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Obama Administration Seeks to Regain Voters' Trust on Economy | The Washington Post reports that Americans have expressed that their confidence in President Obama’s ability to manage the economy has been shaken. Eighteen months after Barack Obama was sworn into office, the landscape has changed. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, in the winter of 2009, was fielding questions about the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act and [...]
U.S. vs Arizona: Whose Job is Immigration Policy?
By Alec Rivera
Published: July 8, 2010
U.S. vs Arizona: Whose Job is Immigration Policy? | Politics Daily reports that the Federal Government will soon be weighing in on Arizona’s tough new immigration law, which has sparked controversy and tension nation-wide. Rather than having to wait months or years, it is only a matter of days before the court has to decide whether to grant an injunction and prevent the law [...]
Rodriguez: Evangelicals and Obama: Unlikely Partners on Immigration Reform
By Alec Rivera
Published: July 8, 2010
Washington Post opinion writer Samuel Rodriguez wrote an op-ed piece yesterday pointing out what may be President Obama’s least likely and most powerful ally in the upcoming immigration reform debate. Evangelicals, a group overwhelmingly suspicious of President Obama, liberals, Democrats, and their policies, has found common-ground with the center-left President on the immigration issue.
This is [...]
Dionne: A Judicial Change to Believe In
By Alec Rivera
Published: July 5, 2010
Dionne: A Judicial Change to Believe In | In The Washington Post, columnist E.J. Dionne, Jr. discussed the Kagan Supreme Court nomination process and how she managed, as a progressive, to lay out a clear judicial strategy without running the risk of seeming like a “judicial activist”. Judicial activism has been a rallying-point for conservatives against progressive Supreme Court nominees for several decades.
In [...]
OIl Spill will Hurt Econonmy, but will not Cause Recession
By Alec Rivera
Published: July 2, 2010
OIl Spill will Hurt Econonmy, but will not Cause Recession | The Washington Post reports that, while the damage from the BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is considerable, it is unlikely the spill will cause much national economic calamity. The disaster is expected to lower 2010 U.S. economic growth by 0.1 percent.
The spill will account for roughly $20 billion in economic damage which [...]
Money Could Be Deciding Factor in Midterm Elections
By Alec Rivera
Published: June 30, 2010
Money Could Be Deciding Factor in Midterm Elections | U.S. News and World Report reports that, in a year when approval for Congress and both political parties is at all-time lows, it is the cash advantage which may be the deciding power in upcoming midterm elections. Democrats currently hold a slight fundraising advantage, and maintaining that advantage could prove the difference between keeping the [...]
President Obama says More Work on Economy Needed
By Alec Rivera
Published: June 30, 2010
President Obama says More Work on Economy Needed | The New York Times reports that President Obama and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stated on Tuesday that the U.S. and global economies are recovering and strengthening, but that governments should continue to enact policies which foster growth and regulate markets.
There was also a recognition by Bernanke that what happens in emerging markets and in [...]
Democrats Call for Investigation of Practices in For-Profit Colleges
By Alec Rivera
Published: June 22, 2010
Democrats Call for Investigation of Practices in For-Profit Colleges | The New York Times reports that Congressional Democrats have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the quality and finances of for-profit colleges. The inquiry comes as concern grows over the “disproportionate share” of federal aid money going to for-profit institutions.
For-profit institutions account for only 10 percent of the nation’s students, but receive roughly [...]
Poll: Americans Deeply Concerned About Energy, Economy
By Alec Rivera
Published: June 22, 2010
Poll: Americans Deeply Concerned About Energy, Economy | The New York Times reports that Americans are extremely concerned about the nation’s energy policy, and most believe that the U.S. needs to overhaul its energy policies and will replace oil as the main source of energy within 25 years. Most of those polled, however, were unwilling to pay higher gasoline prices to pay for [...]
NASA Landing on Asteroid by 2025 Unlikely
By Alec Rivera
Published: June 21, 2010
NASA Landing on Asteroid by 2025 Unlikely | 
USA Today reports that President Obama has set an ambitious goal to have a manned mission to an asteroid by 2025, a goal that is unlikely to be achieved. When President John F. Kennedy announced that an American would be on the moon before 1970, he made an equally unlikely prediction; the moon was 240,000 [...]