On Trade, Obama Faces a Tough Political Dance
“The American labor movement continues to engage in a dialogue with the Obama administration,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka in a recent speech about trade policy.
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“The American labor movement continues to engage in a dialogue with the Obama administration,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka in a recent speech about trade policy.
I rise today to set the record straight and to provide a full accounting of the facts and history. Let me say up front that I come to the Senate Floor reluctantly.
I rise today to set the record straight and to provide a full accounting of the facts and history. Let me say up front that I come to the Senate Floor reluctantly.
“The president has great confidence in John Brennan,” he said, adding that the White House takes whatever Feinstein says “seriously.”
“The president has great confidence in John Brennan,” he said, adding that the White House takes whatever Feinstein says “seriously.”
“The steps that had not been taken over the last three or four years by the president allowed Putin to believe that he could do what he’s doing without any reaction from us,” Boehner said Wednesday
But they’re being told all over America,” said Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., during a floor speech, criticizing the Koch brothers for what he considers false attacks.
Today, I am dead last in seniority in the House of Representatives.
Here’s the Michigan Democrat’s speech as prepared for delivery: Greetings to all guests, those at the head table, distinguished guests, elected officials and friends.
Here’s the Michigan Democrat’s speech as prepared for delivery: Greetings to all guests, those at the head table, distinguished guests, elected officials and friends.
Mansfield told me if I wanted to run for Congress, it would take a lot of hard work and shoe leather,” Baucus said in his farewell speech on the Senate floor. “I took his advice — literally.”
When I graduated from college, the average corporate CEO made 20 times what the average worker did; today, it’s nearly 400 times.
Excerpts of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery. “In the coming months, let’s see where else we can make progress together.
She did, however, touch on the issues important to Republicans and contrasted them with those of Democrats in her nationally televised rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s speech.
She did, however, touch on the issues important to Republicans and contrasted them with those of Democrats in her nationally televised rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s speech.
Today, federal law prohibits employment discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and disability.
Yet Nixon delivered a confident speech, listing accomplishments such as the thawing relations with China, environmental victories and cutting the defense budget.
Unlike today, however, lawmakers were pretty much trapped in Washington for the duration of the session. No jets whisked them home for long weekends.
On the day of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he was to have delivered a speech that is fitting for today’s immigration reform movement.
The video featured Benita Veliz, the DREAMer who gave an inspirational speech at the Democratic National Convention last year.