Obama Praises Stimulus Deal, Expresses Urgency
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 8th, 2009 5:38 am by HL
Obama Praises Stimulus Deal, Expresses Urgency
President Obama’s Weekly Radio Address Yesterday began with some devastating news with regard to our economic crisis. But I’m pleased to say it ended on a more positive note. In the morning, we received yet another round of alarming employment figures - the worst in more than 30 years. Another 600,000 jobs were lost in January. We’ve now lost more than 3.6 million jobs since this recession began.
Calm and Cool on a No Good, Very Bad Day
Tuesday, Feb. 3, was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Barack Obama. First, his appointee for White House chief performance officer resigned, apparently because she had failed to pay unemployment taxes on household help several years ago. Then, in the early afternoon, before the president was scheduled to have interviews with five television news anchors, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle wrote Obama asking that his nomination to be secretary of health and human services (and to serve as a White House staffer on health) be withdrawn because of his tax problems.
