESIDENT:Good afternoon, everybody. I want to briefly upd
This morning the President went to a meeting hosted by the Vice President to discuss the New START treaty and why it is in our clear national security interest that the Senate approve it this year. Th
President Obama praises the successes of the auto industry restructuring as good news for our economy, and calls on Republican leaders in the Senate to "stop holding America’s small businesses hostage
The President blasts Republicans in the Senate who are blocking unemployment insurance and small business tax breaks to create jobs, even as they push for permanent, massive tax cuts for the richest A
This morning the President took a tour of Ernest Maier Block, a family business in Maryland. Speaking afterwards, he said, “These are the guys that build serious stuff – concrete blocks, bricks for wa
Weekly Address: Letting Wall Street Run Wild Again Pointing to the foreclosure crisis and the economy, the President cites passage of Wall Street Reform over the ferocious lobbying of Wall Street bank
