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State of the Union Nears and Obama Faces Unfulfilled Promises from Addresses of the Past

Tweet President Barack Obama is set to deliver his annual State of the Union address to Congress but most of the goals that he set in previous speeches. Some of the goals include reforming the immigration laws and meeting congressional leaders of both parties each month. The president’s promises were broken because of congressional opposition as well... 

Obama To Decide on If National Guard Will Stay On US, Mexican Border to Fight Immigration Violators

Tweet President Obama will soon decide on whether or not to keep a group of 1,200 National Guardsman currently deployed on the Mexican and U.S. borders to combat immigration violators. Funding for the mission is up in June. The president is speaking on the issue with his upcoming trip to the area to talk about immigration reform. The troops were authorized... 

Government Shutdown Still Imminent if Agreement Not Met Soon

Tweet As time grows shorter, a government shutdown seems more and more likely, according to reports coming out of Washington. Even so, House Speaker John Boehner, who was fresh out of a White House meeting, said that Republicans and Democrats were somewhat closer to a deal to prevent it from happening. Unfortunately, a mere 12 hours later, he was reporting... 

Donald Trump releases his Birth Certificate to Media

Tweet Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump released his official birth certificate to ABC News this week after previously showing a certificate of live birth. The document was issued by the New York City Department of Health and has been posted on the ABC News website. It shows that Trump was born at the Jamaica Hospital in New York on June 14,... 

President Obama’s Approval Rating Down to 47% in 2010

Tweet 2010 was a year marked by a heated debate on new health care reform and a slow-paced economic recovery. For the year, on average, only 47% of Americans approve of the way President Obama is fulfilling his duties. This data was released by the Gallup Organization, and shows a decline of 11% from the previous year. The country’s most approving residents... 

Obama Gives the Wisconsin Labor Rallies a Miss

Tweet The Wisconsin assembly, which is dominated by the Republicans, approved Gov. Scott Walker’s bill, on Friday morning. The bill limits bargaining rights for the state’s 170,000 public workers on the subject of wages. However, this is still held up by the 14 Senate Democrats who had left the state to prevent a vote on this account. Republican... 

Beware the Ides of March

Tweet The US is heading towards an impending shutdown after March 4. While the Republicans want spending cuts to the tune of $ 100 billion the Democrats are only willing to go half way. Yesterday, The House passed a spending plan for the remaining seven months of this fiscal year which included at least $61 billion in cuts from last year’s budget. Democrats,... 

Donald Trump for President ?

Tweet Billionaire Donald Trump jumped into the world of Republican politics today, letting an excited group of people know that if he makes a Presidential bid, and he is the victor, that he’ll make sure America is a respected country once again. Trump, a real estate developer and reality TV star, said he will make up his mind by June if he is going to... 

Gawker Expose Puts Lee Out of House

Tweet Married GOP Congressman, Christopher Lee, a Western New York Republican, tendered his resignation because of the response he had made to an online personal ad on Craigslist. The Gawker expose alleged that Lee attempted to arrange an extramarital affair online and they had access to the emails that he sent to the unidentified woman on the website.... 

The National Economic Council Head will be a Clinton-Era Veteran

Tweet Gene Sperling, a former Bill Clinton bureaucrat is set to head the National Economic Council once again but this time, under the Obama administration. He will be appointed this Friday. Sperling had earlier headed the NEC during Bill Clinton’s second term in office. President Barak Obama has reposed faith in him for his expertise in this area during...