President Barack Obama will send his recently-announced American Jobs Act to Congress on Monday evening, according to a White House official. Obama “will call on Congress to pass the bill, which contains
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President Barack Obama will address a joint session of Congress Thursday night to announce his jobs plan. Immediately following the speech, a panel of White House advisers will take questions from the
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An estimated $1.5 billion in disaster relief will be needed through fiscal year 2012 to help families and communities affected by Hurricane Irene, the White House’s top budget adviser said Monday. Jack
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The Office of Management and Budget released its mid-year review Thursday, lowering this year’s projected deficit to $1.316 trillion, a 20 percent drop from the $1.645 trillion deficit projected in February. According
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President Barack Obama will address the nation Sept. 8 to unveil his new jobs plan, the White House announced Wednesday night. According to C-SPAN, Obama sent a letter to House Speaker John
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Citizens will soon be able to submit online petitions directly to the White House website, it was announced Thursday. Macon Phillips, White House Director of Digital Strategy, said citizens can be informed
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The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness announced Wednesday that 45 industry leaders have committed to doubling engineering internships available in their companies in 2012. The White House said five additional companies
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The White House has instructed government officials to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by honoring the memory of those who died in the attacks and recalling other terrorist
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President Barack Obama announced Monday his intention to nominate labor economist Alan Krueger to the Council of Economic Advisers. Following Senate confirmation, Obama will designate Krueger as chairman. Krueger is Bendheim Professor
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After much fanfare and speculation, the Office of Management and Budget has launched its new online dashboard to publicly show agency performance management. Performance.gov went live Thursday and is now open to
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