All Posts Tagged With: "barack obama"
Another Immigration Union Speaks Out on Immigration Bill
The head of one immigration union that represents over 12,000 federal immigration workers said on Monday that his group would join a growing list of organizations that are similar and are opposed to the immigration legislation that was drafted by eight bipartisan lawmakers and is currently being considered by Congress. The organization the National Citizenship [...]
Immigration Legislation Still not certain
After many years of false starts and sudden stops, Washington finally seems to be on a path to rewrite the immigration laws in the United States. The Group of Eight Senators is scheduled to hit the floor in the Senate in June. In the House, a bipartisan group this week agreed on a large bill [...]
IRS Scandal Claims First Victim
On Wednesday, President Obama announced that the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service was asked and agreed to resign following the news that the government agency had targeted political groups that were conservative and were attempting to gain tax-exempt status. Steven Miller, who at the time the wrongdoing took place was not the commissioner [...]
Study: Border Control not as good we think
According to a new independent study the yardstick that is used in the new immigration reform bill to determine how good Border Control is, might produce a picture that is too rosy of how well the U.S. Border Patrol is performing their task of cutting down on the number of illegal crossings. In the report, [...]
Obama Facing IRS and Benghazi Questions
On Monday, President Barrack Obama will hold a press conference with David Cameron the Prime Minister of Britain. Nevertheless, Obama will most likely be asked question about two controversial domestic issues about the IRS and the Benghazi attack. Republicans are calling for a committee to look into the September 11 attack that took place at [...]
Columnist and Senator speak of Obama Impeachment over Benghazi
For just the first time the word impeachment has been mentioned over President Obama’s involvement in the alleged cover-up regarding the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Conservative Senator Jim Inhofe a Republican from Oklahoma and Michael Tomasky a columnist with Newsweek magazine both mentioned the “I” word. Inhofe was on the Rusty Humphries radio show on [...]
Voter Census Says Hispanic Voter Turnout not a Record
In the days following President Barack Obama’s re-election, in last November’s election, headlines across the country declared there had been a record Hispanic voter turnout. The same headlines said because of that record turnout Obama had been re-elected. An era of voter apathy amongst Hispanics was said to have ended along with the presidential hopes [...]
Obama and Cameron to Meet for Syria talks
Starting next Monday, President Obama will hold a 3-day meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and other members of the G8 to discuss the economy and the escalating problems in Syria. Cameron is scheduled to travel to Russia prior to visiting the U.S. and will meet with President Vladimir Putin to discuss the [...]
Treasury Secretary Says Deficit Cuts Do Not Constitute an Economic Policy
Jacob Lew the Secretary of the Treasury said on Tuesday that lowering the deficit in the country should not overshadow how it important the need is to boost the country’s economic growth and the creation of jobs. Lew said as important as it was to lower the deficit it cannot be a guiding star. Just [...]
Jobs and Opportunity Tours to be launched by White House
President Barack Obama is returning to the jobs issue by launching a group of Opportunity and Middle Class Jobs Tours that will begin on Thursday in the state of Texas, said a White House spokesperson. Obama plans to visit areas that are growing to better understand what has been done to help them with their [...]
