Central Perk: A Powerful Moment in History

vineri, 11 aprilie 2014

A Powerful Moment in History

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Yesterday, 50 years after President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, President Obama spoke at the LBJ Presidential Library to honor the work and legacy of our nation's 36th president:

The story of America is a story of progress. However slow, however incomplete, however harshly challenged at each point on our journey, however flawed our leaders, however many times we have to take a quarter of a loaf or half a loaf -- the story of America is a story of progress. And that's true because of men like President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

Watch President Obama's moving, personal speech on President Johnson's legacy.

This week, the President honored Equal Pay Day and signed two executive orders to support efforts to level the playing field for women. He also pushed for better access to skills-based high school training, hosted the Prime Minister of Tunisia, and traveled with the First Lady to the memorial at Fort Hood, and then to Austin to honor the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

Today, the President and Vice President released their 2013 federal income tax returns.

The latest House GOP budget cuts vital programs like job training and housing assistance, lowers taxes for millionaires by an average of $87,000 or more, and raises taxes for middle-class families with kids by an average of at least $2,000.

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